‘We’re Staying’: Obama Adds Endless Afghan War to Legacy

Despite promises, president will announce that as many as 5,500 hundred troops will stay in the country beyond 2017 – with no end in sight.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally

Betraying repeatedly stated vows to bring all U.S. troops home before he leaves office, President Barack Obama will announce on Thursday that as many as 5,500 soldiers will remain in the country until at least 2017. Citing unnamed officials, the Associated Press was the first to break the news and noted the announcement will ensure Obama—despite

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‘Operation Endless War’: US Could Leave 10,000 Troops In Afghanistan After 2016

Wall Street Journal reports on option put forth by top U.S. commander in Afghanistan.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
A U.S. Army soldier patrols near the village of Tarok Kolache where reconstruction efforts were underway, on Friday, April 1, 2011, in the Arghandab River Valley of Afghanistan. A new report on corruption in U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan shows widespread mismanagement of millions. (Flickr / ISAF Regional Command-South / Ensign Haraz Ghanbari)

The U.S. is reportedly considering a plan to leave as many as 10,000 troops in Afghanistan "beyond the end of 2016," the Wall Street Journal has reported. The paper reports that the option was one of five that the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Campbell, offered the Pentagon and NATO officials in Brussels. From the WSJ: The

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Is Congress Moving to End ‘Endless War’ or Expand It?

As renewed focus turns to legal authority that underpins US ‘war on terror’ – the cure may be as vile as the disease.

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
South Sudan US

The proposed amendment is short, but if passed by the House of Representatives in a vote that could arrive Wednesday afternoon, it could also be sweet—especially for those who have pushed hardest to end the 2001 Authorization to Use Military Force (or AUMF) which has provided the legal basis for America's so-called "global war on terrorism." As

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