ARCHIVE:
War Stories
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Political Brinksmanship
Republicans picked a silly fight over START, and they lost badly.
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The Tape Loop of History
A new play explains why wars in Afghanistan always end badly.
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No More Excuses
John McCain has run out of reasons to block the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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Diplomacy in Action
What the WikiLeaks documents tell us about the practice of foreign policy.
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Crazy Like a Fox
What exactly is Hamid Karzai trying to accomplish with his latest comments?
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Going to War Over a Treaty
President Obama can get the Senate to ratify the New START treaty. But it won't be easy.
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Dishonest, Devious, and Dangerous
A close reading of John Bolton and John Yoo's ridiculous op-ed about the New START nukes treaty.
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Special Delivery
How shipping companies should respond to the failed airplane bombing.
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WikiLeaks' Iraq War Scoops
Some of these Pentagon papers are new, interesting—and make Iraqis and Iranians look worse than Americans.
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Are We Starting To Win?
New weapon systems—and, even more, improved intelligence—may be giving Americans an edge in Afghanistan.
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Good Man, Wrong Job
Why no one will miss Jim Jones, the departing national security adviser.
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The Marines Go Green
How the military's shift to renewable fuel could lower the entire nation's energy costs.
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A Way Out of Afghanistan?
The possible exit strategy hidden among the endless details in Bob Woodward's new book.
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The Afghanistan War Is Mainly About Pakistan and India
Actually, it's about the whole region.
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A Good Start
Robert Gates' crafty but inadequate plan to cut the Pentagon budget.
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Reading the Intelligence
Why spies, counterspies, and counter-counterspies are so popular right now.
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Not the Pentagon Papers
No one who's been paying attention should be surprised by the WikiLeaks documents about the war in Afghanistan.
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The Geek Labyrinth
The most frightening thing about our unfathomably complex intelligence bureaucracy.
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Good News and Bad News From Afghanistan
Petraeus is already making improvements, but they won't matter if Karzai doesn't reform.
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Wrong-Headed Romney
Mitt Romney's dumb critique of Obama's New START nuke treaty.
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Inside Dopes
Let's hope our undercover agents are better than these newly uncovered Russian spies.
