On AlterNet: troop withdrawal
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Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. February 24, 2009.
Obama makes good on another campaign promise.
Robert Dreyfuss, The Nation. January 7, 2009.
Assertions by the Obama team that we can both "surge" and negotiate overlook a harsh reality. If Obama's not careful, he could make the crisis worse.
Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman AlterNet: War on Iraq. August 21, 2008.
The left won the Iraq debate. Period.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. August 1, 2008.
The U.S. invasion of Afghanistan was every bit as illegal as the invasion of Iraq. Why, then, do so many Americans see it as justifiable?
dday, Hullabaloo AlterNet: Election 2008. July 21, 2008.
The Right's reaction to Maliki's recent agreement with Obama's plan for withdrawal is a good example of what happens when things don't go their way.
Amanda, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 21, 2008.
The White House doesn't want to hear what the Iraqi leader has to say about Obama's redeployment plan.
Satyam, Think Progress AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 18, 2008.
Bush spoke today with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki about bringing U.S. troops home from Iraq.
Bobby Muller, AlterNet. April 8, 2008.
General Petraeus calls for a pause against troop withdrawal, disregarding the fact that our military is nearly broken.
Michael Schwartz, Tomdispatch.com. December 5, 2007.
According to the Bush Administration, the worse things go in Iraq, the more our military is needed; and the better they go, the more our military is needed.
Ira Chernus, Tomdispatch.com. September 25, 2007.
Every war is experienced as dramatic spectacle -- the more mythic the better. It's no coincidence that the military refers to a battle zone as a "theater."
