Once upon a time, “homeland” was a word of little significance in the American context. What American before 9/11 would have called the United States his or her “homeland” rather than “country”? Who sang “My...
The Syrian Back Door to War With Iran
Secretary of State John Kerry has long urged increased US support for Syria's Islamist rebels, and now he has his wish: shortly after being confirmed, he announced the US would now directly aid rebel groups, rather than "indirectly," as we've supposedly been...
Commanding the Tides
For two decades, the Atlantic Empire and its European satellites have claimed to have reached the end of history, bombing or blockading anyone who dared disagree. Certain of their own invincibility, they've treated reality with contempt, and scoffed at Canute's lesson...
Baghdad Bloodbath: 34 Killed, 70 Wounded in Attacks
The Outpost
Like many habitues of antiwar.com, I generally do not find much time for sitting down and reading a book since I have become accustomed to obtaining most of my information in easily digestible bites over the internet. This year for Christmas I received a copy of The...
Three Killed, Five Wounded in Quiet Day in Iraq
In Falluja, the body of a beheaded teenager was discoverd. Gunmen killed a policeman. A bomb wounded two civilians in Zuba'. In Mosul, gunmen killed a human resources manager. A bomb wounded a man who works for the Appeals Court as a driver. A bomb blast at a market...
Hold US Policymakers to Their Abysmal Record on Foreign Meddling
The United States and Saudi Arabia appear to be ramping up aid to the Syrian rebels. Here we go again on the road to debacle. Why? The media never holds anybody to either their predictions or their results--officeholders, politicians, and of course their own pundits....
What Was That All About?
A recent poll showed most Americans didn't know enough about Chuck Hagel to have an opinion on his confirmation as Secretary of Defense. You'd never know that, however, with all the drama emanating from Washington on the subject. So did all that sound and fury signify...
Former Hostages Call for Broadened Dialogue with Iran
On the eve of resumed talks between Iran and the P5+1 (the U.S., Britain, France, Russia, China plus Germany) in Almaty, Kazakhstan over its nuclear program, two former hostages of the U.S. embassy takeover in Tehran argued that the aura of mistrust that has dogged...