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Mitch PerryJanuary 5, 2015

There wasn’t a lot of news that broke over the holiday season the past two weeks. One event that barely registered in the press that did occur was the fact that the U.S. military’s combat role in Afghanistan ended last Wednesday, though the president has authorized 10,000 U.S. troops to attack the Taliban if they pose a threat […]

Guest AuthorDecember 29, 2014

The U.S.-led NATO war on Afghanistan has lasted so long they’ve decided to rename it, declare the old war over, and announce a brand new war they’re just sure you’re going to love. The war thus far has lasted as long as U.S. participation in World War II plus U.S. participation in World War I, […]

Adam WeinsteinDecember 8, 2014

With the loss of Sen. Mary Landrieu in Louisiana’s run-off election last weekend, Southern Democrats have just about gone extinct. For the first time since Reconstruction, no state in the Deep South has a Democrat in the Senate or the governor’s office. As a Southern liberal, I say: Good. America will be better off without […]

Steve SchaleNovember 12, 2014

The morning after the election, tired and a little dejected, I stood with five Indians and four Pakistanis inside the Tampa International Airport, seeing them back off to Washington, DC. When I signed up for this, I didn’t know what to expect. What I didn’t expect was what two of them said to me: “you […]

Guest AuthorJuly 30, 2014

On July 12 Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip and began their operation to stop Hamas from attempting to destroy the Jewish state one rocket at a time and there’s no indication that the fighting will end soon. As each day passes, Israel’s “Operation Defensive Edge” is becoming a bloody, devastating war. The result is […]

Guest AuthorMay 27, 2014

Another Memorial Day has passed. It’s supposed to be a solemn occasion to honor our military men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while in service to this nation. This year, as America remains entangled in the endless “war on terror,” some of us took time out of our weekend to thank a growing […]

Guest AuthorJanuary 13, 2014

Robert Gates was an impressive and pragmatic Defense Secretary. Here was a blunt Republican telling Congressional hawks that the military budget needed to be cut: we don’t need all those $1 billion fighter jets. His memoir is going on sale Tuesday (Jan. 14), “Duty: Memoirs of a Secretary at War” and it’s causing a stir. […]

Tag: Afghanistan

Mitch Perry Report for 1.5.15 – As Afghanistan “winds down,” majority still not supportive of war

David Swanson: Renaming Afghan war, renaming murder

Adam Weinstein: Goodbye, Southern Democrats, and good riddance

Steven Schale: Pakistani visitors helped expand understanding, build bridges

Steve Kurlander: Israeli offensive in Gaza is justified warfare against terrorism

Steve Kurlander: Obama’s “responsible end of war” has Orwellian ring

Tom O’Hara: ‘Getting out’ of Iraq and Afghanistan saves lives, money