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The poster boy for progressive self-delusion
Joan Walsh
Read Hayden's 2008 Obama endorsement to remember the way the left sold our centrist president to itself
Hayden: “Time to strip the Obama sticker off my car”
Alex Koppelman
Old-school liberal says the president's decision on Afghanistan is the last straw
Dems rush to abandon Obama
Alex Koppelman
The president's new approach to the war in Afghanistan draws heavy fire from his own party
NATO: Allies will provide 5,000 more troops
Slobodan Lekic, Deborah Seward
Pledges of additional troops came in small numbers from small nations
The commendably missing element from Obama’s speech
Glenn Greenwald
There was no pretense that human rights is our goal, or the likely outcome, in escalating the war
Obama’s surge: Has the president been misled by the Iraq analogy?
Juan Cole
Good timing made Bush's surge look successful. Obama will probably enjoy no such luck
Obama announces, defends Afghanistan surge
Alex Koppelman
The president spent much of his speech about additional troops he's sending to the war on the defensive
Yes, it’s Obama’s war now
Joan Walsh
An uninspiring speech sells a dubious policy, but progressives who feel betrayed have only themselves to blame
“Afghanistan is not lost, but … it has moved backwards”
Salon Staff
The full text of President Obama's Dec. 1 speech about his plan to send 30,000 additional U.S. troops to the war
White House talking “surge” in Afghanistan
Alex Koppelman
The administration adopts its predecessor's favorite term, and says the president won't set a firm withdrawal date
30,000 more troops headed to Afghanistan
Alex Koppelman
The final numbers are out in advance of President Obama's speech Tuesday night
No one at the wheel in Afghanistan
Juan Cole
A fraudulently elected president is presiding over an empty cabinet, while the parliament plays hooky
Obama’s exceedingly familiar justifications for escalation
Glenn Greenwald
The "new" approach to Afghanistan touted by White House officials seems quite old
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.
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