John McCain Cuddles Up to Syrian Kidnappers
When Sen. John McCain went to Syria to meet with Syrian "rebel" commanders and call for sending them US arms, he snuck over the border with Turkey to the town of Azaz – the headquarters of the "Northern Storm Brigade," and the site of a 2012 kidnapping by Syrian...
Are Washington, Moscow, and Beijing Creating a New Cold War?
Imagine for a moment that in 2010, China’s leaders had announced a long-term, up to $60 billion arms deal with an extreme Islamic fundamentalist regime in the Middle East, one that was notoriously repressive to women and a well-known...
Baghdad Blasts Continue; 42 Killed, 129 Wounded
An Assault on Freedom of the Press
The firestorm commenced by the revelation of the execution of a search warrant on the personal email server of my Fox News colleague James Rosen continues to rage, and the conflagration engulfing the First Amendment continues to burn; and it is the Department of...
Afghanistan: Is It Really the End Game?
Gunmen in Pakistan on Monday set ablaze five trucks carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan as the international military alliance winds down it combat mission there, officials said. -Agence-France Presse, 3/1/13 There is nothing that better sums up the utter...
John McCain: War Hero or Something Less?
Two time Medal of Honor recipient Marine Major General Smedley Butler once said “war is a racket.” He might have added that while enriching the few it victimizes and degrades everyone else who is caught up in the meat grinder, soldiers as well as civilians. Consider...
US Accused of Politicising Weapons of Mass Destruction
When the United States invaded Iraq back in March 2003, one of its primary objectives was to track down and destroy weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) reportedly stockpiled by the regime of President Saddam Hussein. By its own definition – and by U.N. standards...
Thanking Bradley Manning, From Afghanistan
A few evenings ago, as the sky began to darken here in Kabul, Afghanistan, a small group of the Afghan Peace Volunteers, (APVs), gathered for an informal presentation about WikiLeaks, its chief editor Julian Assange, and its most prominent contributor, Bradley...