Chuck Hagel will face a panel of senators on Thursday over his nomination for the next Secretary of Defense. The buzz in the hive suggests he may closer to a confirmation than was thought a month ago, when President Obama threw his name into the ring and a swamp of...
Nine Killed in Iraq, including 4-year-old Girl
The Afghan End Game?
The euphemisms will come fast and furious. Our soldiers will be greeted as "heroes" who, as in Iraq, left with their "heads held high," and if in 2014 or 2015 or even 2019, the last of them, as also in Iraq, slip away in the dark of night after...
Benghazi, Mali, and the Need for a Defensive American Strategy
The greatest threat to America is not what foreigners do to us; rather it is what we do to ourselves. The greatest recent example is 9/11, Bin Laden’s attack. Our response was to virtually bankrupt ourselves, lose the goodwill of much of the world, and make ourselves...
America’s Foreign Policy: Why Should You Care?
Every once in a while it's worth it to recall just why we're doing this: that is, why we here at Antiwar.com spend our days reporting on events in obscure countries no normal person has ever heard of, tracking the pronouncements of politicians and foreign policy...
Four Killed in Iraq; Attacks on Soldiers Continue
Seven Killed in Iraq, Gunmen Attack Soldiers
Devil Is in the Details for Iran Nuclear Deal
After a year of fruitless negotiations that are expected to resume soon, Iranian and U.S. experts are urging both sides to show more flexibility and make more concessions on its nuclear programme. A letter written this month by seven former Iranian parliamentarians...
Iraqi Troops Fire on Protesters; 14 Killed, 72 Wounded Across Country
Drones Provoke Growing Controversy in US
As Barack Obama renews his lease on the White House for another four years, his administration is debating how best to respond to a growing internal and public controversy over his first term’s non-battlefield counter-terrorist weapon of choice: armed drones. Armed...