Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 62)
Trump wants to build a police state — and that could be more destructive to democracy than the Russia scandal
Heather Digby Parton
Three years after Ferguson, the administration seeks to militarize policing even more. It's a dangerous path
Body count comeback
Reed Richardson
Corporate media routinely repeat Pentagon kill estimates that defy reality
The myth about Trump’s generals
Lucian K. Truscott IV
If they’re the adults in the room, we’re doomed
How 9/11 led to President Donald Trump
George W. Grundy
In the event of a crisis — as post-Sept. 11, 2001 America shows — our democratic institutions fail spectacularly
Empire of destruction: Exploring the path of rubble in the modern Middle East
Tom Engelhardt
Precision warfare? Don’t make me laugh
The hidden costs of “national security”
William D. Hartung
Ten ways your tax dollars pay for war — past, present, and future
Trump’s latest desperate gamble: Damaged president tries to save himself by persecuting transgender Americans
Lucian K. Truscott IV
Trump doesn't care about this issue — he's shamelessly exploiting bigotry in an effort to keep himself in office
Donald Trump may want to stay in Afghanistan just so he can take its resources
Matthew Rozsa, Charlie May
This is one day after Trump refused to sign off on his national security adviser's plan to send more troops
U.S. military: Too much tactics, too little strategy
Robert M. Cassidy
America and its military’s proclivity for perpetual war — and implications for the war against Islamist terrorists
The demolition of U.S. global power
Alfred McCoy
Donald Trump’s road to debacle in the greater Middle East
Why some Arab countries want to shutter Al Jazeera
Philip Seib
Despite its countless problems, Al Jazeera is an important media outlet for the Middle East
A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump
Andrew Burstein, Nancy Isenberg
The great theologian's understanding of irony and hubris can help us figure out what happened, and where we go next
This week in Donald Trump’s conflicts of interest: Visits to Vancouver include a Trump stay
Matthew Rozsa
The policy implications here span from Afghanistan to domestic housing
Enough with the George W. Bush nostalgia
Charlie May
A popular Business Insider article suggests that "everyone misses George W. Bush." Here's why you shouldn't
Steve Bannon is back — and while we’re all distracted he wants to outsource the war in Afghanistan
Heather Digby Parton
While Don Jr. implodes, Steve Bannon and Erik Prince have hatched a plan to privatize war and pillage Afghanistan
Blackwater founder Erik Prince wants America’s Afghanistan strategy outsourced
Matthew Rozsa
While Trump's domestic policy is being outsourced to lobbyists, Blackwater may take control of the Afghanistan war
High school student lands lengthy interview with James Mattis after his phone number is accidentally published
Charlie May
Out of thousands of messages, Trump's defense secretary decided to speak with one lucky student
Two impulsive leaders fan the global flames
Dilip Hiro
The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian conundrum
Lindsey Graham on Trump: “When it comes to Russia, he’s got a blind spot”
Charlie May
Graham said Trump's suggestion of a cyber security unit with Putin was one of the dumbest ideas he's ever heard
“War Machine” reveals the mentality behind America’s longest war — and the maddest of them all
Anis Shivani
Brad Pitt's devastating caricature of Gen. Stanley McChrystal anchors a dense critique of our Afghan catastrophe
“New atheist” Sam Harris — still deeply wrong on Islamic extremism and terrorism
Émile P. Torres
Harris' unhealthy obsession with Islam leads him to ignore the historical and political factors behind extremism
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