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Left Behind: What We Lost in Iraq and Washington, 2009-2012
People ask the question in various ways, sometimes hesitantly, often via a long digression, but my answer is always the same: no regrets. In some 24 years of government …
Deal Reached on Contested Afghan Night Raids
101st Combat Aviation Brigade CH-47 Chinook helcopter door gunners survey the ground during a night flight June 26, 2009 in southern Afghanistan. (Photo: Staff Sgt. Sadie Bleistein) Kabul, Afghanistan …
Survivors Tell of Bloody Aftermath of Continued Fighting in Syria
Hatay, Turkey - Wounded Syrians being treated in hospitals here are providing detailed accounts of a bloody battle for the town of Taftanaz in northern Syria earlier this week …
Enlisting Michelle Obama – and the American Public – to Stop War on Iran
On Friday, March 30, First Lady Michelle Obama received an unusual request at her San Francisco fundraiser. Instead of “Can I have a picture with you?,” one major donor …
A Test Case on Sanctions?
If there’s one thing most Americans support in foreign policy, it’s sanctions against Iran to halt its alleged drive for nuclear weapons. From President Obama to Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and …
Render to Caesar, Extraordinarily
Some of us pause on Good Friday to mark the torture and death of a high-value detainee rendered, extraordinarily, to Roman occupiers. Although the charges against Jesus of Nazareth …
East Timor: A Lesson in Why the Poorest Threaten the Powerful
Milan Kundera's truism, “the struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting,” described East Timor. The day before I set out to film clandestinely there …
Zionist BDS – Kosher for Passover
History should mark March 18, 2012, as an important date on the road to a just and peaceful resolution of the Israel-Palestine conflict. That was the date on which …
Iranian Diplomat Says IAEA Undermined Recent Talks to Satisfy Israel and West
Gareth Porter: IAEA demanded to see Parchin on recent visit ahead of schedule to make Iran look uncooperative. Gareth Porter is a historian and investigative journalist on US foreign …
Self-Dealing and the War Service Industry, Part I
On April 19, 2007, the Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the Army's management of KBR's contract, called LOGCAP, which provided support and logistics to our troops …