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Attack on U.S. Embassy Highlights Need to Exit Afghanistan
September 13, 2011.
The Convoluted Debate on Drones
July 29, 2011.
Afghanistan: Do We Stay or Do We Go Now?
June 22, 2011.
June 7, 2011.
A Race against Time or a Race to Civil War?
May 13, 2011.
May 9, 2011.
Protests in Afghanistan: Our Excuse to Get Out
April 4, 2011.
The Folly of Succeeding in Libya
March 28, 2011.
America’s ‘Aimless Absurdity’ In Afghanistan
March 7, 2011.
Should America ‘Liberate’ Libya?
March 1, 2011.
Intervention and Its Unintended Consequences
February 28, 2011.
The Pentagon Propaganda Machine Rears Its Head
February 24, 2011.
February 3, 2011.
U.S. Should Stand With the Egyptian People
January 31, 2011.
Tunisia: An Omen for Other U.S.-Backed Regimes in the Muslim World
January 18, 2011.
December 22, 2010.
December 16, 2010.
December 6, 2010.
Wikileaks Sheds Light on Government Ineptitude
November 30, 2010.
November 2, 2010.
October 13, 2010.
Hysteria and the Threat of Mumbai-Style Attacks in Europe
October 4, 2010.