Dozens Executed in Iraq, 145 Killed Overall
What Jobs Have To Do With Terrorism
US State Department Deputy Spokesperson Marie Harf is being mocked and ridiculed by critics in every medium for remarks she made in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Matthews regarding terrorism. She told the host that poor economic conditions are a contributing factor...
Senator Jim Inhofe, Constant Gardener of the Warfare State
The War Party is currently desperate for any evidence of Russian aggression in Ukraine. So much so that, as faithful apostle of the Warfare State Senator Jim Inhofe has shown recently, it is willing to embrace fabricated "evidence" to ensure the narrative...
72 Killed in Iraq Battles and Executions
At least 72 were killed and three were wounded. In Ramadi, a bomb killed one civilian and wounded three more. Security forces killed four militants. Five sheiks were executed in al-Ghazali after being kidnapped in Qayara. In western Baghdad, a body was found. Another...
Watching the Same Movie About American War for 75 Years
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Yes, they’ve become “the greatest generation” (a phrase that’s always reminded me of an ad line for a soft drink), but they didn’t feel that way at the time. As Susan Faludi pointed out in her classic...
The Case for Optimism
On February 16, Gallup released the result of a poll which asked about Americans’ impression of the nation’s top enemies. The takeaway from sources such as the conservative Washington Times was the 16 percent increase in distrust towards Russia. This isn’t so...
‘Holy Schnikes,’ It’s Jeb Bush!
You could hear the air in the inflated balloon of Jeb Bush's presidential campaign leak out rather noisily as he made his debut foreign policy speech at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. As Dana Milbank ruthlessly pointed out in the Washington Post, the speech...