Iraq

My overall impression is there is little question the president is spinning this “end of combat operations” in Iraq because the Afghanistan war is going badly. A few other thoughts and reactions [...]

Tonight, President Obama sat at the same desk from which George W. Bush announced the bombing in Iraq in 2003 to declare the end of “combat operations.” The war in Iraq has faded to the [...]

Along with our colleagues Code Pink, the Institute for Policy Studies and other stalwart peace and justice groups, Peace Action is sponsoring a teach-in on Iraq this Sunday, August 29. Here is [...]

Larry Wittner, long-time activist, professor and author, has a terrific op-ed on History News Network on the gigantic U.S. military budget. Check it out and feel free to re-post and forward.

This post has been corrected from the version first posted at 3pm PST. President Obama announced Monday that the plan to end the combat mission in Iraq by the end of this month is on schedule, [...]

On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted 308-114 to fund the continued escalation of the failed US war in Afghanistan and Pakistan. First off, thanks to all who lobbied their Member of [...]

The total cost of wars since 2001 has passed the trillion dollar mark, according to the National Priorities Project, which has been tracking this kind of spending since 1983. It is important for [...]

“President Obama should not bow to the Beltway voices urging him to keep U.S. troops longer in Iraq. At a speech at West Point on Saturday, May 22, Obama said: “We are poised to end our [...]

Senior Fellow Raed Jarrar on RT: “So far the Obama administration and the Iraqi leadership have been against linking the withdrawal to conditions on the ground, but if the Obama [...]

The Army Times reported last week that the number of veterans who commit suicide every day has risen to 18. Moreover, military suicides make up about 20% of all suicides in the U.S., suggesting [...]