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Iran, Israel and the U.S.: the slide to war

February 24, 2012 By Conn Hallinan

Wars are fought because some people decide it is in their interests to fight them.

Veteran’s voice: The human cost of war is too high

February 24, 2012 By Gregory McLaughlin

With the Iraq war ending and the Afghanistan war still going on, and a possible conflict with Iran about to begin, as a veteran of the Afghanistan war who made it home safely. I reflect on...

Behind the scenes: the secret NATO report on Afghanistan

February 8, 2012 By Thomas Riggins

Prisoners think that in areas where the U.S. forces withdraw and turn over control to the Afghan Army, that army begins to cooperate with the Taliban.

Cyber war: hype or reality?

January 23, 2012 By Conn Hallinan

What all this scare talk has done is allow the U.S. military to muscle its way into cyber security in a way that could allow it to monitor virtually everything on the Internet.

Marines in Afghanistan and Republican hate culture

January 18, 2012 By PW Editorial Board

The scandal that broke last week over U.S. Marines urinating on dead Afghanis is not simply a case of a few "bad apples," or "bad management" up the chain of command.