Few attacks took place today. Nevertheless, at least nine people were killed in them, and another 28 were wounded.
read moreGetting Away With Murder
Since Wednesday night's presidential debate was about domestic policy, I have little to say about it except to note Romney's insistence that there must be no cuts in the military budget. None, nada, zero, zilch – this in spite of the fact that we spend more on...
Israel Between Eritrea and Iran
If Ahmadinejad didn't exist, Israel would invent him. Thanks to Israel's gangster rhetoric of "hold me or I shoot," international attention is focused on the brutal Muslim dictatorship in Iran, allowing Israel to quietly transform itself into a brutal Jewish...
Iraq Executes Six; Five Others Killed in Attacks
Six Iraqis were executed today, while another five were killed in other violence. Fourteen more were wounded as well. Also, a U.S. citizen of Palestinian descent has been sentenced to life in prison in Iraq.
read moreIraq: Ten Years, a Million Lives, and Trillions of Dollars Later
Ten years ago the debate over the Iraq War came to Congress in the form of a resolution promoted by the Bush administration. The war in Iraq will cost the United States as much as $5 trillion. It played a role in spurring the global financial crisis. Four thousand...
Why I Dislike Israel
Even those pundits who seem to want to distance U.S. foreign policy from Tel Aviv’s demands and begin treating Israel like any other country sometimes feel compelled to make excuses and apologies before getting down to the nitty-gritty. The self-lacerating prologues...
Iraq Violence Claims Seven Lives
New attacks left at least seven Iraqis killed and 15 more wounded. In Essouira, a bomb wounded four people, including a tribal chief north. On Monday, an imam was killed and four people were wounded in a previously unreported blast. In Baghdad, a national police squad...
Deflowering the ‘Rose Revolution’
Despite the best efforts of Georgian strongman Mikheil Saakashvili and his ruling party, Georgian voters have delivered a stunning victory to challenger Bidzina Ivanishvili, a billionaire who vowed to tamp down tensions with Russia and free up an increasingly...
Strengthening Alliances in East Asia Is the Wrong Way to Go
Risking an explosion of public anger in Okinawa, the U.S. Marine Corps is sending crash-prone MV-22 Osprey aircraft, which take off and land like a helicopter but fly like an airplane, to the islands. The white-hot opposition to the aircraft on the islands goes much...
Eight Iraqis Killed As Iraq Calls on Turkey To Leave Northern Territory
At least eight Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded today. Also, government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said Iraq will terminate Turkey’s presence in northern Iraq.
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