Afghanistan Weekly Digest: Security. Taxpayer Money. Fighting Season.
[Editors' note: As part of Sojourners campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, we will run a weekly Afghanistan news digest to educate our readers about the latest news
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Afghanistan Weekly Digest: Civilian Casualties. Drones. Solutions.
[Editors' note: As part of Sojourners campaign to end the war in Afghanistan, we will run a weekly Afghanistan news digest to educate our readers about the latest news and deve
Friday Links Round Up: Women Photographers. Bipartisanship. Cornel West.
Wikileaking Afghanistan: Disaster Is Not a Good Thing, But Knowing About It Is
It's out: An enormous trove of documents about the war in Afghanistan yesterday appeared on Wikileaks (whose servers currently seem to be overwhelmed by the traffic) together with comprehensive report
Wikileaks, Truth Tellers, and a Crisis of Conscience
I've been staying with friends over the summer as I make my way slowly to North Carolina for divinity school, and I have been enjoying a few luxuries that I'm not used to, like television.
It's Time to End This War
After his unanimous approval by the Senate Armed Services Committee as the new Afghan war commander, General David Petraeus was pictured in The Washington Post with a broad smile and thu
McChrystal vs. Obama: Battle of the 'Hard Hearts'?
Yesterday U.S. top Afghanistan warrior General Stan McChrystal was very publicly called to the carpet in the Oval Office. Sources say his job is on the line.
Voices from the Gulf: Pray We Will Not Lose Heart
Blurred Lines Between Military and Humanitarian Efforts in Afghanistan Raise More Questions than Answers
Reported in a recent Times article, leading non-governmental organizations (NGOs), speculate that the militarization of aid in Afghanistan blurs lines between military and humanitarian responses, jeopardizing the success of projects and the lives of staff, wanting a return of all aid work to NGOs.
Obama's Brand of American Exceptionalism
As I suggested in my previous post, I was troubled by some elements of the president'