global empire or imperialism?

Contrary to Panitch and Gindin's claim that the US empire remains undiminished, Bush's failed wars Afghanistan and Iraq, combined with the economic crisis and political paralysis Washington, have led to the relative decline of US imperial power. . ..

obama’s imperial war

Afghanistan, was seen and it was also important for other strategic reasons. BUT WHILE Bush administration began Afghanistan, since taking office last year, Obama has made it his own, significantly escalating U.S military presence and the level of aggression over the past 12..

a left case against the democrats

Obama plans to sustain the illegal occupation of Iraq (against which he campaigned) and is increasing the level of U.S. violence in Afghanistan and Pakistan. . ... Kennedy and Lyndon Baines Johnson, the (Jimmy) Carter Doctrine (granting the U.S. the right to invade the Middle East at will in the..

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the war against isis will explode our nation’s debt

Bush vastly underestimated the cost of invading Iraq and Afghanistan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks against the U.S., Hoyer said during a speech at the National Press Club, “I think any hearings . . . need to contemplate cost and we need to let the American people know that there is..

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obama weighs u.s. role as global policeman

Once in White House, he turned the military's focus from Iraq to Afghanistan. Obama expanded Bush administration's program of drone strikes, and the presidential kill list proved in taking out Qaeda militants Afghanistan, Pakistan and Yemen without putting U.S forces harm's way...

gloucestershire, england

Bush should not come to Indonesia, shouted Muhammad Ismail Yusanto, saying Bush was responsible for the in Palestinian territories, Iraq and Afghanistan. Bush is scheduled to visit Indonesia, close ally in the war on terror, on Nov 20, after he attends Asia-Pacific..

bush: not time to retreat

FORT BRAGG, N.C - President Bush said Tuesday that insurgents Iraq and Afghanistan are violent, yet vulnerable, and urged U.S troops to march on in the fight for freedom so Americans can celebrate Independence Day year round. ..

press soft-pedaling bush missteps

By lack of information sought to operate outside the order to more interrogate prisoners in, flood of memos indicate that frustrated Afghanistan. Afraid that Bush administration could be charged with violating War Crimes Act of 1996, Gonzales urged President Bush to declare that Taliban..

regardless of scandal, justice must be served

At Senate hearing last week, that President Bush never ordered torture connection with abusive interrogations of prisoners Iraq and Afghanistan and violated no criminal laws of United States. ... In order to reduce the threat of prosecution for the brutal interrogations of Taliban and..

nato warms up to eastern europe

By taking in up to seven countries, The Bush administration, concentrating on Afghanistan and beyond, sees the chance to make NATO meeting Prague, Czech Republic, November celebration of European unity and of completing the current plans for NATO,-- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia,..

u.s. successes spur question of what's next

As the drama plays itself out in Afghanistan, President Bush now turns his attention to a broader theater of war -- one likely to be more secretive and less dramatic than the bombing runs and ground battles that ousted the ruling mullahs of Afghanistan. . . . . . ... Asked whether..

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