Oh No! Bob Kaplan Says Now It’s Moldova
Robert Kaplan is worried about Moldova. He didn’t come out and say it, but it almost felt like he was going to do a full on McCain and claim "We’re all Moldovans now." The place sounds like a mess. His July 9, 2014 piece, originally in Stratfor, titled Why...
Repeal the AUMF
The Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF), or Public Law 107-40, was passed as a reactionary measure to the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001. It is difficult to overstate the aggregate emotion of the American public (and the world for that matter)...
Further Military Assistance to Israel May Be Illegal Under US Law
Though the fatalities in the latest flare up between Israel and Hamas – about 285 Palestinians and two Israeli killed so far – dwarf those in other conflicts, the American public needs to pay particular attention to what's happening there. The US is not merely an...
Locking Away Iraqi History
In March 1979, Iraqi President Saddam Hussein told his inner circle that leading the Arab countries to a final victory against Israel would first entail a showdown with the United States. Throughout the 1980s, even while the United States officially supported Iraq in...
Iraq Security Ops Leave Over A Hundred Dead
Zarif and Kerry Signal Momentum on Nuclear Pact
As the negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program approach the Jul. 20 deadline, both U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif have signaled through their carefully worded statements that they are now moving toward toward...
How America’s Policies Sealed Iraq’s Fate
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Who even knows what to call it? The Iraq War or the Iraq-Syrian War would be far too orderly for what’s happening, so it remains a no-name conflict that couldn’t be deadlier or more destabilizing – and it’s in...
Israel Terrorizes Palestinians in Gaza
Terrorism is defined by Merriam Webster’s dictionary as: "the use of violent acts to frighten the people in an area as a way of trying to achieve a political goal." One could say Hamas fits this definition out of desperation and a lack of moral leadership....
Israel Kills – For the Fun of It
A group of Palestinian boys is playing on the beach in Gaza, kicking a soccer ball around in the bright sunshine. But not for long: an Israeli missile hits a nearby shack, where their family members keep their fishing boats: it bursts into flames and the boys take off...