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25 September 2010
Petraeus Cons Obama on Afghan War
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Ray McGovern
One thing that comes through clearly in Bob Woodward's new book, Obama's Wars, is the contempt felt by Gen. David Petraeus, commander of U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, toward President Barack Obama.

One of Woodward's...
23 September 2010
The war is lost: Another perspective on the Afghanistan war
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Frank Brodhead
I started the Afghanistan War Weekly several months ago because it seemed important to learn more about how the war was being fought on the ground, and what was the impact or what were the results...
23 September 2010
No, higher consciousness won’t save us
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Norman Solomon
Autumn 2010 is a time of disillusionment for many who deplore the USA’s current political trajectory. Some who’ve been active for progressive causes are now gravitating toward hope that individual actions -- in tandem with higher...
21 September 2010
Regarding US Muslims: A misguided debate
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Ramzy Baroud
Laurie Goodstein's article, 'American Muslims Ask, Will We Ever Belong?' was intended as a sympathetic reading of the concerns of US Muslim communities facing increasing levels of hostility and fear. While generally insightful and sensibly...
19 September 2010
Elections are a waste of time -- If...
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Norman Solomon
A pithy idea -- now going around in some progressive circles -- is that elections are a waste of time.

The idea can be catchy. It all depends on some tacit assumptions.

For instance: elections are a...
19 September 2010
Holy war
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Robert Koehler
It took the U.S. secretary of defense, for God’s sake, to get a Florida preacher to cancel his plans for pyrotechnic sacrilege on Sept. 11. A few days later, CNN asked some of its blog contributors to reflect on the incident . . . “now...

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