The War Party is bound and determined to drag us, kicking and screaming, into a military conflict with Iran – and they have constructed a vast network of agents inside both parties, and inside the government, to accomplish exactly that. The nexus of this network...
Saturday Night Frights
Saturday's GOP presidential debate focused on foreign policy, and it was a disgrace — not simply because of the moderators’ blatant disregard for Rep. Ron Paul (the only candidate from either political party advocating peace was given 89 seconds to speak in the first...
Iran Threat Reduction Act Actually Enhances Threat of War
Congress is taking up dangerous legislation that appears to be designed to pave the way for war by taking the unprecedented step of effectively preventing any kind of U.S. diplomatic contact with Iran. The Iran Threat Reduction Act of 2011 (H.R. 1905), sponsored by...
Iranian Pilgrims Targeted in Baghdad Attack
Trouble in Paradise: The Militarization of Jeju Island
JEJU ISLAND, South Korea - The South Korean government has been campaigning to have its southern island of Jeju recognized as one of the seven new wonders of nature. A favorite honeymoon spot in Asia and an official "island of peace," Jeju already boasts...
Iraq Violence Kills 7, Including Iranian Pilgrims
Bahrain’s Courageous Doctors
‘Israel’s Advocate’ to Leave White House for Pro-Israel Think Tank
Dennis Ross, President Barack Obama's top Middle East aide who has attracted criticism for his allegedly strong pro-Israel sympathies, will leave his post at the end of this month, the White House announced here Thursday. He will rejoin the Washington Institute for...
Looking at the ‘Big Picture’
IAEA’s ‘Soviet Nuclear Scientist’ Never Worked on Weapons
The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) published by a Washington think tank Tuesday repeated the sensational claim previously reported by news media all over the world that a former Soviet nuclear weapons scientist had helped Iran construct a...