Fred Branfman, Truthdig. October 9, 2009. The U.S. has even less control over events in Pakistan than it does in Afghanistan -- Obama's really playing with fire here.
ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. September 24, 2009. The United States added troops in Afghanistan in each of these years. ICOS's maps show that none of these troop increases arrested the growth of the insurgency.
Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: World. July 8, 2009. Brave New Foundation explores the disproportionate hardships of war on women and their families, and how you can help.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. April 20, 2009. Why more substantive debate and non-military solutions are needed in this war.
ZP Heller, Brave New Foundation AlterNet: Video. February 5, 2009. A call for Congressional debates and informed public consent before military escalation.
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. August 16, 2007. The number of taxpayer-paid private contractors in Iraq, the number of bullets fired for each insurgent killed, the percentage of amputations performed on U.S. war-wounded: a compilation of numbers puts Iraq into perspective.
George Lakoff, AlterNet. February 15, 2007. The media and progressives' ability to reframe Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq has changed the public's perception of Republicans' Iraq agenda.
Adam Elkus, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 7, 2007. Lost in the "surge" debate is the unfortunate reality that escalation in Iraq, just like the invasion itself, plays into al-Qaida's ultimate strategy to eliminate America.
David Sirota, AlterNet: PEEK. February 5, 2007. States all over the country take a stand and demand Congress use its power to stop the so-called "surge."
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. February 2, 2007. This week, Senate Democrats agreed with key Republicans on a watered-down resolution opposing Bush's troop escalation. It may be smart politics, but it's bad policy.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. January 17, 2007. Joshua Holland: Veterans of the Reagan Justice department unearth a heretofore secret provision in the Constitution prohibiting Congress from criticizing the Wingnut-in-Chief.
Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. January 12, 2007. Congress should levy a 'Victory Over Terror' tax on the superrich which would expire once our troops are safely home.
