The Bush administration came to represent everything bad about American foreign policy. George W. Bush is gone. But the foreign policy remains. The battle for peace, prosperity, and liberty continues. It's a difficult and frustrating struggle. Although the two big...
Endgame? What Endgame?
So, you thought it was all going to be different, did you, that we were in for a change – a Big Change? Well, the bad news, as Newsweek reports, is that the more things change …. "The Pentagon is prepared to announce the deployment of 17,000 additional...
Iran to Obama: Show Us the Change
President Barack Obama's message of Change has reached Iran, but Iran is skeptical. Change is welcomed, they say, as long as it's a real, substantive change and not just political maneuvering. Formal communication between the Obama administration and Iran officially...
Thursday: 21 Iraqis Killed, 19 Wounded
A suicide bombing in Diyala province overshadowed today's release of provincial election results. Attacks against political candidates and other officials continued as well. Overall, at least 20 Iraqis were killed and 17 more were wounded across Iraq. No Coalition...
Hawks Urge Boosting Military Spending
Despite a shrinking national economy and a record defense budget, U.S. neoconservatives and other hawks are mounting a spirited – if misleading – campaign to persuade Congress that the military should get a bigger slice. They are calling on Congress and...
Indefinite Detention Case to Test Obama’s Pledges
In what promises to be the first major test of the Barack Obama administration's new approach to the rule of law, the Supreme Court will soon hear what could be one of the most consequential cases in U.S. history. It will be asked to answer the question: Can a U.S....
Study Challenges Claims of Gitmo Recidivism
A prominent law professor says the U.S. Defense Department is issuing questionable data on the number of Guantánamo detainees who have been released "and then returned to the battlefield" because the government "is now in a position where they have to...
Is Israel’s Army Waging a Jewish Jihad?
NAZARETH - Extremist rabbis and their followers, bent on waging holy war against the Palestinians, are taking over the Israeli army by stealth, according to critics. In a process one military historian has termed the rapid "theologization" of the Israeli...
Not Done Yet
One of the many absurdities of Imperial policy in the Balkans is the notion of "integrations," a cute euphemism for the expansion of EU and NATO southward and eastward. If Brussels and Washington are so eager to integrate, why have they consistently...
Wednesday: 9 Iraqis Killed, 31 Wounded
Updated at 7:25 p.m. EST, Feb. 4, 2009At least nine Iraqis were killed or found dead and another 31 were wounded in today's incidents, which included the discovery of a mass grave. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, reports of election fraud continue to vex...