Holding Obama to His Promises

The meaning of President Obama's Iraq withdrawal speech, and its influence on real U.S. policy in Iraq, will not be determined solely by his actual words. The import of the speech – and whether its promises become real – will be determined by a fluid...

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Israeli Settlers Terrorize Palestinian Villagers

AT TUWANI, West Bank - "I couldn't run. My pregnancy was too far advanced, and there was nowhere to hide," said Amna Salman Rabaye, 31, as she recalled the terrifying incident several months ago. Rabaye from the Palestinian Bedouin village of At Tuwani in the southern...

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A Convenient Scapegoat

The past eight years have been so catastrophic for the United States that it is sometimes difficult to put things in perspective, but certain patterns do emerge. Starting in the summer of 2007, when Iraq was still in total chaos, Gen. Ray "Greater Than...

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Imagine an Occupied America

Listen to Ron Paul. Click the play button below.   Imagine for a moment that somewhere in the middle of Texas there was a large foreign military base, say Chinese or Russian. Imagine that thousands of armed foreign troops were constantly patrolling American...

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Canada Follows America’s Slide

Prime Minister Stephen Harper continues to align Canadian foreign policy with that of the U.S. If the newly minted President Obama continues with unlawful policies like extraordinary rendition, preventive imprisonment, and torture at Bagram Air Force Base in...

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Enduring Blunder

President Obama has committed 17,000 additional troops to Operation Enduring Freedom, our misadventure in Afghanistan. His generals don't know what to do with those troops when they get there; they're not even sure what troops to send. Someone on Obama's sprawling...

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Monday: 12 Iraqis Killed, 20 Wounded

Updated at 7:35 p.m. EDT, March 9, 2009 At least 12 Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in the latest attacks. No Coalition deaths were reported. Meanwhile, an Iraqi state minister for women's affairs says she will withdraw her resignation thanks to the offer...

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Signs of Progress

I suppose progressives and others hopeful for a more rational foreign policy are going to have to be content, for the moment, with crumbs from the presidential table, such as Barack Obama's recent statement to the New York Times that we might consider negotiating with...

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