Obama’s Afghan Escalation Obama’s Afghan Escalation
True enough, Barack Obama has pledged to support a "surge" in US forces in Afghanistan, as bad an idea as that might be. (See my article, "Obama's Afghan Dilemma," in The Nation.)...
Dec 23, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Maliki’s Secret Crackdown Maliki’s Secret Crackdown
The story of the sweeping, and secretive, arrests, in Iraq's national security apparatus is getting curiouser and curiouser. It now appears as if the whole thing was a clumsy effo...
Dec 19, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Hawk Obama’s Hawk
When Obama needs a hammer, National Security Adviser James Jones will provide one.
Dec 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
NATO in Palestine? Not A Good Idea NATO in Palestine? Not A Good Idea
Pro-Israel activists in the United States and Israeli defense officials are already getting energized in opposition to the idea of a NATO military force in Palestine, as part of a...
Dec 17, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Bush Finds WMDs in Iraq, Umm, or WMHs Bush Finds WMDs in Iraq, Umm, or WMHs
President Bush finally found the long-missing Weapons of Mass Humiliation in Iraq. Iraqis, millions of them, are wearing them on their feet. Not exactly WMDs, but WMHs will have t...
Dec 15, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Scowcroft, Gates, Jones: Go Slow on Iraq Scowcroft, Gates, Jones: Go Slow on Iraq
When it comes to predictions about Obama's Iraq policy, we can discount the supercilious Rush Limbaugh, who "predicted in a speech last week that Democrats will back down from the...
Dec 11, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Ross: Our Loss Obama’s Ross: Our Loss
There's a lot of buzz -- much of it generated by AIPAC, WINEP, and other parts of the Israel lobby, and a lot of it, no doubt, by Ross himself -- that hawkish Dennis Ross is going...
Dec 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Did ISI Do It, Or Didn’t They? Did ISI Do It, Or Didn’t They?
The lead story in today's New York Times reports a definitive connection between the Lashkar-e Taiba ("Army of the Pure") terrorist group and Pakistan's ISI intelligence service. ...
Dec 8, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
John Bolton Reads ‘Em and Weeps John Bolton Reads ‘Em and Weeps
It was an extraordinary scene at the American Enterprise Institute on Tuesday, where John Bolton read 'em and wept. There is, he said, no way to stop Iran from getting nuclear wea...
Dec 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Gaffe on India Obama’s Gaffe on India
It was, at least, a semi-gaffe. Asked about India's response to the terror attacks, Obama had this to say: "Sovereign nations obviously have a right to protect themselves.... Be...
Dec 3, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss