Our National Torture Policy Our National Torture Policy
As Zero Dark Thirty reminds us, Americans have yet to face the torture committed on our behalf.
Dec 18, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Peter Van Buren
The US Military Approves Bombing Children The US Military Approves Bombing Children
It’s not just all “military age males” being targeted in Afghanistan. Now, it’s kids, too, says the Military Times.
Dec 4, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along At Guantánamo, the Government Is Still Making Up the Law as It Goes Along
Regardless of who wins on November 6, there are no signs that either Romney or Obama will act to dismantle the lawless military commissions created after 9/11.
Oct 31, 2012 / John Knefel
The Failure of the Obama Doctrine The Failure of the Obama Doctrine
The US empire is a lesson in how not to change a changing world.
Oct 25, 2012 / Nick Turse
The Endless Drone Killing Program The Endless Drone Killing Program
The Washington Post investigative piece is truly frightening. The “Global War on Terror” goes on and on.
Oct 24, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
Obama and Romney Versus the Public on Afghanistan Obama and Romney Versus the Public on Afghanistan
Both candidates agree on Afghanistan—but few Americans join them.
Oct 22, 2012 / George Zornick
Preparing for a Digital 9/11 Preparing for a Digital 9/11
Fear of a cyber attack is eroding US civil liberties and the constitution.
Oct 22, 2012 / Karen J. Greenberg
Washington’s Pakistan Meltdown Washington’s Pakistan Meltdown
The United States and Pakistan have become the dysfunctional nuclear family of international relations.
Oct 18, 2012 / Dilip Hiro
The Lost Cause in Afghanistan: Do We Just Say ‘Oops’? The Lost Cause in Afghanistan: Do We Just Say ‘Oops’?
It’s time to ask hard questions about why the U.S. still hasn’t learned its lesson on nation building abroad.
Oct 17, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
More Civilians Slaughtered in Afghanistan in US Airstrike More Civilians Slaughtered in Afghanistan in US Airstrike
Yet again.
Oct 16, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss