Obama’s Iraq Challenge Obama’s Iraq Challenge
Will Obama make good on his promise to end the war in Iraq?
Nov 13, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
End of International Law, Part II End of International Law, Part II
Last week, I wrote a post here about the emergence of a parallel new Bush admininstration doctrine that allows US forces to raid countries at will whenever supposedly "actionable ...
Nov 10, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama and Iran Obama and Iran
In the realm of foreign affairs, the two wars that America is fighting, in Iraq and Afghanistan, may have higher priority for President Obama than the war it isn't fighting, namel...
Nov 7, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s National Security Team Emerging Obama’s National Security Team Emerging
The game of musical chairs is underway as Barack Obama narrows his choices for who he'll appoint to key Cabinet posts. Most of the speculation, naturally, focuses on key economic ...
Nov 6, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Stop Gates Stop Gates
Barack Obama will be getting off on the wrong foot, to put it mildly, if he does what seems likely now: allow Robert Gates to stay on a secretary of defense. For reasons that are...
Nov 5, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama and Iraq Obama and Iraq
There's no doubt that the financial crisis, job insecurity, and fundamental economic worries are the No. 1 issue in Tuesday's vote. But that raises a critical question: If Barack ...
Oct 31, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
The End of International Law? The End of International Law?
A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the soon-to-be-ancien regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib. Like the original Bush doctrine -- the one th...
Oct 28, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Political Crisis in Israel May Boost Hawks Political Crisis in Israel May Boost Hawks
The former Mossad agent who leads Israel's ruling party, Kadima, failed in her effort to put together a government, but there's a chance that Tzipi Livni will never become prime m...
Oct 27, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
Al Qaeda Endorses McCain Al Qaeda Endorses McCain
The Post today reports that Al Qaeda has endorsed John McCain for president. With seemingly impeccable logic, the cave dwellers -- actually, more likely, Quetta-squatters -- say t...
Oct 22, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss
US-Iraq Deal Stalled Again US-Iraq Deal Stalled Again
So far, at least, the only political bloc in Iraq to support the US-Iraq agreement that would allow the continuation of the American occupation are the Kurds. It doesn't look like...
Oct 21, 2008 / Bob Dreyfuss