Afghanistan

This is part 4 of a 5-part series responding to arguments from thoughtful Democrats and progressives who are unsure about opposing President Obama’s plan for Afghanistan. Part one about [...]

This is part 3 of a 5-part series responding to arguments from thoughtful Democrats and progressives who are unsure about opposing President Obama’s plan for Afghanistan. You can read part [...]

This post is part of a 5-part series responding to arguments made by thoughtful Democrats and progressives who are unsure about opposing President Obama’s plan for Afghanistan. You can read Part [...]

"On the road outside Kacha Garhi camp, eight-year-old Zafarullah and his little brother are among a number of children begging for coins and scraps. ‘I want to go back to my village and [...]

This post is part of Get Afghanistan Right’s Break the Silence campaign. When I first started working at Peace Action West, the war in Iraq had been underway for only 6 months. While we had [...]

Grassroots organizations around the country are calling for days of action on Afghanistan April 6-9. Get Afghanistan Right, the blogging coalition of which Peace Action West is a member, is [...]

Obama's domino theory The president sounds like he's channeling Cheney or McCain -- or a Cold War hawk afraid of international communism -- when he talks about the war in Afghanistan. By Juan [...]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20568.html By: Alex Isenstadt March 27, 2009 02:46 PM EST President Barack Obama’s Afghanistan proposal is under fire from the liberal base, which [...]

This morning, President Obama addressed the nation to present his new comprehensive plan for Afghanistan. While much of what he outlines reflects a positive shift in approach from the Bush [...]

I am highly skeptical of the trend in US politics and policymaking of governing from a so-called “pragmatic” middle. This method involves taking two proposals from opposite ends of the political [...]