Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns Obama Fiddles While Gaza Burns
Sort of like what President Bush and Condi Rice did in January 2009
Jul 10, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count Protests, Fraud and Violence Follow Announcement of the Preliminary Afghan Vote Count
Humpty Dumpty hasn’t been put back together yet, thirteen years after the US invasion.
Jul 8, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train
Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...
Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa
Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’ Haaretz, Commenting on Murder in Israel, Says Extremists Are ‘Vermin’
Tragedies compound, as Israel bombs Gaza again.
Jul 7, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East ISIS: The Spoils of the ‘Great Loot’ in the Middle East
Adding yet more warfare to the current crisis will perpetuate exactly what the imperial powers set out to do: tear an entire region of the world asunder.
Jul 7, 2014 / Conn Hallinan and Foreign Policy In Focus
US Should Back Syria’s Assad Against ISIS US Should Back Syria’s Assad Against ISIS
Already working alongside Iran in Iraq, the US ought to end its support for Syria’s rebels, freeing Syria’s forces against ISIS.
Jul 3, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq? Is Obama on a Slippery Slope Toward Mission Creep in Iraq?
Protect the embassy, advise Iraqi troops, protect Baghdad airport. And then?
Jul 2, 2014 / Bob Dreyfuss
Should We Stop Talking About National Security? Should We Stop Talking About National Security?
Our government has always justified its worst abuses of power—here and abroad—on the basis of “national security.”
Jul 1, 2014 / Noam Chomsky
We Denounced the Israel Lobby Back in 1976 We Denounced the Israel Lobby Back in 1976
Early warnings of an American policy in thrall to the Israeli right.
Jul 1, 2014 / Richard Kreitner
Drones Are Great. Just Ask a Drone! Drones Are Great. Just Ask a Drone!
Be careful what you say about drones—they might be listening.
Jul 1, 2014 / Tom Tomorrow