Illusions of Victory
Andrew J. Bacevich : US Foreign Policy
The United States did not reinvent war after 9/11. It only thought it did.
US Wars & Military Action
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2008
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Phil Donahue on the Bleak Future of Iraq
The Young Turks : Iraq War
Why isn't Phil Donahue back on television? Because he speaks the truth.
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Battle Pieces
Eric Foner : History
In This Republic of Suffering, historian Drew Gilpin Faust strips from the Civil War any purpose beyond massive slaughter.
2006
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Pat Tillman's Legacy
As the elections approach, a former soldier, grieving the friendly-fire death of his brother in combat, asks: How has the most respected country in the world become so irrational, belligerent, feared and distrusted?
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Taliban Rising
Christian Parenti : Afghanistan
If the corruption of Karzai's government is Afghanistan's new cancer, then the Taliban are increasingly seen as chemotherapy: an unpleasant but necessary remedy.
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A Just Response
Katrina vanden Heuvel : Terrorism Targeting the US
The most effective response to terrorism involves nonmilitary actions in cooperation with the global community and within a framework of domestic and international law.
2005
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The Question of Kurdistan
Christian Parenti : US Foreign Policy
The Kurds have almost no natural resources and suffer from a culture of corruption. But their call for autonomy is a serious threat to the building of a united Iraq.
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Gitmo's Hunger Strikers
Clive Stafford Smith : US Military
The US military is keeping the ongoing hunger strike and forced feedings of Guantanamo Bay under wraps. And an apathetic American media is showing no interest in exposing the situation.
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Anywhere But Here
Tim Burton enlivens the dark and gloomy life of corpses and aristocrats in Corpse Bride; Occupation: Dreamland offers an unsentimental view of Iraqi soldiers.
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The Porn of War
George Zornick : Internet & New Media
What began as an amateur porn site has become a magnet for graphic images of combat and derisive comments posted by US soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan. But military officials are loath to condemn it.
2004
2002
2001
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Defining a Just War
The only way to wage this war effectively is to make sure that force is used within relevant frameworks of restraint.
This week: Imagining a new new deal, with Howard Zinn, Frances Moore Lappe, Andrea Batista Schlesinger, Eric Schlosser and...FDR himself. Plus: Ennis Carter and Stephen Duncombe on the political propaganda legacy of the WPA. (13mb mp3)
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