Eight U.S. Troops Die in Afghanistan
Eight U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan during a 24-hour period running from July 13-14. A NATO statement cited by AP and...
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Alleged Wikileaks Source Bradley Manning Arrested
Federal officials charged the alleged source for the April Wikileaks video that exposed U.S. helicopter gunners committing war crimes in Baghdad in 2007,...
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Obama Proposes Supplementing Afghan/Iraq Soldiers With Social Workers
President Obama renewed his call for a “Civilian Expeditionary Workforce” to supplement the efforts of soldiers in U.S. war-zones in Iraq and Afghanistan...
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Steele Galvanizes Neocon Hawks
Michael Kinsley famously defined a gaffe as “when a politician inadvertently tells the truth.” That being the case, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael...
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Petraeus Arrives in Afghanistan as Taliban Attack
New U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus arrived in Afghanistan on July 2 to assume command of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) —...
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Dozens of U.S. Citizens May Be on Obama Assassination List
The Washington Times reported June 24 that dozens of U.S. citizen may be targets for assassination by the Obama administration. “There are, in...
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MacArthur, Obama, and War Without End
President Barack Obama's dismissal of Gen. Stanley McChrystal as the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has inspired comparisons to...
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The Islamic View of McChrystal’s Firing
A CNN report on June 25 cited statements posted on two Islamist websites the previous day asserting that President Obama’s replacement of controversial...
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Proper Use of the U.S. Military
Do you ever wonder why we are still in Iraq after defeating Saddam Hussein’s forces in March, 2003? Are we peacekeeping until the...
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CFR Gen. Petraeus Replaces CFR Gen. McChrystal
President Obama announced June 23 that he had “accepted the resignation” of Afghanistan theater commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal and will replace him with...
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Faisal Shahzad: Exhibit A for Noninterventionism
One of the most dramatic moments in the 2008 election cycle occurred almost a year and a half before Election Day, during a...
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Gen. McChrystal Goes to Washington
Voice of America and other news sources reported on June 22 that General Stanley McChrystal, the top military commander of U.S., International Security...
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Senators Would Ban U.S. Govt. Purchase of Chinese Goods
A bill introduced in Congress on June 17 by four Senators would prohibit purchases by the U.S. federal government of Chinese goods and...
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Withdrawal From Afghanistan May Be Delayed
Citing a statement from a Middle East affairs expert who helped formulate the Obama administration’s first Afghan strategy in early 2009, a New...
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Is U.S. Funding Both Sides in Afghan War?
Is the United States indirectly funding the Taliban insurgents who are killing our troops in Afghanistan? The New York Times reported an ongoing...
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