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Reports: Our Murderers in the Sky

A/V Booth: ‘Mosaic’: The Real Reason Behind Obama’s Afghan Surge

Reports: Why Obama’s Strategy Won’t Succeed

Reports: Kucinich on Obama’s Escalation: Great Speech, Bad Policy

Truthdig Podcast: Kucinich on Obama’s Escalation: Great Speech, Bad Policy

Cartoons: Finishing the Job

Cartoons: Good Luck

Ear to the Ground: Rep. Dennis Kucinich Addresses Escalation in Afghanistan

Ear to the Ground: The Audacity of Obama’s Hopeful Exit Strategy

Ear to the Ground: Report: Obama to Expand Afghan War by 50 Percent

Reports: Bring Them Home, Mr. President

Ear to the Ground: U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Rains on Surge Parade

Reports: McChrystal Doesn’t Get It—Does Obama?

Cartoons: Revised Campaign Poster

Ear to the Ground: Obama to Send Even More Troops to Afghanistan

Reports: Barack Obama, Meet Team B

Ear to the Ground: Obama’s Troop Shuffle Leaves Us Dizzy

Cartoons: The Pencil

Ear to the Ground: Obama Throws 17,000 Troops at Afghanistan Mess

Reports: The Road Out of Iraq Begins in Vietnam

Arts and Culture: James Blight on McGeorge Bundy

Reports: Why Obama Can Keep Gates

Reports: Bush?s Parallel Universe

Reports: Whatever Happened to Ending the War?

Reports: The Folks Who Brought You Iraq

Reports: McCain’s Political Quagmire

Reports: Iraq’s Tragic Future

Reports: What They Call ‘Progress’ in Iraq

Reports: The Five Iraqs

Reports: Tag—It’s Your Problem

Reports: The ‘Surge’ Bait and Switch

Ear to the Ground: Is Gates on a Different Page?

Reports: Mr. Bush, Tear Down That Wall

Ear to the Ground: The Blind Leaders of the U.S. and Iraq

Ear to the Ground: McCain Resorts to Scare Tactics and Smears

A/V Booth: McCain Tries to Dislodge Foot From Mouth

Ear to the Ground: McCain Ties Victory to a Losing Issue

Ear to the Ground: Keeping Up With the Surge

Reports: McCain’s Magic Carpet Ride

Cartoons: Baghdad Is Perfectly Safe ... for John McCain

Ear to the Ground: Iraqis Call Out McCain

Ear to the Ground: McCain Defends Surge During Iraq Visit

Cartoons: BS Express

A/V Booth: CNN Calls Out McCain

Reports: Backward ‘Progress’ in Iraq

Reports: Saddam Has the Last Laugh

Ear to the Ground: Bush Adds to the Escalation

Ear to the Ground: Make Some Noise for Molly Ivins

Ear to the Ground: Escalating the Surge

Reports: Winning the War of Words

Ear to the Ground: Revisiting the ‘Insurgent’ Generals

Ear to the Ground: Cheney’s Twisted Logic

Reports: Better Him Than Me

Ear to the Ground: Most Americans Want Out of Iraq, No Matter What

Ear to the Ground: Senate Dems Try New Tack

Ear to the Ground: Iraqi Government Pleased by British Withdrawal

Cartoons: Mr. Fish: Earn Your IED Badge

Ear to the Ground: Blair to Withdraw Up to 3,000 Troops

Cartoons: Powell: Dems Along for the Ride

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Resolution Passes

A/V Booth: John Murtha: The Man With the Plan

Ear to the Ground: War Debate Heats Up in the House

Ear to the Ground: Iraq Crackdown Empowers PM

Ear to the Ground: More Evidence the Surge Isn’t Working

A/V Booth: Colbert’s Iraqi Democracy Formula

A/V Booth: Remember These ‘Escalation’ Faces

Ear to the Ground: 7 GOP Senators Back War Debate

Ear to the Ground: Defense Secretary: Surge Not Our ‘Last Chance’

A/V Booth: A ‘Comatose’ Congress

Cartoons: Luckovich: Plan B

Cartoons: Mr. Fish: What if He Was Your Waiter?

Ear to the Ground: More Americans Dying in Iraq Than Ever Before

A/V Booth: Feingold Slams Warner-Levin Resolution

Ear to the Ground: Feingold Hits Dems for ‘Playing it Safe’

Ear to the Ground: GOP Blocks Anti-Escalation Resolution

Cartoons: Mr. Fish: Hillary Prepares to Join the Conversation

A/V Booth: McCain vs. Hagel

Ear to the Ground: Intelligence Report Reflects Grim Reality

Cartoons: Luckovich: Even Barney Won’t Play

Ear to the Ground: Nancy Pelosi Returns from ‘Chaotic’ Iraq

Ear to the Ground: Obama Proposes Iraq Deadline

Ear to the Ground: Senate Prepares for Constitutional Showdown

A/V Booth: ‘Stop the Escalation’ Ad

Cartoons: Luckovich: Give His Plan a Chance

A/V Booth: Hagel Puts the Senate to Shame

Ear to the Ground: As the U.S. Surges, Britain Withdraws

Ear to the Ground: Senate Nears Vote on Escalation

Reports: The World Agrees: Stop Him

A/V Booth: GOP Showdown: Hagel vs. McCain

Ear to the Ground: Scores Die in Baghdad Attacks

Ear to the Ground: Violence Escalates With Troop Levels in Iraq

Cartoons: Luckovich: Misplaced Loyalty

Ear to the Ground: A Chance to Retrieve History

Ear to the Ground: Edwards Aide Denounces Bush’s ‘Total Bull’

Ear to the Ground: Congress Mass-Produces Antiwar Legislation

Reports: Robert Scheer: Chuck Hagel for President!

A/V Booth: Boxer’s Actual Comments to Rice

Cartoons: Powell: Puppet Ruler

Ear to the Ground: Bush Administration Continues to Trash-Talk Iran

Reports: Chris Hedges: War of Shadows

A/V Booth: Sen. Hagel Dismantles Lieberman

Ear to the Ground: Maliki Pick Angers Iraqis and Americans Alike

A/V Booth: Podcast: Escalating the War, Schwarzenegger and More

Truthdig Podcast: Robert Scheer and James Harris on Escalating the War, Schwarzenegger and More

Reports: Classic: Truthdigger of the Week: Ted Kennedy

Reports: Tony Blankley: Pelosian Honesty

A/V Booth: Weekly Video Roundup

Ear to the Ground: Military Sacrifices Soldiers for Escalation

Ear to the Ground: Congress Holds Hearing on ‘Craziest, Dumbest Plan’

Ear to the Ground: Beware the Great White Fleet

Ear to the Ground: Democrats Respond to Bush’s Speech

Reports: Joe Conason: A Time to Say No to Bush

Ear to the Ground: Bush Admits Mistakes, Promises to Make More

Ear to the Ground: Dems to Force Escalation Vote

Reports: Robert Scheer: Brooding Prince’s Soliloquy

Cartoons: Mr. Fish: Bipartisan Blunt

Cartoons: Luckovich: An Appropriate Venue for Bush’s Speech

Ear to the Ground: Bush’s New Iraq Policy Taking Shape

A/V Booth: Pelosi: No Money for Escalation Without Justification

A/V Booth: CNN’s Cafferty Deflates Bush Rhetoric

A/V Booth: Olbermann to Bush: ‘You Do Not Own This Country’

Reports: Robert Scheer: Bush Can’t Kick the Habit

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