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The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?

Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti's national

Haiti earthquake: UN says worst disaster ever dealt with

Aid officials fear a lapse into all-out lawlessness in coming days unless US troops can get through with vital food, medicine and water deliveries, which are being hampered by the

How to Exit Afghanistan

A timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan should set the stage for the military neutralization of the country.

Accountability for War Crimes is Imperative

President Barack Obama recently visited Dover Air Force Base where he was photographed with the flag-draped coffins of soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why did Obama do

Kucinich plans to force vote on US withdrawal from Afghanistan

For congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Afghan President Hamid Karzai's announcement Tuesday that his country would need the US's military support for another 10 or 15 years seems to have been

War, More War Or Morer War

The headline ran in The New York Times a month ago, on November 7th: "All Afghan War Options by Obama Aides Said to Call for More Troops." According to White

Victory at Last!

The Iraq War has yet to begin to go away, the Afghan War is being escalated in a major way, the Middle East is in some turmoil, Guantanamo remains open,

Obama with Blood on His Hands

US troops in Iraq and Afghanistan have operated under standing orders to 'call for fire' (an air-strike) whenever resistance fighters take cover in a house or apartment building, even when

Will the Gun Carnage Ever Stop?

Do the math: the total number of Americans shot dead each year is three times that of all US troops killed in Iraq in six years of fighting. There is