I was hoping never to have to write about the Santorum surge, yet I knew, in my hearts of hearts, it was meant to be. After all, the more Newt Gingrich talked – and talked, and talked – the more likely even Republican primary voters were to be repulsed by...
How Drone War Became the American Way of Life
In the American mind, if Apple made weapons, they would undoubtedly be drones, those remotely piloted planes getting such great press here. They have generally been greeted as if they were the sleekest of iPhones armed with missiles. When the first American drone...
Iraq Slaughter: 97 Killed, 348 Wounded
Mr. President, Talk Sense to Netanyahu
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veterans for Peace SUBJECT: You Need to Talk Sense to Netanyahu We members of Veterans for Peace have served in every war since World War II. We know war. And we know when it smells like war. It smells that way now, with drums...
Overspending on National Security Threatens National Security
The administration recently released its 2013 budget proposal, and conservatives are correctly alarmed that it calls for unprecedented spending and continued annual deficits exceeding $1 trillion. But the same conservatives complain that the budget does not devote...
AIPAC Declares War
The American people don't particularly want a new war in the Middle East, but apparently Congress and Washington’s most powerful lobby do. Thirty-two senators have co-sponsored a resolution that will constrain the White House from adopting any policy vis-à-vis...
Ex-IAEA Chief Urges Talks to Defuse Threat of Attack on Iran
Even as U.N. inspectors expressed disappointment about the results of their visit this week to Iran, a former chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) urged all parties to make greater efforts to defuse rapidly rising tensions over Tehran's nuclear...
Iraq PM Warns of Vague Sectarian Threat
Common Fallacies About
Anti-Interventionism
The idea that the United States government should not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations is heresy. After World War II, both political parties and nearly all the nation’s elites agreed on one thing: we have an “obligation” to pursue and maintain a...