Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 232)
Dem congressman: Bush deliberately let bin Laden go
Alex Koppelman
Rep. Maurice Hinchey says the former president made the decision in order to have reason to attack Iraq
Moore a sign of things to come for Obama?
Alex Koppelman
A prominent liberal breaks, in a big way, with the president over his Afghanistan policy
Rumsfeld order allowed bin Laden’s escape
Gabriel Winant
A new Senate report says that American military leadership refused reinforcements to block al-Qaida leader's path
The face of rotted Washington
Glenn Greenwald
Evan Bayh demands more debt-financed war - fought by others - while boasting that he's a stern "deficit hawk."
Obama seeks new partnership with Pakistan
Associated Press
New strategic deal would promise better trade -- and renewed role in Afghanistan
“Mentalist,” “Lie to Me”: The truth hurts
Heather Havrilesky
Simon Baker and Tim Roth are charismatic and coy as TV mind readers, but the cheese is still spread a little thick
Phil Carter’s resignation from key detainee policy post
Glenn Greenwald
Many of the "War on Terror" policies he spent years condemning were ones expressly embraced by Obama.
I’m thankful I’m not President Obama
Joan Walsh
Backers deride Katrina-style negligence, haters hate him more each day. Can this presidency be saved? Of course
Paying for the war in Afghanistan
Gabriel Winant
A group of powerful House Democrats pushes for Congress to reckon with the costs of the U.S. presence
Report: Obama announcing Afghanistan plans next week
Alex Koppelman
The president is reportedly ready to unveil his decision about what to do next in the ongoing war
Greg Craig and Obama’s worsening civil liberties record
Glenn Greenwald
A new Time account of the fall of Obama's White House counsel sheds much light on rule of law issues.
RNC considers instituting a purity test
Alex Koppelman
Conservatives within the party leadership want to blacklist any candidate who strays too far from their line
Who’s flying this thing?
Patrick Smith
It's time to put to rest the idea that planes fly themselves. And who wants a pilotless jetliner anyway?
The administration guts its own argument for 9/11 trials
Glenn Greenwald
If some detainees get military commissions or indefinite detention, how can 9/11 trials be justified?
Palin-Beck 2012? Sarah says maybe
Joan Walsh
She'll never be U.S. president, but her star power ought to scare the hell out of her charisma-free GOP rivals
The war industry’s drums are beating
Gene Lyons
The pressure is on President Obama to act quickly in Afghanistan. But why?
Paying off Afghanistan’s warlords
Pratap Chatterjee
Favoritism and corruption are the essence of the government the U.S. has helped "reconstruct" since 2001
She wouldn’t deploy, she got arrested
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Was it an act of bravery or poor protocol?
Imam says he didn’t pressure Hasan
Associated Press
Ex-Islamic radicals on what motivates — and impedes — extremism
Glenn Greenwald
Why are such glaring truths about the effects of our policies continuously ignored?
The real deficit hawks
David Sirota
Critics decry the healthcare bill as fiscally irresponsible. Where's the outrage over the defense budget?
Detainees to get the “state-always-wins” system of “justice”
Glenn Greenwald
Obama's announcement to try 9/11 defendants would be commendable if it applied to all, rather than some, detainees.
The media’s silly Fort Hood coverage
Mark Benjamin
Everyone wants to debate terrorism and political correctness, but the real story is the failure of Army medicine
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