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The phrase "global war on terror" is finished, at least as far as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is concerned.
The United States and other countries that used torture in the so-called war on terror seriously damaged respect for basic human rights, an international panel of legal experts said Monday.
When talking about terrorism — words matter, President Barack Obama said Tuesday.
The "War on Terror" is losing the war of words. The catchphrase burned into the American lexicon hours after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, is fading away, slowly if not deliberately being replaced by a new administration bent on repairing the U.S. image among Muslim nations.
Britain's foreign secretary suggested the U.S.-led war on terror may have "done more harm than good" as he issued a sharp rebuke Thursday to the outgoing Bush administration and it's approach to fighting extremism.
Despite the massive shifts in Pakistan's political landscape, the new government's approach to dealing with Islamic extremists likely will follow the same lines it has since Pervez Musharraf sided with the U.S. after the 9/11 attacks.
Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.
President Bush said the U.S.-led global war on terror has "weakened and fractured" al-Qaida and allied groups, outlining as proof new details about the multinational cooperation that foiled purported terrorist plans to fly a commercial airplane into the tallest skyscraper on the West Coast.
Mid-November and President Obama has passed a milestone that virtually all presidents reach at some point – a below 50% approval rating.
Did Hitler Inspire the U.S. Post-9/11 Tribunal System?Nothing scares U.S. interventionists more than any proceeding that might focus on the bad things that the U.S. government has been doing to people overseas, which has engendered the anger and rage that has led to terrorist retaliation.
Senate Demands Probe Into Ft. Hood Terror AttackSenators Joe Liebermann and Susan Collins are critical of the Obama Administration's preferred delays in investigating the Maj. Hasan massacre at Ft. Hood Army base.
Veteran's Day Op Ed: The Violence Within is the Veteran withoutIt's time to take care of your troops, America. We are mired in violence and gun lust, post traumatic stress and substance; outward anxiety and inward extremism. Maj. Nidal Hassan is one of us.
Obama admits Guantanamo won't close by Jan. deadlineBEIJING -- President Obama directly acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that the prison facility at Guantanamo Bay will not close by the January deadline he set, but he said he hoped to still achieve that goal sometime next year.
Republicans See More Chances to Block Gitmo Prisoners From U.S. SoilCongressional Republicans are pursuing multiple avenues to block the Obama administration from transferring Guantanamo detainees to the United States, despite a defeat on the issue in the Senate Tuesday afternoon.
Is America at War? - Patrick J. BuchananAre we at war — or not? For if we are at war, why is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed headed for trial in federal court in the Southern District of New York? Why is he entitled to a presumption of innocence and all of the constitutional protections of a U.S. citizen?
India destabilising PakistanExplosive material used in the deadly bomb blast which took place at Khyber Bazaar Peshawar last month, was identical to what had been used in exploding Samjhota Express in India, sources confined to The Nation Monday. The explosive material - Vehicle Born Improvised Explosive D …
A Kinder, Gentler ResponseI earned and wore a Green Beret and have sons doing the same now against a different enemy. There still remains a similar Beltway mindset where strategy is planned by military leaders, then discarded by an Administration seemingly bent on the destruction of what we hold dear.
Barack Obama and Plummeting Military MoraleNew Army surveys, reports the Wall Street Journal, show that morale has fallen sharply among soldiers fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan and confirm an unusually high suicide in their ranks.
India is the biggest democracy in the world, a secular society aspiring to lead South Asia as it flaunts its societal and economic success upon its smaller neighbors.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center The George W. Bush Presidential Center will be the centerpiece of President and Mrs. Bush's ongoing commitment to improving our nation and the world.
Missed lessons of 9/11Political experts say that despite Washington's recent foreign policy changes, the Arab World and the US have yet to learn the most critical lessons of 9/11.
Barack Obama 'risks Suez-like disaster' in Afghanistan, says key adviser"A key adviser to Nato forces warned today that Barack Obama risks a Suez-style debacle in Afghanistan if he fails to deploy enough extra troops and opts instead for a messy compromise.
U.S. Pressing to Shore Up Security for Pakistan's Nuclear WeaponsWashington has been negotiating secret, "highly sensitive understandings" to "provide added security for the Pakistani arsenal in case of a crisis," investigative journalist Seymour Hersh reports.
Israel's Role In Destabilizing PakistanWhen waging war "by way of deception," the motto of the Israeli Mossad, well-timed crises play a critical agenda-setting role by displacing facts with what a target population can be deceived to believe.
Living And Dying: Islam, Judaism And Christianity Today, in Tampa, Fla, a Navy reservist tried to murder a Greek Orthodox priest from Crete as a "terrorist." The reservist claimed the non-Arabic speaking Greek had yelled "Allah Akbar." (God is Great) When arrested, Naval Reservist Jason D.
The Hersh Story: Fantasies, Falsehoods and a ForewarningISLAMABAD, Pakistan - In Bob Woodward's book, "Bush at War", he recalls how when he (Woodward) quoted Hersh to Bush, the latter replied that Seymour Hersh was a liar! Hersh's article "Defending the Arsenal" in The New Yorker (November 16, 2009) has predictably caused …
Bye, Bye Afgans!No surprise to me. Less than two days after the House passes his socialist health care system takeover. The administration finally shows their true colors.
Afghanistan as Vietnam: Heeding George Kennan's Wise AdviceI can't remember how many times I have said that the U.S. military adventure in Afghanistan is a fool's errand.
DiaryJune is never a good month on the plains. It was 46ºC in Fortress Islamabad a fortnight ago. The hundreds of security guards manning roadblocks and barriers were wilting, sweat pouring down their faces as they waved cars and motorbikes through.
In Pakistan's South Waziristan, hopes that Taliban's exit will bring progressThough villagers tolerate the militants, many of them fellow Mahsud tribesmen, they welcome the Pakistani offensive, hoping it will help bring basic infrastructure to the isolated region.
Pakistanis back assault on TalibanPakistani troop morale is high three weeks into the army's assault against the Taliban.
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