Wars Should Be Declared by Congress, Not Merely Launched by Presidents Wars Should Be Declared by Congress, Not Merely Launched by Presidents
Even if a war is considered "just," even if it is launched under the auspices of the UN, US military interventions should be debated and approved by Congress before they ...
Mar 21, 2011 / John Nichols
Obama’s Women Advisers Pushed War Against Libya Obama’s Women Advisers Pushed War Against Libya
There's no legitimacy to the UN vote on military action against Qaddafi.
Mar 19, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Documenting the Obama Administration’s ‘Gitmo in the Heartland’ Documenting the Obama Administration’s ‘Gitmo in the Heartland’
The Obama administration has continued to operate Bush’s legally dubious detention centers for terrorism prisoners, but the opaque practices at these secret prisons deserve...
Mar 18, 2011 / Press Room
What Raymond Davis’s Ransom is Worth What Raymond Davis’s Ransom is Worth
Last week GRITtv spoke to Dave Lindorff about Raymond Davis, the CIA employee held in Pakistan, accused of shooting two Pakistani civilians. Davis has been released after a reporte...
Mar 17, 2011 / Laura Flanders
Libya and the Dilemma of Intervention Libya and the Dilemma of Intervention
No-fly zones have, at best, a mixed record as a form of humanitarian intervention, and instituting one over Libya will do little to halt Qaddafi’s military advantages.
Mar 17, 2011 / The Editors
Clinton Promises to Bomb Libya, Calls Qaddafi ‘Creature’ Clinton Promises to Bomb Libya, Calls Qaddafi ‘Creature’
Obama caves in to pressure from neocons, liberal interventionists.
Mar 17, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Taking the ‘War’ Out of America’s Air Wars Taking the ‘War’ Out of America’s Air Wars
These days, we need a new set of terms to explain what US air power actually does.
Mar 17, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
From Hiroshima to Fukushima From Hiroshima to Fukushima
The problem with mankind wielding nuclear power isn’t about backup generators or safety rules—it’s our essential human fallibility.
Mar 15, 2011 / Jonathan Schell
Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya Pressure Builds for a No-Fly Zone in Libya
Germany shoots down Libya no-fly zone, as neocons ask Obama to bomb Qaddafi's forces.
Mar 14, 2011 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama’s ‘War on Terror’ Obama’s ‘War on Terror’
Between indefinite detentions in Guantánamo and the treatment of Bradley Manning, President Obama has shown that the poisonous shards of Abu Ghraib are still with us.
Mar 10, 2011 / The Editors