Introduction by Andy Worthington A friend of mine for several years now – and a great supporter of the campaign to get Shaker Aamer released from Guantánamo – the musician Roger Waters, formerly of Pink Floyd, has written an article about Shaker’s...
“Assad must go. Assad must go.” This monotonous mantra has echoed endlessly in halls of power throughout the US-led imperium. In Washington, London, Riyadh, Doha, Ankara, and Tel Aviv, its chant has droned on for years, heedless of developments. Al Qaeda and ISIS...
Because more than 50 percent of voters are women and the United States hasn't had a woman leader in a long time, many want to re-elect Hillary Clinton. Although given that her track record during the two years that she was in charge of the country was disastrous, if...
"The United States is being sucked into a new Middle East war," says The New York Times. And the Times has it exactly right. Despite repeated pledges not to put "boots on the ground" in Syria, President Obama is inserting 50 U.S. special ops troops...
Two years ago, as the War Party was agitating for US intervention in Syria and the President was announcing his capitulation to their demands, Barack Obama told the American people the following: “I will not put American boots on the ground in Syria. I will not pursue...
Usually when politicians apologize it’s because they have been caught doing something wrong, or they are about to be caught. Such was likely the case with former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, who recently offered an “apology” for the 2003...
During October, Antiwar.com tallied 3,071 killed and 1,160 wounded. These figures are lower than those counted last month. At least 3,974 were killed in September, and another 1,613 were wounded. Scanning the media reports, Antiwar found that 528 civilians were...
As the first Democratic presidential debate drew to a close, moderator Anderson Cooper posed a question to Hillary Clinton: How might her presidency differ from Barack Obama’s? Clinton smiled. “Well, I think it’s pretty obvious,” she replied to rapturous...
