Hamid Karzai and Memories of Indochina
W. Pfaff says tell Obama the communists didn’t take over Asia
Tag: vietnam
From My Lai to Lockerbie
On this one-way planet of ours, it’s hard sometimes to imagine things any other way, but for a moment let’s try. Imagine, for instance, that in recent years the director of Iranian intelligence oversaw a program of “extraordinary rendition” aimed at those who were believed to be prepared to commit acts of terror against that … Continue reading “From My Lai to Lockerbie”
Beyond the Hype:
Cronkite and the Vietnam War
shorter title: Beyond the Hype
subhead: Norman Solomon on Walter Cronkite and Vietnam
A Lesson From Vietnam for Obama’s War in Afghanistan
Joe Galloway on the ‘wisdom’ of McNamara
A Secret History of Dissent in the All-Volunteer Force
Shorter title: Dissent in the Volunteer Military
Resistance didn’t end with Vietnam, says Dahr Jamail
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 can do very stupid things – how … Continue reading “The March of Folly, Continued”
From Phnom Penh to Islamabad
Last September, during the American presidential campaign, I wrote a column declaring that the United States had again invaded Cambodia, only this time "Cambodia" was Pakistan. President George W. Bush had ordered U.S. ground attacks on the Taliban inside Pakistan’s Tribal Territories, without Pakistan’s authorization. That was also when Barack Obama’s foreign policy campaign platform … Continue reading “From Phnom Penh to Islamabad”