Even though the Iraqi government has been insisting, clearly, that it no longer needs U.S. troops in Iraq, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, warned the country's leaders that they must soon decide if U.S. troops will remain after the...
Gary Johnson: Caveat Emptor
Thursday: 8 Iraqis Killed, 17 Wounded
Silence Shrouds New Egyptian Security Agency
CAIRO - In mid-March, Egypt's transitional government formally dissolved the hated State Security Investigations (SSI) apparatus, meeting a longstanding demand of the opposition. But in the month since, authorities have remained tight- lipped about the SSI's planned...
Wednesday: 1 US Soldier, 8 Iraqis Killed; 30 Iraqis Wounded
The Obama-Gates Maneuver on Military Spending
Last week Barack Obama announced that he wants to cut $400 billion in military spending and said he would work Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and the Joint Chiefs on a “fundamental review” of U.S. “military missions, capabilities and our role in a...
Sleepwalking Into the Imperial Dark
US Denies It Is Trying to Undermine Assad
As anti-government protests in Syria showed no sign of abating, the U.S. State Department Monday denied that it was seeking the regime's ouster. "No, we are not working to undermine that government," said spokesman Mark Toner in response to a front-page report in...
Feels Like Armageddon
The Energy Vampires
To hear the “humanitarian” interventionists tell it, the NATO alliance is currently bombing Libya in order to avert an alleged “massacre” that may – or may not – happen if Moammar Gadhafi gets his hands on the rebels now holding the...