Here we go again – another "serious escalation" has begun in the Middle East, or so BBC World was telling audiences throughout Sunday. So what prompted the BBC's judgment that the crisis was escalating once more? You can be sure it had nothing to do with the more...
President Bush will soon ask Congress to "not veto" a U.S.-Russia "civil" nuclear deal. "Not veto," because Russia is a "have-nuke" signatory to the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). Hence, the U.S.-Russia...
When Israeli Chief of Staff Brig. Gen. Dan Halutz said, "Nothing is safe [in Lebanon]," he was only stating the obvious. "[It's] as simple as that," he said. Lebanese ports, air and sea, power plants, television stations, bridges, roads, neighborhoods, and homes, even...
Seeing a major opportunity to regain influence lost as a result of setbacks in Iraq, prominent neoconservatives are calling for unconditional U.S. support for Israel's military offensives in Gaza and Lebanon and "regime change" in Syria and Iran, as well as...
As the fighting between Israel and the Hezbollah persists, an Israeli strategy of enlarging the conflict seems to be crystallizing. Neoconservative pundits in the U.S. have pointed an accusatory finger at the usual suspect – Tehran – arguing that Hezbollah...
Israel is in violation of U.S. arms-control laws for deploying U.S.-made fighter planes, combat helicopters, and missiles to kill civilians and destroy Lebanon's infrastructure in the ongoing six-day devastation of that militarily weak country. The death toll,...
For the sixth straight day, Lebanon found itself under attack from Israel, which is retaliating against the capture of its soldiers by Hezbollah militants. As deaths mounted, Lebanese citizens fled major cities while Israel targeted ports, highways, and other...
Israeli air strikes on a Lebanese army base in Kfar Chima killed 11 Lebanese soldiers and injured 35 others. The strike on the base, which is located outside of Beirut, is part of a growing number of attacks on Lebanon’s infrastructure. Today’s attack was...
The Reality Beneath the Flag-Waving Paul Craig Roberts pulls no punches, nor should he, in describing the war crime that is the Iraq invasion and occupation. Lieutenant Ehren Watada also speaks without reservation against the war, or rather gives voice to his...
Listening to Newt Gingrich bloviate on Meet the Press, advocating U.S. intervention on Israel's behalf against Syria and Iran – and the pathetic Joe "Me Too" Biden effectively agreeing with him – one can only wonder how or why anybody listens to...
