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    September 11th Didn't Change the World. September 12th Did
    September 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    It wasn’t the events of September 11th that changed the world, but the events of September 12th and beyond, when the Bush administration took the world to war in response; that changed the world, and continues to threaten U.S. and global security, and shred U.S. democracy.

    Headlines or Not, the Iraq War is Not Over
    September 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    It might seem like cause for celebration after reading the New York Times headline, "Iraq War Marks First Month with No U.S. Military Deaths." But the smaller print on the page reminds us why celebrating is not really...

    Staying in Afghanistan: Unending occupation
    August 2011
    Ross Eventon

    While the US focuses on consolidating its permanent military presence in Afghanistan, designed to guard and exploit Central Asian energy reserves, its earlier rational "to fight terrorism" is a faded memory. Afghanis, meanwhile, continue to lose their lives and humanitarian conditions worsen.

    The Afghanistan War in the Mirror of the Tet Offensive
    August 2011
    Richard Falk

    U.S. foreign policy still fails to incorporate the lessons learned from the Tet Offensive. The refusal to admit goals weren't achieved in Afghanistan is frustrating to say the least.

    Victory in Afghanistan
    August 2011
    Ross Eventon

    Debate over the 10-year-plus war in Afghanistan tends to focus on how and when it "can be won," obscuring the fundamental question of whether it was morally acceptable in the first place. Now as the US gets closer to consolidating its imperial presence in the region for decades to come, the...

    Obama offers token troop withdrawals in Afghanistan while maintaining "war on terror” mindset
    June 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    President Obama passed up an opportunity to end the war in Afghanistan and respect the views of the vast majority of the American people.

    Torture: Immoral, illegal, counterproductive, and un-American
    May 2011
    Peter Weiss

    Resorting to lawlessness in 'the war against terror' only serves to undermine the very values that made American society strong in the first place.

    India and Pakistan's hope after Osama
    May 2011
    Praful Bidwai

    Bin Laden's demise may mark a turning point in the relationship between India and Pakistan.

    Osama is no martyr, but the man prevailed
    May 2011
    Walden Bello

    The US response to 9/11 over the last decade played right into bin Laden's preferred terrain.

    Justice or Vengeance: lessons from Bin Laden's death
    May 2011
    Phyllis Bennis

    Vengeance may have been wreaked on the infamous Al Qaeda leader, but as long as deadly U.S. wars continue in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, and beyond, justice has not been done.

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