Articles related to "Afghanistan War"



Are there Wars of Necessity?
U.S. President Barack Obama has called the hostilities in Afghanistan a "war of necessity," not a "war of choice." Not everybody agrees.
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Afghan Military Prison and Constitutional Law
On January 7, 2009, a U.S. Federal Judge began the process of examining the legal rights of over 600 detainees being held in Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan.
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Blastin' Bin Laden : Web Sites Strike Back At Al-Qaida Outlaw
Online Community Takes Aim At Terrorism With Black Humor
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Four Novels With Afghan Characters or Themes
Fictional accounts with Afghan characters or settings are relatively hard to find. Here are four novels to read from the safety of your armchair.
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Insight into Afghanistan: Part 1
Twenty years of conflict has reduced Afghanistan to its present form. It doesn't just happen to be the real-life medieval country Hollywood spends millions on per year to re-create by accident. No, this is the real-deal; it’s free and didn’t cost a penny to achieve either.
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Iraq Stabilizing, Afghanistan Failing
Sustained reductions in violence in Iraq have continued for several months now, prompting many to mull the idea of reinforcing the military effort in Afghanistan.
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Obama's Afghanistan Decision
President Obama's never ending number of irons in the fire keep getting hotter. The war in Afghanistan is now at the forefront and tough decisions must be made.
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Obama's War Decision Gets More Complex
Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein is pressing the president to side with Gen. McChrystal's troop recommendation in Afghanistan.
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Strategy, War, and Victory
Suppose you are the leader of the only global superpower. Nine months into your term, your country is attacked by an identifiable but unseen foe. What should you do?
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Applying the Iraqi Surge Strategy to Afghanistan
Barack Obama and the US military have been advocating a troop "surge" strategy for Afghanistan as a solution to the war. A solution which poses serious risks.
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How to Bring Peace to Afghanistan
A new non-military solution needs to be found so that peace can be achieved in Afghanistan. A solution that involves the Taliban and all the countries in the region.
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Obama's Foreign Policy Objectives in Afghanistan
President-elect Barack Obama wants to make Afghanistan his top foreign policy priority. However, there are still lingering questions over his real objectives.
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7 Years in Afghanistan, Is the Millitary Winning
Inept planning, partisan politics and insufficient military support places American troops in harms way. Not losing a battle does not mean you are winning the war!
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Americans turning to overseas media for the truth?
Are a growing number of US citizens tied of official reports on the 'war on terrorism' and going to foreign news sources?
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Cheney Counters Emanuel on Afghanistan Strategy
Vice-President Dick Cheney disputes White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel's claim of having to start from scratch on Afghan War strategy.
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General Tommy Franks, United States Army (Ret.)
A great American General that led American and Coalition troops to victory in the Afghanistan War and the Iraqi War.
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Ignatieff meets Obama, Discusses Khadr
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff met with American President Barack Obama at Ottawa Airport. The two leaders discussed issues of mutual concern for both countries.
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Media's Influence in Afghanistan
Since Vietnam the media genie has been out of the bottle. By reporting on the war, are journalists in fact shaping the events of Afghanistan's war?
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More attacks on freedom of speech and the press
More information about how this "War on Terrorism" is curtailing free speech.
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More media shorts (Part 2)
More news you may have missed in the media's 24/7 "war" on terrorism
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Reasons for the War in Afghanistan
With allied troop deaths on the rise, reports of corrupt elections and the news that British commanders are rethinking their strategy, what are the reasons for the war?
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The New War on Afghanistan and British Opinion
More British lives have been lost in June 2009 than any other month in the last seven years. But British government's propaganda for war on Afghanistan continues.
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Canada's Commitment to Rebuild Afghanistan
In October 2001, Canada made a commitment to help rebuild Afghanistan. Eight years later, Canadians debate their ongoing involvement.
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Mining the Straits of Hormuz
Military analysts fear one of the first exercises Iran would undertake, should America invade, would be the mining of the vital Straits of Hormuz waterway.
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Some more 'Whys' the media needs to tell
Why won't media tell why we are in Afghanistan NOT getting bin Laden?
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The Effects of the Iraq War
The Vietnam War created doubts in Americans' minds about their government's ability to win a war. Over three decades later, the Iraq War is having the same effect.
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The Green Dragon in History and Literature
The Green Dragon, a mythical beast, appears in Shire and Boston taverns, and New York City August 30, 2004 protests against George W. Bush and the Iraq and Afghan wars.
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Obama Must Decide on Afghanistan Now
The war in Afghanistan continues to be at the forefront of media headlines. Immense pressure is being placed squarely on President Obama to act quickly and decisively.
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Remembrance Day
The day we honor those that have fallen.
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Connecticut Students Against the War
CTSAW is a group of university and high school students working to build a regional anti-war coalition in the post-Bush era.
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Rememberance Day
An article to remember the millions who died in the Wars of the 20th century and those who will die in those of the 21st. We must remember, 84 years after the Armistice ended the "Great" War.
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Stop-Loss Movie Review
Screen heartthrobs Ryan Phillippe (Cruel Intentions) and Channing Tatum (Step-Up), trade in their pretty boy images for a set of fatigues, in this gritty political drama.
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Cocaine Trafficking in Mexico
Once a "bourgeois" drug of choice for Mexico's artists and intellectuals, cocaine has become a national offensive against an extensive network of Mexican drug cartels.
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Combat PTSD and Iraq War Soldiers
It is hoped that Afghanistan & Iraq war soldiers will use this article to think through some reasons for treating - or not treating - their PTSD, anxiety and depression.
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John Pilger Gives Sydney Peace Prize Lecture
John Pilger is an Australian journalist renowned for championing human rights, and in his lecture described how Australian silence has created an apartheid-like state.
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The Loyal Opposition
Democrats are sometimes having trouble staying true to their obligations a the loyal opposition. Michael Moore is making it a little more difficult.
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When Trickle-down Equals Trickle-Out
When the US government gives money to large corporations some of the benefits of those funds are bound to end up somewhere else in the world.
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