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US confirms ‘outreach’ to Taliban

Afghan Taliban fighters pose for a picture © AFP/File Mohammad Yaqubi AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates confirmed that US officials were involved…






How to Schedule a War

The Incredible Shrinking Withdrawal Date  Tom Engelhardt Toms Dispatch Going, going, gone!  You can almost hear the announcer’s voice throbbing with excitement, only we’re not…



Democracy is Overrated

Ivan Eland AntiWar American policymakers love to see purple thumbs in the developing world, especially in countries in which the United States has undertaken “nation-building”…