Category: Afghanistan
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Congress: End Endless War and Stop Becoming “the Evil That We Deplore”
By Norman Solomon Congress waited six years to repeal the Tonkin Gulf Resolution after it opened the bloody floodgates for the Vietnam War in August 1964. If that seems slow, consider the continuing failure of Congress to repeal the “war on terror” resolution — the Authorization for Use of Military Force — that sailed through,…
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Audio of interview with Norman Solomon on KQED
May 13, 2010: KQED Radio’s “Forum” Program, hosted by Michael Krasny Bay Area-based progressive author and media critic Norman Solomon joined us in the studio to talk about Afghan president Hamid Karzai’s visit to Washington and other recent political developments. To listen, click here.
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A Bomber Jacket Doesn’t Cover the Blood
President Obama has taken a further plunge into the kind of war abyss that consumed his predecessors — named Johnson, Nixon and Bush. On Sunday, during his first presidential trip to Afghanistan, Obama stood before thousands of American troops to proclaim the sanctity of the war effort. He played the role deftly — a Commander-in-chief,…
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War in a Box
The event on the House floor Wednesday afternoon was monumental — the first major congressional debate about U.S. military operations in Afghanistan since lawmakers authorized the invasion of that country in autumn 2001. But, as Rep. Patrick Kennedy noted with disgust on Wednesday, the House press gallery was nearly empty. He aptly concluded: “It’s despicable, the…
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War Politics: Numb and Number
Playwright Lillian Hellman said, “I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year’s fashions.” The statement was in a letter to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). The year was 1952. We tell ourselves that the McCarthy era was vastly different than our own – but what about the political fashions of…