Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 25)
After 20 years of lies and war, U.S. retreat underway as Taliban retake control of Afghanistan
Jon Queally
"Who is going to be fired for 20 years of horrific failure in Afghanistan? Who would you suggest?"
Afghan president flees country as Taliban takes control of Kabul
Tom Boggioni
Reports suggest Ashraf Ghani has fled to Tajikistan as his country continues to splinter
Bombing Afghan cities with B-52s is pointless and brutal — Biden must end this
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Raining death from above won't stop the Taliban — it's the last chapter of America's cruel and useless 20-year war
Debacle in Afghanistan: Likely Taliban victory signals the collapse of American empire
Chris Hedges
After 20 years of carnage and $1 trillion, the tragic Afghan misadventure is over — and that's just for starters
The price of conscience: Drone warfare whistleblower gets 45 months in prison
Chris Hedges
Daniel Hale leaked classified documents about drone killings. In his own words, he explains what led him to that
Artificial intelligence wants you (and your job)
John Feffer
We’d better control machines before they control us
Trump’s Big Lie gets an intellectual defense at last — as a Twitter thread, of course
Andrew O'Hehir
An obscure podcaster goes viral with his "general theory" of the MAGAverse. It's ingenious — but is it really new?
Why it’s (almost) impossible to argue with the right
Sophia A. McClennen
The right only debates with itself: their view and their version of the left. Fighting with that is near impossible
America’s war in Afghanistan is finally over — so what about Iraq and Iran?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
The U.S. pullout in Afghanistan ends a 20-year disaster. Now it's time to get out of Iraq and make peace with Iran
A “traitor” to the American death machine faces years in prison — while the killing goes on
Chris Hedges
Daniel Hale exposed the widespread murder of civilians in the drone war. But do Americans really want to know?
Donald Rumsfeld’s death leaves behind a legacy of arrogance and violence
Erik Loomis
In a just world, Rumsfeld would have been tried for war crimes, or at least became persona non grata
How close did Trump come to attempting a military coup? Much too close
Chauncey DeVega
Trump's erratic behavior undermined his desire to seize power. Those who come next won't make the same mistakes
Chris Matthews on Jan. 6, the danger to democracy and what he learned from #MeToo
Dean Obeidallah
Longtime political insider and MSNBC host sees something new — there's one party that doesn't want people to vote
Mike Pompeo’s new PAC shares something big in common with a war criminal pardoned by Trump
Zachary Petrizzo
Pompeo's “pipehitters” project shares name with a foundation founded by a war criminal pardoned by Trump
Pelosi backtracks Ilhan Omar criticism as AOC blasts colleagues for feeding “right-wing vitriol”
Brett Bachman
The intra-party rift bubbled up in twin cable news appearances Sunday morning
Democrats scramble to mend intraparty riff after Rep. Ilhan Omar accuses colleagues of “harassment”
Jon Skolnik
A group of Jewish House Democrats condemned Omar for conflating the U.S. and Israel with Hamas and the Taliban
Peace-washing: Is a network of major donors neutralizing activism in the peace movement?
Dave Lindorff
With Democrats in power (for now), powerful funders may be trying to tame or silence progressive peace activists
Meet the anti-legalization GOP Congresswoman cashing in on marijuana stocks
Brett Bachman
“It brings into question her credibility as a lawmaker,” one Congressional ethics expert told Salon
Why the Pentagon budget never goes down
Mandy Smithberger
Joe Biden's first 100 days were a Pentagon prize
Trump regime’s amazing list of crimes keeps getting longer — but we can’t afford to look away
Chauncey DeVega
Spying on journalists, stealing children, abducting activists from the streets — it could happen again, and worse
Tony Blinken talks about a “rules-based order” — does he mean the U.S. gets to make the rules?
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J.S. Davies
Carnage in Gaza and a reheated Cold War suggest that Biden's foreign policy recognizes no rules but its own
Israel’s big lie: This isn’t self defense — it’s a war crime, aided and abetted by the U.S.
Chris Hedges
Almost everything said in the U.S. about Israel's assault on the Palestinians is a lie — because we are implicated
Grade inflation: Does Biden deserve an “A” from progressives? Let’s get real
Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
Optimism is wonderful — but Rep. Pramila Jayapal's grade for our new president's mixed record is way too generous
What “politics” does to history: The saga of Henry Kissinger and George Shultz’s right-hand man
Jim Sleeper
You probably haven't heard of Charles Hill — but his influence on the dire mistakes of U.S. foreign policy ran deep
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