Obama needs to review Afghanistan ASAPForeign troops in Afghanistan are increasingly being seen as foreign invaders, says a former US national security adviser. How can the US Alliance ensure it doesn’t repeat the Soviet Union’s mistakes in Afghanistan?
Coalition of the willing
‘Coalition of the Willing’ now a coalition of one
With both Britain and Australia ending their military presence in Iraq, the US is now effectively on its own for the next two years until their planned withdrawal of troops in 2011.
Australia’s role in Iraq must be examined
As US combat troops get set to leave Iraqi towns and cities tomorrow, it’s time for Australia to get the kind of inquiry due to take place in Britain, argues Overland editor Jeff Sparrow.
Dannatt! We should’ve gone earlier
The military chief of general staff in Britain, Sir Richard Dannatt, reckons coalition forces failed epically on Iraq policy.
Why Bush invaded Iraq: the war on Gog and Magog
The Rumsfeld memos are extraordinary, but there is another, perhaps more alarming, story about Bush’s Christian fundamentalism and the Iraq War that has yet to come to light.
The Jakarta Post calls it for Rudd
The Jakarta Post is the English language masthead of the mighty Kompas Gramedia Group, surely the most prestigious and influential media company in Indonesia. And they are hoping for a Kevin Rudd victory, writes Andrew Dodd in Indonesia.
Meanwhile in Pakistan…
As General Petraeus presents his entry for the Pulitzer Prize in fiction in Washington, and Afghanistan quietly goes to pieces, attention has switched away from Pakistan for a couple of days, the state that should really have everyone shopping for brown underwear.
British withdrawal signals the end for Iraq’s willing coalition
Can we safely say that yesterday’s withdrawal of British troops from Basra Palace marked the end of the Iraq war, in a loss for the coalition of the willing?
Contractors keep the “Coalition of the Billing” running in Iraq
In a response to the tragic deaths of the two Australians in Iraq, Foreign Minister Downer’s spokesperson stressed the government’s travel warnings about the dangerousness of Iraq. But Downer’s Iraq mission would not be possible without the legion of contractors.
Unanswered questions abound in NT ‘invasion’
Less than four days into Australia’s sterling effort to be the first member of the ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to invade itself, and it looks as if the initiative is failing before it has even started, writes Guy Rundle.
