Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 219)
Gen. Petraeus’ COIN jam
Ryan Devereaux
This week's Taliban attack on a NATO airfield underscored an ugly dilemma for the newly confirmed U.S. commander
“Restrepo” vs. “The Hurt Locker”
Andrew O'Hehir
The riveting new Afghan-war documentary shows us the true cost of heroism -- and the pointless cruelty of war
Americans still held captive by “zombie” lies
Gene Lyons
Figuring out the psychology of "Keep your government hands off my Medicare"
Salon exclusive: Choice plots at Arlington reserved for VIPs
Mark Benjamin
How top officials at Arlington National Cemetery violated Army guidelines -- and may have broken the law
The universality of war propaganda
Glenn Greenwald
Endless wars and acts of aggression are always justified by the same cynical morality plays
![United States Marines from Bravo Co. of the 15th MEU (Marine Expeditionary Unity) march into a barracks in full battle gear as they arrive early November 29, 2001 at the US Marines forward base in southern Afghanistan. [Already hemmed into a shrinking swath of mountain and desert by nearly eight weeks of U.S. bombing and ground offensives by their Afghan foes, the Taliban now face another threat, hundreds of U.S. Marines pouring into a remote desert airstrip within striking distance of Kandahar, their spiritual cradle.] (© Jim Hollander / Reuters)](https://www.salon.com/app/uploads/2010/06/afghanistan_has_been_artfully_ignored.jpg "Afghanistan has been artfully ignored")
Afghanistan has been artfully ignored
Jenn Kepka
Two presidents and the mainstream media have worked hard to keep the war off our minds
It takes an asteroid to show how wrong the right is
Michael Lind
If the economy was ravaged by an asteroid instead of the Wall Street collapse, would they still want spending cuts?
Afghanistan: Where theories of warfare go to die
Robert Dreyfuss
Obama, Petraeus and the cult of COIN in America's never-ending war
Guantanamo and presidential priorities
Glenn Greenwald
Now that it's acknowledged the camp will not be closed even by 2013, the White House's modus operandi becomes clear
After 41 years, a belated victory for butter
David Sirota
David Obey's message to spend at home, not at war, might finally be catching on
Just stop with the Hillary-Obama 2012 talk
Steve Kornacki
When a president's popularity dips in his second year in office, you can tout anyone as a potential challenger
Obama’s original sin on Afghanistan
Steve Kornacki
He didn't want to be the antiwar candidate in 2008, and Afghanistan seemed like the perfect way to prove he wasn't
How many Americans are targeted for assassination?
Glenn Greenwald
Obama's top terrorism advisor suggests that number could be in the "dozens"
McChrystal and WikiLeaks: A double standard?
Anika Anand
Stanley McChrystal gets to walk away with a slap on the wrist. Shouldn't Bradley Manning get to do the same?
Obama: U.S. and Russia “succeeded in resetting” relationship
Desmond Butler
President also lobbies for Russian inclusion in World Trade Organization
Pakistani anti-terror court convicts 5 Americans
Zarar Khan
Case highlights concerns about U.S.-born Muslims traveling to connect with al-Qaida and other extremist groups
U.S. ambassador to Afghanistan calls for unity
Heidi Vogt, Amir Shah
Eikenberry says American mission must move forward after ousting of Gen. McChrystal
Changing generals changes nothing in Afghanistan
Hannah Gurman
McChrystal is out and Petraeus is in, but "victory" is as elusive as ever
Top antiwar Democrat: Time to reassess
Natasha Lennard
Barbara Lee, the only member of Congress to vote against the Afghanistan war, sees McChrystal firing as opportunity
Obama on McChrystal, Truman on MacArthur
The Associated Press
Both presidents relieved top generals of their duties, language is similar in tone
How McChrystal sabotaged counterinsurgency
Mark Benjamin
The man who co-wrote the bible on fighting insurgents says the general and "nincompoop" aides flouted its tenets
Cantor issues another suggestive statement
Natasha Lennard
The House Republican whip weighs in on Stanley McChrystal's ouster
Afghans relieved at choice of Gen. Petraeus
Deb Riechmann
President Karzai's spokesman: "We believe Gen. Petraeus will also be a trusted partner"
The other female victor in Carolina
Sara Libby
Elaine Marshall's anti-mama-grizzly win is flying under the radar, but she's worth paying attention to
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