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Iraq
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Until They All Come Home
This is a story about the people who have most recently endured what it means to serve in America's military, and what they are dealing with right now as …
How Petraeus Quietly Stoked the Fires of Sectarian War Without Getting Burned
Gen. David Petraeus led the US war strategy to a dependence on Shi'a militia, which inflamed sectarian war.
How the Myth Began – Petraeus in Mosul
Petraeus is a new type of military commander whose primary strength isn't strategy or combat command, but manipulation of media to maintain support for wars of choice.
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Reflecting on My Visits to Families in Exhausted Iraq
‘We are helpless and hopeless, but we are adapting,’ a doctor told a volunteer traveling in Baghdad this month.
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General Petraeus Seduced Us, Too
Exposure of the realities of Petraeus' corporate alliances might lay bare how we have been carried into war by Western corporate power.
Forget Petraeus: The Real Scandal Is Generals’ Corrupt Weapons Procurement
Ill-conceived weapons continue to suck taxpayer dollars - the majority of the discretionary portion of the federal budget, in fact.
“Moderate Mitt”: Neocon Trojan Horse
Mitt Romney's sudden conversion to moderate foreign policy may have fooled some at Monday's debate, but his neoconservative roots were shown when he expressed his desire to rebuild the …
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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.
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 …
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After Making a Mess of Iraq, Bush Advisers Join Team Romney
Paul Krugman: What does it say about Mr. Romney that heu2019s relying on this crew?