Who’s to Blame When Vets Turn Homicidal?
Kelley Vlahos on the mind-shattering effects of war
Tag: us military
Beginning to Smell in Afghanistan
The Army’s Col. Timothy R. Reese is, at least for the time being, still the chief of the Operations Command Advisory Team in Baghdad. His job is to advise Iraqi general, Abud Qanbar, in charge of security in Baghdad. Prior to his deployment to Iraq, Reese ran the Combat Studies Institute at Fort Leavenworth, where … Continue reading “Beginning to Smell in Afghanistan”
Wham Bam Bananastan
Jeff Huber on those wily Afghan guerrillas
Three Good Reasons To Liquidate Our Empire
Chalmers Johnson has 10 steps to do so
Serial Warriors
David Bromwich on the new American way
Will What We Don’t Know (or Care to Know) Hurt Us?
Tom Engelhardt on ignoring the Afghan dead
One Step Forward,
One Step Back
According to the July 3 Cleveland Plain Dealer, President Barack Obama said something very interesting last week. He told the AP that he has "a very narrow definition of success when it comes to our national security interests" in Afghanistan. "And that is that al-Qaeda and its affiliates cannot set up safe havens from which … Continue reading “One Step Forward,
One Step Back”
One Step Back”
Bull Pulpit
Jeff Huber’s guide to military mouthpieces
Saudi Account of Khobar Bore Telltale Signs of Fraud
Gareth Porter on the Hezbollah red herring
War: The More We Spend on It,
the More We Get
Hard to believe, says Ryan McCarl, but true