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Romney’s Shape-Shifting Foreign Policy
In Monday nightu2019s global affairs debate, Romney exchanged his neocon garb for a new cloak of moderation.
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Dreaming of Duvets
Haroon has recurring dreams.
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A Festival of Gibberish
Americans who tuned in to watch are now exactly 0% more informed on a variety of life-and-death issues for having done so, and that counts as a loss for …
Sunrise and Sunset in Afghanistan
Young people in Afghanistan are not oblivious to the shortcomings of their government, or their educational and political systems. On the contrary, they are all-too aware of the corruption …
US War Against Afghanistan Just Entered Its Twelfth Year
The Afghan Peace Volunteers, a group of young people from Kabul who espouse nonviolence have recently called upon the whole world to join their campaign for the end to …
Romney’s $2-Trillion Defense Increase Won’t Buy More Defense, Just More Waste
Romney talks about building ships and subs and starting up the cancelled F-22 Raptor fighter line, but fails to explain how his plan would make us safer from the …
Will Blowback From Drone Warfare End Up Killing Americans?
Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse of TomDispatch.com expose this startling and ominous account of drone warfare in
How the US Quietly Lost the IED War in Afghanistan
While some news outlets have published stories this year suggesting that the U.S. military was making u201cprogressu201d against the Taliban IED war, the reality is more stark for American …
Killing the Kids That Don’t Need to Die
Someone should put to Obama and Romney the same question: u201cWhy are we killing the kids that donu2019t need to die?u201d
Overwrought Empire: The Discrediting of US Military Power
Even as military power has proven itself a bust again and again, our policymakers have come to rely ever more completely on a military-first response to global problems.