Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 36)
Press Watch: Here’s the crucial context every article on Trump and Iran should include
Dan Froomkin
The decision to kill Soleimani was impulsive, inflammatory and highly unusual. Journalists must say that clearly
Trump threatens Afghan armageddon
Nick Turse
U.S. “plans” for the Afghan War might prove a crime against humanity
War with Iran: The American Empire will die not with a whimper but a bang
Chris Hedges
Washington empowered its nemesis. It has no idea how to reverse its mistake other than to attack Iran
Waterloo for the anti-anti-Trump left (and all other normalizers): You knew he was a snake
Andrew O'Hehir
Those who made their peace with Trump all made the same fatal mistake: Believing that he believed in anything
Stumbling toward apocalypse: Trump launches re-election campaign with an assassination
Lucian K. Truscott IV
At least Qassem Soleimani knew what he was doing in Iraq. The U.S. military has never had a remote f**king clue
Press Watch: What the media must do to stop Trump’s war with Iran
Dan Froomkin
In Iraq and Afghanistan, journalists forgot the lessons of Vietnam: Don't trust authority and don't kneel to power
Eddie Gallagher isn’t a “lifestyle brand” story: It’s a story about the rise of American fascism
Amanda Marcotte
The right's worship of an accused war criminal is a fascist fable about the redemptive power of violence
Will 2020 signal an end to America’s endless wars? Don’t count on it
Bob Hennelly
We claim to honor our troops and venerate their sacrifice — but do Americans really think about the cost of war?
Pete Buttigieg calls out Joe Biden over Iraq War vote and son’s position at Ukrainian gas company
Igor Derysh
Buttigieg told the Associated Press that he “would not have wanted to see” his son serving on the Burisma board
Countries to watch in 2020, from Chile to Afghanistan
Catesby Holmes
Here are five momentous global stories to track in 2020.
The real lesson of Afghanistan is that regime change does not work
Medea Benjamin, Nicolas J. S. Davies
The debacle in Afghanistan is only one case in a fundamentally flawed U.S. policy with worldwide consequences
2019, the year Trump made a hash of U.S. foreign policy
Terry H. Schwadron
Our foreign policy year is a mixed record at best
Is Donald Trump the second 9/11?
Tom Engelhardt
in this Trumpian decline, there is no physical equivalent to the towers — just the concomitant head towards ruin
Remembering America’s first (and longest) forgotten war on tribal islamists
Danny Sjursen
It was “progress” all the way then, too
The impeachment’s moral hypocrisy
Chris Hedges
The politicization of the impeachment process has only exacerbated the antagonisms and polarization in the country
Rand Paul’s annual Festivus rant targets Pelosi, Giuliani and “Neocon Apprentice” John Bolton
Matthew Rozsa
In Rand Paul's annual "Seinfeld" tribute, he calls out the guy who "butt-dials everyone" and Trump's golf game
“The shooters are coming!”: How war targets the young
Andrea Mazzarino
War on terror, war on education
Impeachment in an alternate universe: Will Ralph Nader’s “missing” charges haunt America’s future?
Paul Rosenberg
Ralph Nader proposes a sweeping 12-count impeachment that covers Trump's many crimes — and those that preceded him
After the Afghanistan Papers, a big question: Will America ever give up its love affair with war?
David Masciotra
Facing the Washington Post's huge Afghanistan exposé honestly requires asking some dark questions about America
Senate GOP apparently deleted “white nationalist” from plan to screen military recruits
Igor Derysh
The House passed a measure to screen recruits for white nationalist views. Those words vanished in the Senate
The Pentagon budget has continued to rise for the last 40 years
William D. Hartung
Spending on national security is actually higher in 2019 than at the peak of the Vietnam and Korean Wars
The real outrage of the Afghanistan war papers that no one wants to talk about
Sophia A. McClennen
The most disturbing revelations aren't even the lies to the U.S. public, but the lies to the Afghan people
Insignia, badges, and Medals for a climate-wracked era
Michael T. Klare
The U.S. military on a planet from hell
Why the Afghanistan papers are an eerie reminder of Vietnam
Vijay Prashad
Noam Chomsky’s "The Backroom Boys" was a warning
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