Aaron Glantz, New America Media. November 6, 2009. Perhaps the most depressing aspect of Thursday's shoot-out at Fort Hood is that none of the people who died will be counted as casualties of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Jodie Evans, CODEPINK Women for Peace: Action Blog. November 6, 2009. Meddling in Afghanistan’s elections and U.S. failure at every turn to deliver security and justice is increasing the potency of the Taliban.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. November 4, 2009. Can we avoid an approach to Afghanistan where impending disaster is seen as an invitation to make things even worse?
Rory O'Connor, MediaChannel.org. November 4, 2009. One NY Times reporter finally 'fesses up that the invasion of Iraq wasn't presented truthfully by the big media outlets. It's still not too late to tell the truth.
Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. November 2, 2009. The much-anticipated runoff vote in Afghanistan has become a one-horse race for President Hamid Karzai.
Leslie Savan, TheNation.com AlterNet: World. October 30, 2009. Obama is better at just about every act of presidenting than Bush was, more graceful, more self-aware. But that's not the point.
Ann Jones, The Nation. October 28, 2009. What happens to women in Afghanistan is not merely a "women's issue." It is the central issue of stability, development and durable peace.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, TheNation.com AlterNet: World. October 26, 2009. NoEscalation.org tracks who has taken a stand, listing phone numbers so you can call and ask legislators to do the right thing.
Hafizullah Gardesh, Institute for War and Peace Reporting. October 23, 2009. While the candidates prepare for the elections, experts question whether a second round is even possible, given the security crisis, bad weather, and Afghan disillusionment.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. October 22, 2009. "What Vice President Cheney calls 'dithering, President Obama calls his solemn responsibility to the men and women in uniform and the American public,'" Gibbs said.
John Nichols, TheNation.com AlterNet: World. October 20, 2009. Unfortunately for the president (and despite his words of praise), there's little evidence to suggest Hamid Karzai will stand up for democracy.
Stephen Collinson, Agence France Presse. October 20, 2009. Washington spent several days pressuring Afghan President Hamid Karzai to enter a second round of voting following his fraud-tainted election win.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. October 20, 2009. For 30 years we've been deeply involved in creating, financing, and sometimes arming a part of the world that has shown willingness to create violence on our own soil.
Don Hazen, AlterNet. October 17, 2009. Armed with the signatures of thousands of Afghan women asking him not to send more troops, Evans told Obama that women must have a seat at the negotiating table.
