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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

The signs may be subtle, but cracks are appearing in the Islamic State’s “caliphate.” Those cracks will only become wider should the main supply route to Mosul be completely shut down. At least 193 people were killed and 29 more were wounded.

A physical trench cut into the earth south of Baghdad is, ostensibly, to prevent Islamic State militants from reaching the holy city of Karbala. However, Sunni leaders believe the trench serves another purpose, which is to prevent the former Sunni residents from returning to the fertile farmland they called home before the militants invaded Iraq.

Tuesday on Fox Radio News' “The Alan Colmes Show,” Alan spoke with Antiwar.com founder Eric Garris about President Obama asking Congress for the authorization for the use of military force to take on ISIS.Garris has urged citizens to call their representatives to...

Originally posted at TomDispatch. I never fail to be amazed – and that’s undoubtedly my failing. I mean, if you retain a capacity for wonder you can still be awed by a sunset, but should you really be shocked that the sun is once again sinking in the West?...

Kosovars are celebrating the seventh anniversary of Kosovo's independence – by leaving in record numbers. By some estimates as many as 100,000 have fled the country in the past few months. Germany is dispatching policemen to the Hungary-Serbia border to stem the...