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Texans turn against Bush’s war
Bill Sasser
Disillusionment with Iraq is smoldering even in the heart of Bush country, where military families have paid a heavy price.
Bush’s stairway to paradise
Sidney Blumenthal
Hoping that history will somehow vindicate him, the president has entered a phase of decadent perversity.
He voted for it before he voted against it
Tim Grieve
Republican Sen. John Warner reverses course on troop measure.
Why Bush won’t attack Iran
Steven Clemons
Despite saber-rattling, and the Washington buzz that a strike is coming, the president doesn't intend to bomb Iran. Cheney may have other ideas.
Parody paradise
Salon Staff
The erotica of fast food, the car salesman pitch of a president, and the Internet by Bacharach, this week in Salon's reader community, Table Talk.
TV Daily
Salon Staff
Salon's guide to what to watch on Monday: Post-Katrina New Orleans provides the backdrop for Fox's gritty police drama "K-Ville."
American war culture in a nutshell
Glenn Greenwald
Sitting around, war supporter Fred Kagan demands that troops be denied any relief until they win.
The real reason Bush is withdrawing troops from Iraq
Alex Koppelman
Bush says his troop drawdown is due to the success of the surge, but his own advisors -- including Gen. Petraeus -- have given a very different explanation.
Clinton and the general
Tim Grieve
"The reports that you provide to us really require the willing suspension of disbelief."
Feingold: On 9/11, ask the right questions
Tim Grieve
The Wisconsin Democrat goes head-to-head with Petraeus and Crocker.
Brand Petraeus, by the numbers
Tom Engelhardt
As the general goes before Congress to report on the state of the surge in Iraq, a look at the story the statistics really tell.
The killing of Jamie Dean
Julia Dahl
Police in rural Maryland staged a military stakeout and shot a troubled Army vet. As his family plans to sue, they are asking how a soldier being treated for PTSD could be shipped to Iraq.
How Bush betrays Reagan
Gary Kamiya
Bush idolizes the Great Communicator. But Reagan's successes came because he didn't follow his conservative ideology.
TV Daily
Salon Staff
Salon's guide to what to watch on Monday: "Inside America's Empire" explores the United States' military presence around the globe.
An additional $50 billion for Iraq?
Tim Grieve
It looks like the White House expects Congress to roll over again.
Bj
Kevin Berger
Global warming doesn't faze the infamous author, who argues that polar bears are doing fine and Al Gore is way too hot under the collar. But can the "skeptical environmentalist" back up his rosy views?
We’re all Oprah fodder in New Orleans
Ken Foster
Two years after Katrina, even the most unassuming residents have grown cynical about the media spotlight. So why do we keep telling our stories?
The president’s escalating war rhetoric on Iran
Glenn Greenwald
As its provocations toward Iran increase, what could stop the Bush administration from commencing an attack on that country?
I Like to Watch
Heather Havrilesky
America the dutiful! After PBS doc "The Anti-Americans" makes us feel fat and dumb, Ken Burns' "The War" reminds us that we're muy macho.
Ari Fleischer’s misleading message
Joe Conason
Freedom's Watch, the former press secretary's new pro-Iraq war group, has little to do with veterans and everything to do with politics.
Seizing American supremacy
Dilip Hiro
Throughout history, rising powers have overtaken superpowers. The United States will not prove an exception.
Fallujah catches its breath
David J. Morris
Despite Bush's deceptive rhetoric and mishandling of the war, the Marines I rode with here have won a delicate peace in this once-deadly city.
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