With a military health care system over-stretched by two ongoing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, more soldiers are deciding to go absent without leave (AWOL) in order to find treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eric Jasinski enlisted in the military in...
Once Again, We’re Marching Into an Unwinnable War
Friday: 1 Marine, 8 Iraqis Killed; 26 Iraqis Wounded
Iran’s Diaspora: Beware Change for Its Own Sake
As international attention has turned from the disputed June 12 Iranian presidential election and that regime's brutal crackdown to the negotiations surrounding Tehran's nuclear program, hardline neoconservatives in the United States, Iranian opposition leaders and...
Increased Focus and Growing Pressure on Pakistan
While President Barack Obama's announcement last week that he will "surge" 30,000 more U.S. troops into Afghanistan has received all of the attention here over the past week, Pakistan appears to be looming larger than ever in Washington's strategic...
The Hannibal Procedure: Israel Encourages Its Own Suicide Bombers
Mr. President, War Is Not Peace
The Nine Surges of Obama’s War
One Step Closer to Unilateral Sanctions Against Iran
Congress has given new momentum to a bill imposing unilateral sanctions on Iran -- a move seen by many as an ineffective form of sanctions and potentially antagonistic against valuable U.S. allies on the U.N. Security Council. This comes ahead of the end of the year...


