In the wake of the heinous attacks on civilians in Paris, the French are now prone to repeating the same mistakes the United States made after the even more barbaric 9/11 attacks. The natural reaction of politicians – whether they be Democratic, Republican, or...
They Sow the Cyclone – We Reap the Blowback
“For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” — Hosea 8:7 It may be surprising to hear, but it is a plain historical fact that modern international jihad originated as an instrument of US foreign policy. The “great menace of our era” was built up by...
Declare Victory, Come Home?
I have no idea who was involved in the latest atrocity in Paris, the Russian airplane bombing in the Sinai, the attacks in South Beirut or recent siege in Mali, but I'm pretty sure there will be a long line of those only too willing to take credit for the mayhem; and...
81 Killed across Iraq; Canada Accused of Bombing Civilians
The Left and Right Must Stop the Establishment’s Perpetual War Machine
In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, some of us tried to raise questions of U.S. foreign policy. I got my mic cut on O’Reilly’s show. Others got far worse – a friend basically felt he had to move out of his neighborhood he was so reviled for criticizing...
Myths of Empire
The release of The Man in the High Castle, a streaming film series produced by Amazon and based very loosely on Philip K. Dick’s 1962 novel of the same name, is an occasion for us to examine the myths of empire – that is, the narratives that are woven around actual...
Baghdad Cancels Flights over Missile Fears; 101 Killed across Iraq
Iraq suspended flights between Baghdad and Kurdistan due to a threat posed by Russian missile strikes on Syria. At least 101 were killed and 12 were wounded: A blast at a booby-trapped home in Sinjar killed nine Peshmerga. Some of them were Yazidi. In Baghdad, a bomb...
How Terror in Paris Calls for Revising US Syria Policy
In the wake of the ISIS terrorist attack on Paris, President Barack Obama declared that his administration has the right strategy on ISIS and will “see it through”. But the administration is already shifting its policy to cooperate more closely with the Russians on...
The Dayton Miracle: Bosnia Armistice, Still Alive at 20
Twenty years after it stopped the bloodshed, the historic agreement reached in Dayton, Ohio still survives in Bosnia. More of an armistice than a peace treaty, it is under attack by the very powers sworn to uphold it. The General Framework Agreement for Peace in...