The Return of the Smear Brigade

As the crisis of the American empire lurches into its final stages, and conservatives begin to question the costs of imperialism, the neoconservative counterattack is going into overdrive. When prominent conservatives rose to say, “Cuts in the defense budget are...

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Iran Sanctions: Built to Fail

Conditions for lifting sanctions go way beyond anything having to do with Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program, making it impossible for Iran to extricate itself – this could be intentional, making the military "option" a necessity. More than 90 US...

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Budget Talks Have Major Defense Contractors on Edge

When an expensive unmanned aircraft built by Lockheed Martin Corporation, a U.S. defense contractor, disappeared during a U.S. military test flight off the Pacific coast earlier this month, the debacle raised eyebrows. The incident also raised criticism that the U.S....

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