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US Admits but Still Defends Afghan Civilian Slaughter
The attack in Farah province killed as many as 140 Afghan civilians. The US military says errors were made, but insists the "targets" "posed legitimate threats to Afghan or American forces." The May 4 US bombing in Farah Province in Afghanistan was...
How Many Times Will Guantánamo Kill?
The Unsinkable Hamid Karzai
Implementing Af-Pak Strategy Is the Hard Part
With the strategic review for U.S. goals in Afghanistan and Pakistan now complete, the administration of President Barack Obama must shift to the more difficult task of choosing and – even more daunting – implementing policies that seek to quell the militant...
US Soldier: ‘There’s No Way I’m Going to Deploy to Afghanistan’
MARFA, Texas - "It's a matter of what I'm willing to live with," Specialist Victor Agosto of the U.S. Army, who is refusing orders to deploy to Afghanistan, explained to IPS. "I'm not willing to participate in this occupation, knowing it is completely...
Setting a Higher Standard for Making War
The March of Folly, Continued
To understand what's up with President Obama as he escalates the war in Afghanistan, there may be no better place to look than a book published 25 years ago. The March of Folly, by historian Barbara Tuchman, is a chilling assessment of how very smart people in power...
