There is a tradition among some peace activists of striking a pose of annoyed indifference to the question of how to get out of an unpopular war. "There are three ways to get out," goes one waggish response. "Air, land, and sea." This is funny and emotionally satisfying, and also represents a truth for peace…
In November, members of Just Foreign Policy wrote to the Washington Post, asking it to change its “AfPak” news header: stories about the US war in Afghanistan were preceded by the news header: “The AfPak War: Combating Extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan” Just Foreign Policy noted that this news header editorialized in news stories, promoting…
On October 27, the Washington Post reported the resignation of Matthew Hoh, a top U.S. civilian official in Afghanistan, in protest of the U.S. war in Afghanistan. Hoh charged that “the United States is asking its troops to die in Afghanistan for what is essentially a far-off civil war,” the Post reported. In his letter…