Obama's Wars
As of 2006, Afghanistan's economy still rested on producing 90% of the world's opium, an eerie parallel with the US counterinsurgency in Colombia from where most of America's cocaine originates.
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Obama: Vacation's End
Obama's vacation ends like many of ours have over the years. With pleasant memories behind and significant problems ahead.
The Ponzi Scheme Presidency
At a cost of nearly one trillion taxpayer dollars to date, Bush's mad "global war" simply sucked needed money out of our world at levels that made Bernie Madoff seem like a small fry.
CIA: Parsing The Panetta Pick
To say Panetta is a Clinton retread is to ignore his actual background. He comes out of a tradition which is almost forgotten today, that of the liberal Republican.
Taliban Forces Sharia Onto Large Areas of Pakistan
The announcement to 'go Sharia' is usually made at a mosque, by decree, at Friday prayers. Sharia is imposed by those who have the power and the weapons to tell people how they will live.
Will Foreign Policy Get Even Sexier in 2009?
The line between punishment and reward can be confusing in any culture. Particularly when it comes to sex.
Bin Laden's New Weapon of Mass Destruction
Afghanistan is the central front in the war on terror. But perhaps we'd be wiser to leave bin Laden in his cave, abandon the wrong-headed misnomer of a "war on terror," and give up attempting to build a new democracy on the other side of the world.
A History of Music Torture in the "War on Terror"
U.S. military personnel were ordered to keep prisoners awake by blasting ear-splittingly loud music at them -- for days, weeks or even months on end -- at prisons in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay.
Ten most significant import cars, 2008 and beyond
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9 Is Not 11
November isn't September, 2008 isn't 2001, Pakistan isn't Afghanistan, and India isn't America. So perhaps we should reclaim our tragedy and pick through the debris with our own brains and our own broken hearts so that we can arrive at our own conclusions.
Obama's Uninspiring National Security Team
Obama's familiar-looking team of national security fixer-uppers does not inspire confidence. Nor do his vague answers to detailed questions on specific policies.
Pakistan Under Pressure
Saeed Shah investigates the origin of Ajmal Amir Qasab; the only gunman caught in Mumbai attacks.
Operation New Year's Eve 2007
The holidays are a tough time of year for our troops and their families back home, so we at IAVA came up with something pretty damn cool for them.
Potentially Lethal: Increased Relationship Between Military And Aid
Who will have the final say if U.S. foreign policy and development goals conflict with military objectives in unstable countries?
How Obama Can Improve the World
Yale World Fellows advise Barack Obama on his first term, with tips on how he can transform the energy economy, advice on Afghanistan, and suggestions for how he can help create a global democracy.
2007 -- The Year that Time Forgot
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Barack Obama promised:
"As President, I will close Guantánamo, reject the Military Commissions Act, and adhere to the Geneva Conventions. Our Constitution and our Uniform Code of Military Justice provide a framework for dealing with the terrorists ... The separation of powers works. Our Constitution works. We will again set an example to the world that the law is not subject to the whims of stubborn rulers, and that justice is not arbitrary."
Would it not be wonderful to be a nation of laws again!
War crimes aside, is there any precedent for holding combatants specifically accountable for engaging in combat?
The Geneva Convention is usually considered operative.
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