Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 264)
Support for al-Qaida plots on large right-wing blog
Glenn Greenwald
Regular Little Green Footballs commenters express their support for Khalid Sheik Mohammed's assassination plots.
The Army is ordering injured troops to go to Iraq
Mark Benjamin
At Fort Benning, soldiers who were classified as medically unfit to fight are now being sent to war. Is this an isolated incident or a trend?
Libby and the White House book club
Sidney Blumenthal
While Cheney's former aide prays for a presidential pardon, Bush and Rove hold forth in their neocon salon, and the coverup continues.
The private war of women soldiers
Helen Benedict
Many female soldiers say they are sexually assaulted by their male comrades and can't trust the military to protect them. "The knife wasn't for the Iraqis," says one woman. "It was for the guys on my own side."
Walter Reed, on the cheap
Mark Benjamin
The Pentagon's top civilian official in charge of military healthcare wanted more money for bullets and bombs, and fewer benefits for soldiers.
Slip sliding away, or Cheney on Afghanistan and Iraq
Tim Grieve
The vice president evolves before the VFW.
Neoconservative Eliot Cohen’s new position at the State Department
Glenn Greenwald
As they have done many times before, neoconservatives, with Iran in their sights, have installed one of their own at State to block any war-avoiding rapprochement.
The Iraq insurgency for beginners
Kevin Berger
A leading expert on the insurgency clarifies who is shooting whom in Iraq, the growing power of al-Qaida, the influence of Iran, and the only thing left for the U.S. to do.
Why do so many neoconservatives lack the courage of their convictions?
Glenn Greenwald
Those who desire war with Iran and punishment for domestic political opponents typically avoid stating their views clearly.
How Cheney bombed in Afghanistan
Sidney Blumenthal
The vice president slinks home from a disastrous trip where a failed assassination attempt was only the loudest proof that his war policies have emboldened al-Qaida and the Taliban.
It’s all fun and games until somebody invades Iran
Tim Grieve
Who was that mysterious "senior administration official"? Hint: His initials are Dick Cheney.
Cheney’s contempt for American public opinion
Glenn Greenwald
Ever since the 2006 midterm defeat suffered by Republicans, the vice president's public behavior has changed noticeably.
Market turmoil: Should we blame Greenspan or China?
Andrew Leonard
When Shanghai sneezed, did the world's markets get the bird flu? Or was Tuesday's "correction" all the Maestro's fault?
Stock market mayhem: “Look out below!”
Andrew Leonard
The last time Wall Street shuddered like this, we knew the reason why: Sept. 11. This time, it's not so easy to figure out.
Quote of the day
Alex Koppelman
The National Review's Andrew Stuttaford gets frustrated with the administration's policy on Afghanistan.
A hallmark of idiocy
Glenn Greenwald
Those who think they are making a substantive point by citing randomly chosen blog comments reveal themselves to be bereft of substance.
Cheney escapes bomb attack
Alex Koppelman
The resurgent Taliban attempt a strike against the vice president as he visits Afghanistan.
The speech Hillary should give
Gary Kamiya
I voted for the Iraq war to save my political skin. I can no longer lie to myself, or the American people, about the most important issue of our time.
An American novelist scandalizes France
Elisabeth Vincentelli
Writing in French -- quelle horreur -- Jonathan Littell has thrown France into literary uproar over his sprawling novel about a gay Nazi officer.
Watching Afghanistan fall
Matthew Cole
Stationed with a battle-scarred U.S. Army troop in the mountain region where Osama bin Laden supposedly hides, with the insurgency on the rise, I witnessed why the other war is going to hell.
Dick Cheney’s surprise
Tim Grieve
Amid signs of an al-Qaida resurgence in Pakistan, the vice president threatens a loss of funding.
Emulating the enemy
Glenn Greenwald
The similarities between neoconservatives and the Islamic radicals whom they seek to eradicate are numerous and glaring.
If the United States were a company, would George Bush be our CEO?
Warren Hellman
The first MBA president probably wouldn't keep his job if he had to face a board of directors. But short of impeachment, what can be done to rein him in?
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