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We Failed Afghanistan, Not the Other Way Around Matt Taibbi, 8/18/2021 We Will Spend Trillions on the Afghan War Long After Its Overby Eric Boehm, 8/18/2021
Kabul's Collapse and DC's Incurable Arrogance James Bovard, 8/18/2021 The US and UK Have Failed to Grasp Something Key About Afghanistan Patrick Cockburn, 8/18/2021
Afghanistan Aftermath: No Firings? No Resignations?by Sheldon Richman, 8/18/2021 Diplomacy, Not Bombs: Anti-War Voices Say Afghanistan Shows Need to Stop Any Further March to Warby Brett Wilkins, 8/18/2021
Now, About That Peace Dividend ...by Thomas Knapp, 8/18/2021 Baby Teeth Collected Six Decades Ago Will Reveal the Damage to Americans' Health Caused by US Nuclear Weapons Testsby Lawrence Wittner and Joseph Mangano , 8/18/2021
Afghanistan Tragedy Should End Calls for 'Regime Change' in Iranby James North, 8/17/2021 SIGAR's Stinging Take Down of Nation Building in Afghanistan Alex Jordan, 8/17/2021
The Generals Lied and the Fantasy Died Anatol Lieven, 8/17/2021 $10,000 Invested in Defense Stocks 20 Years Ago Is Now Worth $100,000 Jon Schwarz, 8/17/2021
New Arms Sales Send the Wrong Signal on Taiwanby A. Trevor Thrall , Jordan B. Cohen, and Michael Klare , 8/17/2021 The Pentagon and the Generals Wanted This Disastrous Warby Ryan McMaken, 8/17/2021
Hurrah! Washington's Pointless Sojourn in the Graveyard of Empires Is Finally Overby David Stockman, 8/17/2021 The Afghanistan War and the Dissenters We Should've Listened Toby Kevin Gosztola , 8/17/2021
Biden's Determined Humility Regarding Afghanistan Is What America Needs Right Now Eric Boehm, 8/17/2021 The Afghanistan War Was Founded on Liesby Daniel Bessner, Derek Davison, 8/17/2021
In a World Aflame, an Antiwar Movement Is Needed More Than Everby Doug Bandow, 8/17/2021 Canada's Disaster in Afghanistanby Yves Engler, 8/17/2021
Afghanistan Slides Into the Abyss Doug Bandow, 8/16/2021 Afghanistan Withdrawal Is Still the Best Course for the United States William Ruger, 8/16/2021
Blame Bush and Obama for the Afghan Disasterby Scott Horton, 8/16/2021 Humiliating as It Is, Leaving Afghanistan Is the Right Choiceby David Robinson, 8/16/2021
Self-Delusion Is Cruelest of All: The Collapse of Afghanistan and American Illusionsby Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.), 8/16/2021 Recognizing and Combating the Pernicious Effects of Propagandaby Daniel Larison, 8/16/2021
Kabul Has Fallen – but Don't Blame Bidenby Ron Paul, 8/16/2021 Afghanistan: We Never Learn Matt Taibbi, 8/16/2021
The US Government Lied for Two Decades About Afghanistanby Glenn Greenwald, 8/16/2021 Make No Mistake, the US Military Will Continue to Thrive After Afghanistan Col. Douglas Macgregor, 8/16/2021
Why US Foreign Clients Collapse – and Collapse Fastby Ted Galen Carpenter, 8/16/2021 Rapid Taliban Takeover Shows How Little US Understood Afghanistan Joe Lauria, 8/15/2021
As America's Imperial Ambitions Collapse, Washington Should Ask: Who Lost Afghanistan?by Doug Bandow, 8/15/2021 US Military Domination Has Been Disastrous for the Middle East - and America Trita Parsi, 8/15/2021
The Most High-Profile Al Qaeda Plot Was an FBI Scamby Alice Speri, 8/15/2021 In Somalia, the US Is Bombing the Very 'Terrorists' It Created TJ Coles, 8/15/2021
My Yalu Story: One Day, Exiles Will Return to the Village Israel Destroyedby Hanna Alshaikh, 8/14/2021 The Sunk Cost Fallacy in the War on Terror Abigail R. Hall Blanco, 8/14/2021
After 18 Disastrous Years, the US Should Withdraw All Troops From Iraqby Noor Greene , 8/13/2021 Hold the Generals Accountable This Timeby Ray McGovern, 8/13/2021
Ben & Jerry's Recent Decision Is Not Antisemiticby Moriah Richman , 8/13/2021 Biden's Prudent Decision to Withdraw From Afghanistan Daniel Larison, 8/13/2021
Afghanistan: Taliban Victories Explain the Wisdom of US Withdrawalby Thomas Knapp, 8/13/2021 Blame Biden for Losing Afghanistan? Jacob G. Hornberger, 8/13/2021
The Crisis of Confidence in America's Military Matt Purple, 8/12/2021 Worrying Turn in Assange Case Alexander Mercouris, 8/12/2021
Abbas and PA Increase Campaign to Silence Dissentby Dalal Yassine, 8/12/2021 Who Lost America's Longest War?by Patrick J. Buchanan, 8/12/2021
Deceptions and Lies: What Really Happened in Afghanistan Craig Whitlock, 8/12/2021 Further Blow to Press Freedoms as US Wins Appeal in Effort to Extradite Julian Assangeby Brett Wilkins, 8/12/2021
For a New Isolationism by Murray Rothbard, 4/1/59 War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne, 1918
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