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Barack Obama Takes a Ride on the Pentagon Escalator
World’s Highest Escalator. Image from TechEBlog.Will He be Able to Get Off? President Obama has made a crucial mistake that could very well come back to haunt him, like the initial decision to escalate in Vietnam, made in 1965 against … Continue reading
Kyrgyzstan Pulls the Plug on Imperial America
Kyrgyz parliament OKs closing air base that’s crucial to U.S.By Tom Lasseter / February 19, 2009 BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan — The Kyrgyz parliament voted Thursday to force the U.S. military to abandon its air base here — part of what many … Continue reading
Afghanistan : Hello? Obama Actually Wants Plan Before Sending Troops?
War scene at the time of then Presidential candidate Barack Obama’s July 28, 2008, visit to Afghanistan. President Barack Obama is refusing to be rushed into his first decision to send troops into combat, an early sign he may be … Continue reading
US Policy in Afghanistan: Destined for Failure?
An Afghan boy walks by a destroyed Soviet made helicopter in Kabul in this picture taken February 5, 2009. February 15th marks 20 years since the last Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan. Moscow’s forces pulled out of the country in … Continue reading
Loving: The Truth About the War in Afghanistan
Cartoon by Charlie Loving / The Rag Blog
Tom Hayden : Is Obama Rethinking Afghanistan?
‘Obama seems to be repositioning himself in the direction of Afghanistan diplomacy while not retreating from his campaign rhetoric.’By Tom Hayden / January 20, 2009 President Obama pledged to “forge a hard-earned peace on Afghanistan” today, a potentially significant reformulation … Continue reading
Memo to Obama : We Must Rethink Afghanistan Policy
Afghani Taliban: closer ties with Al Qaeda. Americans need an open and full discussion of the grim situation in Afghanistan, and the Obama administration needs to set very limited objectives. The public needs to know that the situation in Afghanistan … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Foreign Policy, Obama Administration, Pakistan, Taliban
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Afghanistan: Reminders of Why We’ve Already Lost
NY Times caption: A DynCorp worker, kneeling, trained policemen recently near Kabul, Afghanistan. DynCorp got 94 percent of $2.2 billion in police training and drug eradication contracts from a State Department bureau. (Fake dialogue by The Enchanted Porkfist.)The Afghan Scam: … Continue reading
Tom Hayden on Obama’s Afghanistan : Needles and Haystacks
US Troops Stuck in Afghan Sands.‘In everyday language, Obama’s proposals for Afghanistan and Pakistan can be described as either out of the frying pan and into the fire, or attacking needles by burning down haystacks.’By Tom Hayden / January 6, … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Obama Presidency, Tom Hayden, U.S. Foreign Policy
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Afghanistan Warlords, the CIA and the Little Blue Pill
Illustration by Matt Weems / Afghanistan Watch.‘The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes — followed by a request for more pills.’ By Joby Warrick / December 26, 2008 The Afghan chieftain looked … Continue reading
Freeze! CodePink Strikes Austin Mall With Anti-War Theater
Austin “freeze action”: Video by Ric Sternberg / The Rag Blog. On December 20, 2008, a group of Code Pink members and friends staged a ‘freeze action’ at the Barton Creek Mall in Austin, Texas. The message was ‘don’t buy … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Agitprop, CodePink, Iraq War, Peace Movement, Social Action, Street Theater
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