On AlterNet: war funding

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "war funding"

Military Subcontractors Bribing U.S. Personnel With Prostitutes? The Shady World of War Contracting in Afghanistan and Iraq

Nick Schwellenbach, Lagan Sebert, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. August 30, 2010.

Taxpayer cash is flowing to subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, who engage in shady, illegal practices with few repercussions.

The U.S. War Addiction: Funding Enemies to Maintain Trillion Dollar Racket

David DeGraw, DavidDeGraw.org. June 16, 2010.

Four ways to see the true drivers of current wars around the world.

Why Can't We Just Leave Afghanistan? Like Addicted Gamblers, the U.S. Keeps Doubling Down

William Astore, TomDispatch.com. June 4, 2010.

Tell me: Is the fight truly worth it? Is Afghanistan really the place for us to go “all-in,” whatever the cost to our military, our economy, even our way of life?

California's Great Recession and the Costs of War

Zack Kaldveer, California Progress Report. April 26, 2010.

Critical to California's long-term economic health is ending the War in Afghanistan and bringing the troops and the billions in military funding home.

Many in the Tea Party Crowd Have Little Appetite for War and Empire

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. April 19, 2010.

How libertarians and social progressives can make common cause against expansive -- and expensive -- empire.

We Can't Keep Funding What We Believe Is Evil

Medea Benjamin, AlterNet. April 7, 2010.

There is really only one way to stop the collateral murder by our military: stop the wars and bring our troops home.

Nancy Pelosi: A Hawk in Donkey's Clothing?

Stephen Zunes, AlterNet. June 22, 2009.

Pelosi has a history of voting for pro-war measures and supporting pro-war candidates. Her current behaviors should come as no surprise.

Learning From Ned Lamont

David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. May 30, 2008.

Democrats face an anti-war uprising -- one that is beginning to act like a mature movement in putting its agenda before party.

A Thanksgiving Day Threat from George W. Bush [VIDEO]

Faiz Shakir, ThinkProgress. November 22, 2007.

President Bush delivers a thanksgiving threat to fire 150,000 civilians at military bases unless the Democrats remove a timetable from the Iraq War funding bill.

Funding Bush's War: Are Dems Too Scared To Take on the President?

Robert L. Borosage, TomPaine.com. May 23, 2007.

Congress is poised to vote on a funding bill for Iraq that offers no change of course. Those who vote for it will be undermining the troops and enabling a rogue President.