Andy Kroll, AlterNet. November 20, 2009. Author Beverly Gologorsky explores the tragic, scarring experiences for Vietnam vets in her new novel, and discusses the parallels she sees in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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.
Nick Turse, Tomdispatch.com. August 31, 2009. William Calley and the alleged Pan Am bomber were both convicted of mass murder. Yet Calley's recent appearances have provoked no outrage. Why the double standard?
Tom Engelhardt, Tomdispatch.com. July 27, 2009. We can't just "move forward." We need to face who we've been and just how badly we've acted, if we care to become something better.
Andrew Lam, New America Media. July 9, 2009. "When a man confesses yet cannot connect the horror he helped unleash with his own humanity, he is not to be trusted."
Will Bunch, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. July 6, 2009. McNamara was a warped prophet, a flesh-and-blood monument to the folly of militarism. And yet Americans failed to listen.
Mike Fritz, American News Project AlterNet: Video. May 5, 2009. Former Senator George McGovern claims military escalation will jeopardize Obama's domestic goals.
William Astore, Tomdispatch.com. April 20, 2009. These are the questions on U.S. strategy in Afghanistan that Obama should be asked at his press conferences.
Gareth Porter, IPS News. February 26, 2009. Obama refused to send the full 30,000 troops requested by his generals because they had no plan for how to use them.
Simon Maxwell Apter, The Nation. January 28, 2009. The "band of brothers" within the armed forces is taking a decidedly unbrotherly view of the debate over the Purple Heart.
Martin Luther King, Jr., AlterNet. January 19, 2009. As we face possible military escalation in Afghanistan, Pakistan and elsewhere, King's speech against the Vietnam war is more relevant than ever.
Camillo "Mac" Bica, TruthOut.org. December 27, 2008. It's clear that the military's position on conscientious objectors is inconsistent with the demands both of morality and of law.
Faisal Abbas, Asharq Al-Awsat. December 25, 2008. The New Yorker's star reporter discusses Abu Ghraib, the "war on terror," and why U.S. reporters don't pay enough attention to the Arab press.
Sydney H. Schanberg, The Nation Institute. September 22, 2008. McCain has worked very hard to hide from the public stunning information about American prisoners in Vietnam who, unlike him, didn't return home.
