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10 December 2009
Kucinich circulating privileged resolutions to end wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan
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David Swanson
Washington D.C. (December 9, 2009) – Following a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives, Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) today released the following statement:

"Today, I will begin circulating two privileged...
02 December 2009
Craziest Obavietghanistan speech moments
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David Swanson
Deficit reduction:

Our new approach in Afghanistan is likely to cost us roughly 30 billion dollars for the military this year, and I will work closely with Congress to address these costs as we work to bring down our deficit...
02 December 2009
Obama, another rook on the Grand Chessboard
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Bob Fitrakis
There can be no greater gift that you can give your loved ones, or the world, this holiday season than Robert Greenwald's documentary "Rethink Afghanistan."
While President Barry Obama was busy resuscitating Lyndon Johnson's "bright...
02 December 2009
Columbus Free Press editors Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman speak out against sending more US troops to Afghanistan
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Tom Over
“Why are we in Afghanistan? It is for the oil to the north in the former Soviet republics…We are in Afghanistan because President Barry Obama did not have enough guts to say no to the military industrial complex and to the big oil...
01 December 2009
Afghanistan: Our 177th Colony
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David Swanson
During a televised football game on Sunday, an announcer welcomed the members of the U.S. military viewing the game in 177 nations around the world. When the news came on, the topic was the same one it's been for weeks, speculation as to...
01 December 2009
Tonight Obama's escalation will be IMMEDIATELY opposed
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Harvey Wasserman
Tonight at 8pm EST President Barack Obama is set to announce his commitment to the worst blunder in US policy since Lyndon Johnson escalated the Vietnam War.

That was in March, 1965. Johnson's escalation was generally...

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