The most serious problem facing the Republican Party is that they have backed themselves into the corner of being a party whose base, and to a large extent, entire electorate is white and born before about 1960. Read more: John McCain, Haley Barbour, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Contraception, Afghanistan, Iraq, George H. W. [...]
WASHINGTON — Defense spending has boomed in the post-9/11 era, creating new jobs and programs to support American military operations around the worl… Read more: Iraq War, Video, Department of Defense, Afghanistan, Buck Mckeon, Defense Spending, Iraq, Iraq War Funding, Defense Budget, Afghanistan War, Politics News Iraq news Military News Military Breaking News Military Family [...]
In the 11 years of America’s post-9/11 wars, drones have emerged as a seemingly perfect weapon for fighting elusive enemies. Able to stay aloft for a … Read more: Reaper-Drones, Afghanistan, Pentagon Budget Cuts, United States Air Force, Unmanned Drones, Pentagon Budget, Air Force, Drones, Afghanistan War, Iraq War, Video, Unmanned-Aerial-Vehicles, Army Navy Air Force [...]
Afghans and their neighbors are preparing for a post-American Afghanistan and Washington’s influence, no matter what U.S. officials assert, is diminishing rapidly. This may be the only issue on which everyone in Afghanistan and its rivalry-ridden region can agree. Read more: Hamid Karzai, Prisoners in Afghanistan, Iran, Taliban Afghanistan, Pakistan, US Troops Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, [...]
Shifting the conversation in Washington from one about war to one about solutions is still possible. It’s imperative for the Obama administration to do this, both for its own survival and for the security and stability of the Middle East. Read more: Iran, Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Afghanistan, Terrorism, War, Israel, Aipac, Iraq, Congress, North [...]
Why are we in Afghanistan? I really don’t know anymore. We fear — with some real cause — that “Islamists” hate America and want to bring us down. But does that fear justify committing atrocities ourselves? Read more: US Military, Afghan War, American Military, US Military Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan United States, Politics News
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, March 6 (Reuters) – At least 37 people died and hundreds were still trapped in northern Afghanistan on Tuesday when a snow aval… Read more: Afghanistan Snow, Afghan Winter, Afghanistan Avalanche, Afghanistan, Afghan Avalanche, Afghanistan Winter, Reuters, World News
There must be an Afghan political solution. The U.S. must assist the Afghans in stabilization the country instead of turning it into a martial state. Read more: Obama Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Afghan National Police, China, Afghanistan War, Jirga, Iran, Mujhadeen, Afghan National Army, Afghanistan Taliban, India, International Security Assistance Force, World News
KABUL, Afghanistan — An investigation into the burning of Muslim holy books at a U.S. military base has found it was a mistake involving at leas… Read more: u.s. War Afghanistan, Afghanistan Qurans, Afghanistan Protests, Afghanistan, Afghanistan u.s., Afghanistan Quran Burnings, Bahram Airbase, Afghanistan War, Video, World News
Huffington-Matalin debate U.S. military policy in Iran, Syria and Afghanistan after a decade of costly failures. Do war whoops resemble pre-Vietnam, pre-Iraq? And did St. Rick jump the shark by being so stridently anti-contraception and college? Read more: Syria, Iran, John McCain, Benjamin Netanyahu, Rich Santorum, Mitt Romney, Contraception, Israel, Arianna Huffington, Joe Lieberman, Hillary [...]
