At least 23 people were killed and 12 more were wounded across the country today. Three soldiers and an officer were killed in a bombing in Shora. In Baaj, a bomb killed two civilians and wounded three more. Gunmen in Alhmeirah killed five soldiers and wounded at...
KLA Boss and the Empire
Hashim Thaci has long been a darling of the Washington establishment. In 1999, while veteran of Croatia's Serbicide Agim Ceku managed the "military" operations of the "Kosovo Liberation Army," Thaci was the KLA's public face. Kissing Madeleine Albright, hugging Tony...
Last Hurrah of the Interventionists?
In what a Washington Post columnist describes as a rout of Rand Paul isolationism, the Senate just voted overwhelmingly to send another $1.5 billion in foreign aid to Egypt. The House voted 400-20 to impose new sanctions on Iran's oil exports, two days before Iran's...
Obama’s Silent Coups
America has always had two ways of stopping the undesirable course of enemy countries and switching their track: the overt and the covert. Overt means the Pentagon and covert means the C.I.A. Much has been written about the muting of Obama’s overt actions...
Iraq Attacks Continue: 21 Killed
Surprise! You’ve Been XKeyscored!
The news that Edward Snowden has – finally – been granted political asylum in Russia has provoked the Usual Suspects into bloviating the Usual Nonsense: Gee, how come Snowden didn't go to a "free" country, you know, just like America? Instead, he's gone to Russia,...