Showing results for: Afghanistan (page 91)
I fought for nothing: Staggering incompetence, egregious corruption & America’s doomed war in Afghanistan
John Rico
As the U.S. watches Kunduz fall, I'm left contemplating the lessons of a war whose meager gains are evaporating
Thomas Friedman, read your Chomsky: The New York Times gets Putin/Obama all wrong, again
Patrick L. Smith
"Do you realize now what you've done?" The best question about our Middle East disasters actually comes from Putin
John McCain’s insane delusions: The big Afghanistan lie he will not let go of
Ben Norton
"Successful for fourteen years": McCain rewrites history of U.S. war that tortured Afghanistan, calls for more
The American atrocities we refuse to see: Doctors Without Borders, fumbling officials & our blindness to civilian deaths
Jack Mirkinson
Our outrage shouldn't begin and end with the horrific bombing of a prominent, well-funded organization
Bill Maher and Richard Dawkins just don’t get it: The real reason(s) progressives can’t stand them
The pair still can't understand why their self-victimization shtick plays so poorly on the left. We have some ideas
We have committed a war crime: “Patients were burning in their beds”
Ben Norton
The U.S. story about the bombing of Doctors Without Borders is contradictory, ever-changing and possibly criminal
Marco Rubio’s neocon cluelessness: Stop pretending he’s a foreign policy whiz kid
Gary Legum
The GOP hopeful excels at foreign policy grandstanding -- but betrays an appalling ignorance of how the world works
America is getting blindsided: How our imperial arrogance is continuing to wreak havoc
Robert Hennelly
U.S. foreign policy continues to be guided by destructive notions about our own omnipotence
3 desperate ways the U.S. clings to the myth of American exceptionalism
Tom Engelhardt
The American empire has been reduced to dust. All that remains is the stale jingoism of our Republican candidates
Kissinger poisoned the Middle East: America is living in a quagmire of his making
Greg Grandin
W made matters worse, but the region's radicalization can all be traced to our steady support of the Shah of Shahs
“The Martian” and the big Mars discovery: Here’s why we have to go, no matter what it costs
Andrew O'Hehir
Was this week's big NASA announcement a movie tie-in or a leftist plot? Either way, Mars is calling
The 10 most egregious U.S. abuses of psychology and psychiatry
Bruce E. Levine
From Project MKUltra to the CIA's torture program, mental health professionals in the US have some explaining to do
The military’s secret military: Green Berets, Navy SEALs and the special ops you’ll never know about
Nick Turse
A handful of elite soldiers are carrying out hush-hush missions across the globe, and their numbers are growing
We are at war with an imaginary Islam: Lies, propaganda and the real story of America and the Muslim world
Raymond William Baker
American propaganda exaggerates the power and moral depravity of the Islamic enemy, in the service of our empire
Louie Gohmert opposes nomination of openly gay serviceman for Secretary of the Army because sexual abuse exists
Scott Eric Kaufman
It's not that the Texas Republican will do anything to curtail LGBTQ rights -- no, actually, he will
How America built its empire: The real history of American foreign policy that the media won’t tell you
Patrick L. Smith
Perry Anderson sits down with Salon to discuss the Cold War, Hiroshima, American exceptionalism, Iran and more
“Serial” may investigate Bowe Bergdahl next: Here are 6 huge questions we hope Sarah Koenig will be able to answer
Anna Silman
Sources say "Serial" may work with "Zero Dark Thirty" writer Mark Boal on the former POW's case
“They’re guilty by association”: American armed forces “look the other way” as Afghan soldiers rape children
Sophia Tesfaye
Horrifying New York Times reports alleges the U.S. military has punished officers who spoke out against the abuse
The imperialist lie that won’t die: America is making the planet safer
David Vine
The U.S. maintains 800 military bases across the globe. They're a threat to national security -- and harm us all
America’s “Star Trek” fantasy: Intervention is a noble endeavor
John Feffer
As our military boldly goes where no other country's will, we must dispense with the illusion we're a force of good
11 distortions, misrepresentations and outright lies from the GOP debates
Zaid Jilani
Jeb's whopper about his brother's legacy made headlines, but the party's deceit extended well beyond just him
The GOP farce plods along: Why last night’s interminable debate was an affront to the party’s patron saint
Joan Walsh
Fiorina was declared the winner. But all we really know after last night's circus is that "left-wing" Reagan lost
The Cold War is back — and it never went away: Bobby Fischer’s tragedy and the conflict that ate America’s soul
Andrew O'Hehir
America's greatest chess player was completely nuts -- but the rest of us were infected by Cold War madness too
America is still paying for W: Afghanistan, Iraq and our looming geopolitical crisis
Alfred McCoy
Obama has diligently repaired America's standing abroad, but its days of global influence may finally be numbered
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