Last week, President Obama publicly grieved for the apparently senseless death of 17 year old Trayvon Martin. It hit home especially hard for the President, he said, because "[i]f I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon." This week, under mounting criticism...
Coming to a Neighborhood Near You
I assume most, if not all, readers of Antiwar.com are familiar with drones, aka unmanned aerial vehicles or UAVs. I’ve written previously about drones in two Antiwar.com columns: “Memo to Rep. Ron Paul” and “Commuting to War.” Armed drones have become the weapon of...
Military Intervention in Syria is a Bad Idea
Although the impulse to try to end the ongoing repression by the Syrian regime against its own people through foreign military intervention is understandable, it would be a very bad idea. Empirical studies have repeatedly demonstrated that international military...
Clashes and Blasts Leave 1 Killed, 31 Wounded in Iraq
Hunger Games
Mitt Romney: In Your Heart, You Know He’s A Loser
Israel Shields Public from Risks of War with Iran
The government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been telling Israelis that Israel can attack Iran with minimal civilian Israeli casualties as a result of retaliation, and that reassuring message appears to have headed off any widespread Israeli fear of war...
5 Iraqis Killed As Arab Leaders meet
Good Night, America, and Good-Bye
It is interesting to note just how well this imperialism thing has worked for the American people. At the end of last year the U.S. was kicked out of Iraq after spending some trillions of dollars and producing the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and...