Hagel in Your Face
Jan 9, 2013
Pentagon Calls 2014 Afghanistan Withdrawal ‘Aspirational’
Nov 19, 2010 Hamid Karzai and NATO would like Afghan forces to take over the country's security by 2014, a goal Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell calls "aspirational," as in "There may very well be the need for forces to remain in-country " (more jibber-jabber after the jump).
It’s No Secret: Afghanistan Is a Quagmire
Jul 26, 2010 The tens of thousands of classified military documents posted on the Internet Sunday confirm what critics of the war in Afghanistan already knew or suspected: We are wading deeper into a long-running, morally ambiguous conflict that has virtually no chance of ending well.We don't need WikiLeaks to know we are wading deeper into a long-running, morally ambiguous conflict that has virtually no chance of ending well.
As Iraq Threatens to Come Apart, U.S. Problems in Afghanistan Mount
Apr 7, 2010 Washington once again finds itself dangerously entangled with the hostile policies, nationalistic interests and supporters, and personal ambitions of a foreign figure whom it counted on to serve American interests.
All You Can Eat
Dec 29, 2009
American Classic
Dec 28, 2009Obama’s Coalition of the Unwilling
Mar 4, 2009 President Barack Obama met recently with the prime ministers of Canada and Britain, two NATO allies looking for a way out of Afghanistan even as the U.S. is talking escalation.
Cheney Claims ‘High Probability’ of WMD Attack
Feb 5, 2009 The former vice president tells Politico that there is a "high probability" of a terrorist attack involving "a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind" and that the current administration is "more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States ".
James Blight on McGeorge Bundy
Dec 19, 2008 One of JFK's "best and brightest" died wondering how the Vietnam War could have gone so wrong. Now, in an important new book, we have some answers.
