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Saving an old barn is an immensely satisfying activity, even for someone like me with only basic carpentry skills. It also makes one think about other things that need saving and repairing.
Following Judge Kollar-Kotelly's ruling, the DOJ did not indicate whether it will appeal the decision, but I sincerely hope that the government follows the judge's advice and repatriates al-Rabia.
Osama bin Laden's lame 9/11 message and Barack Obama's lethal approach in Somalia raise a central question: Are we not in fact much closer to achieving our central goal in Afghanistan than most imagine?
They say the best offense is a good defense. Our only real defense against right wing insanity is to put them on the defense and keep them there.
War is now the American way, even if peace is what most Americans experience while their proxies fight in distant lands. Any serious alternative to war is increasingly inconceivable.
Denying the Pentagon access to more U.S. troops isn't the most subtle, nuanced way to influence U.S. policy. But it's the main lever that the public has.
For 150 veterans assembled at the White House, the greatest immediate and long term threat to our national security is climate change and energy policy.
The United States created, one way or another, the mess that is Ghezali. And what a mess it is.
Enjoy our new song about escalation in Afghanistan, the changing rationales for it, and the absence of a consensus on what winning really looks like.
The U.S. and NATO military presence of roughly 110,000 troops is more than enough to carry out the focused mission of training Afghan forces.
What kind of language should American bloggers use in writing on foreign affairs, particularly regarding combat zones like Afghanistan and Somalia?
A president has only so much capital to expend, both in tax dollars and public tolerance, and Barack Obama is dangerously overdrawn.
Carter's comments came as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, said the U.S. military would need to send more troops to Afghanistan to battle the Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
Charlie Cook, one of the best political handicappers in the country, sees the Democratic camp diverging in three directions -- loyal Obamites, Liberal purists, and skeptics.
Today, a number of realist-tilting scholars and commentators drafted and signed a letter raising key questions and concerns about growing U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
Yesterday's satire has become today's headlines. The fine art of argument is dead. In its place, we must endure playground taunts and invective. The temptation to respond in kind is enormous....
The Obama administration is following Bush's lead by unilaterally rewriting the Geneva Conventions, presumably to allow it to continue exploiting prisoners of war for their supposed intelligence value.
If congressional politics are inside baseball, Newt Gingrich completely upended the playing field. Joe Wilson isn't an accident, he's an outcome.
A timetable for withdrawal should be a core provision of an agreement negotiated by the United States with the Afghan government.
It's no longer a question of whether Afghanistan is "worth it." The only question left to answer is, "how much more Hell will we put our young men and women through?"
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Agreed. Just not at the Academy Awards!
I would also add that the war Afghanistan is actually one that deserves to be fought.
Ever since I read the transcript of a speech Susan gave in the early 90's entitled, "Let Courage Drive Us", I've had nothing but admiration for her. There are a lot of people that feel she has no right to use her celebrity to speak out, but I'm so grateful she did not and does not listen to them.
I remember when Sarandon and Robbins were fired from a movie for throwing a peace sign at some awards ceremony or something in about 2003 or '4. They gave me the courage to speak out against the Iraq invasion even when my in-laws (and just about everyone else) were questioning my patriotism. More killing is not the answer to terrorism. We cannot stop terrorist attacks. We can't "stamp terrorism out." It's like spider webs: You suck them up the vacuum and more just show up the next day. I'm not saying we shouldn't take steps to keep our country safe -- to a degree. Stripping Americans of their Civil Rights plays right into their hands by proving our democracy is weak. The best way to defuse them is to simply stop worrying so obsessively about them. Yes, they killed 3,000 Americans who will never be forgotten. But how many Americans have died since? Over 4,000 and Osama is still breathing our air. I cried for weeks after 9/11. I was furious and blood-thirsty. But where do we stop? Are we just going to keep targeting shadowy terrorist groups, throwing good money after bad? They're not going to go away. They'll continue to thrive as long as we continue to recognize them and their power.
Perfect, thank you.
I've been saying this for years: More killing is not the answer to terrorism
How many innocent Iraqis and Afghans have died? Over 100,000 and an even bigger tragedy are the homeless Iraqi and Afghan refugees: 5 million
We are spending ourselves bankrupt and playing right into osama's hands, recruiting more terrorist with every civilian we accidentally (or carelessly) kill, maim, or home destroyed.
War makes things worse.
Our war in Afghanistan is hardly misguided. We have had some issues in execution of the war, but the war was and is the right thing to do.
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