AltWeeklies Wire
The Difference Between Deaths Here and 'Over There'
Thirteen soldiers die in Texas and it's all we talk about. Two million die in Afghanistan and Iraq and we don't notice -- and we don't even want to hear about it.
One Helicopter Crew Looks Back on an Unforgettable Rescuenew
With the Afghan war back in the headlines, and none of the news good, the rescue led by the Air Force's 305th Rescue Squadron provides a glimpse into one story that began horribly and ended well, thanks to the ordinary Americans who made it happen.
Tucson Weekly |
Leo W. Banks |
11-11-2009 |
War
Drop the Drones: Remote Attacks Inflame Afghan Anti-Americanism
To Afghans on the ground, drones symbolize American callousness and project a smug sense of superiority -- because they protect us at the Afghans' expense.
How Canada Got Caught in an Afghan Election That Doesn't Add Upnew
The news on the Afghan election, backed so earnestly by Canada and its $35 million contribution, has gone from terrible to tragic.
NOW Magazine |
Paul Weinberg |
10-16-2009 |
International
The Afghan War: Too Illegit to Quit
Eight years. We've been in Afghanistan longer than any other war in American history. The party of the president who invaded Afghanistan has been repudiated at the polls. Yet we still haven't altered the flawed strategy that allowed uneducated tribesmen with outdated weapons to defeat us year after year.
Build Stuff ... Then Leave Afghanistan
Now it's time to fight the war for hearts and minds the way it ought to have been done from the start -- instead of hostile troops, Afghanistan needs civil engineers.
Did an Army-Issue Antimalarial Drug Drive a Solider to Suicide?new
Criticism of the military's use of Lariam has continued to build since John Torres' death. "If it predisposes you to paranoia, anger, psychosis, is it appropriate to expose a company of people with automatic weapons?" army doctor Remington Nevin wonders.
Chicago Reader |
Kari Lydersen |
09-28-2009 |
War
Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan's Impotent Dictator
How many Americans will continue to see Hamid Karzai as viable -- and be willing to continue to pay the price of propping him up?
What If They Gave a War and Nobody Knew Why?
Eight years after invading Afghanistan, the U.S. government is still struggling to explain why. If you can't figure out if you're winning or losing, you're losing.
Obama Covers Up a Dozen My Lais
Obama sort of announces kind of an investigation of Bush's biggest single war crime. It's more of the same for a story the media has ignored for six or seven years.
Why Can't Obama See He's the New Robert McNamara?
Like McNamara, Obama doesn't understand a basic truth: you can't successfully manage an inherently doomed premise. Colonialism is dead. Occupiers will never enjoy peace. Neither the Afghans nor the Iraqis nor the Pakistanis will rest until we withdraw our forces.
Meet the People Who Fought (and Continue to Fight) Our Wars in the Middle Eastnew
More than 1.5 million Americans have fought in this country's two ongoing wars. While public interest and news coverage in Iraq and Afghanistan have waxed and waned, these volunteers have continued to stream to and from the battlefield. Here are 12 such people from the Philadelphia area.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Charles Cieri |
07-07-2009 |
War
Why We Fight: To Defend Rapists
The next time you watch a flag-draped coffin return from Afghanistan, remember why that young man died: to defend Afghan rapists.
Maui Time |
Ted Rall |
05-04-2009 |
The War on Women
Afghanistan: Obama’s Vietnam?new
While Bush never listened to those who disagreed with him politically, Obama seems to have made a fetish of the opposite: on the issue of Afghanistan, he has listened almost exclusively to Bush holdovers in the military, from Defense Secretary Gates on down, while tuning out those whose diverse alternative approaches have much more support in his political base.
Random Lengths News |
Paul Rosenberg |
04-04-2009 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan, international
What Obama and Hitler Have in Common
Billions to kill Muslims in Afghanistan; not one red cent to help struggling homeowners avoid foreclosure. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that killing Muslims is Barack Obama's top priority.
