Iraq suffered significant bomb attacks in multiple cities today, leaving at least 69 dead and 176 more wounded.
read moreTaliban Attacks Weaken US, NATO Position
Sunday's well-orchestrated — if unsuccessful — attacks by Taliban forces on Kabul and three provincial capitals in eastern Afghanistan could further shake ebbing public confidence in the U.S. and its allies that their strategy for securing Afghanistan is working....
The Disappearing Terrorists
Night is here but the barbarians have not come. And now what shall become of us without any barbarians? Those people were some kind of solution.– Constantine Cavafy It hardly makes sense to have a global war on terror if there are not that many terrorists ...
Report on Iran’s Nuclear Fatwa Distorts Its History
The Barack Obama administration's new interest in the 2004 religious verdict, or "fatwa," by Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei banning the possession of nuclear weapons, long dismissed by national security officials, has prompted The New York Times to...
Kurdistan’s Barzani To Meet With Iraq’s Hashemi While in Turkey
The leader of the Kurdish Regional Government, Massoud Barzani, will travel to Turkey tomorrow to meet with Turkish leaders and Iraqi Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi. At least six Iraqis were killed and 20 more were wounded in attacks.
read moreHow to Trump a Superpower
Chalk it up to the genuine strangeness of our second Afghan War. Americans, according to the latest polls, are turning against the conflict in ever greater numbers, yet it’s remarkable how little — beyond a few obvious, sensational events — they know about what’s...
New Clothes for Old Naked Lies
Elements in Israel and the West intent on attacking the Islamic Republic of Iran are creating the appearance that war is inevitable. Since the turn of the year, anti-Iran propaganda has intensified into a storm of hysterical nonsense. The media tells us that the...
For You, a Thousand Times Over
At the start of The Kite Runner, a novel by Khaled Hosseini later adapted for film, a brave and selflessly loyal Afghan boy runs to help his much wealthier friend, singing out his love for him: "For you, a thousand times over…." They have been flying a fighting kite...
Race and Empire
America is obsessed with matters of race, and always has been. Back in the day, this preoccupation was focused on who could and could not sit at a lunch counter, or at the front of the bus. Now that we are living in a “post-racial” world, and the President of these...
Save Money by Ending Costly Alliances
Continued U.S. economic sluggishness, induced by a massive national debt in excess of $15 trillion, should be causing soul-searching in the American foreign policy community about which unnecessary alliance commitments can be shed to save money. Yet, predictably,...
