Over the top?

In a disturbing comment on "OK, so who DID they slaughter?" poster "DOESITMATTER" suggested a scenario in which a drone pilot and helicopter gunship both mis-target apparent "militants" in Los Angeles, "cut[ting] to ribbons a group...

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Dennis Ross Talks Up Petraeus Linkage

From Josh Rogin’s excellent “Cable” blog at foreignpolicy.com today: Dennis Ross links Middle East peace to Iran Posted By Josh Rogin Wednesday, May 5, 2010 – 6:16 PM The National Security Council’s Dennis Ross is the latest U.S. official to link the Obama...

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OK, so who DID they slaughter?

[viddler id=f166caa9&w=247&h=227]"Those who would slaughter innocent men, women, and children must know that the United States will do more than simply strengthen our defenses. ... Around the world and here at home there are those who would attack our...

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Get Well, Alan Bock

We have been missing Alan Bock's column for the last few weeks. A few weeks ago, Alan got very sick. After seeing many doctors and getting scores of tests, he has been diagnosed with a cancerous blockage in his biliary ducts. He is facing surgery and is hopeful, and...

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‘Hibakusha’ Apologize for Pearl Harbor? Why?

The farcical NPT conference drags on: the US and Israel, both nuclear powers, the former actually noncompliant, the latter not even a signatory, point their trigger fingers at Iran; Iran, with not even a nuclear power plant, complains the world doesn't care that the...

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Osama Bin Falconing?

Interspersed between the US claims that they are virtually certain al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is living in Pakistan is the occasional wild theory about where the reclusive terrorist mastermind actually is. Today's theory comes by way of a documentary filmmaker...

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On the 40th Anniversary of the Kent State Shootings

Democracy Now! has an excellent and comprehensive report on the 40th anniversary of the Kent State shootings. On May 4th, 1970, National Guardsmen opened fire on hundreds of unarmed students at an antiwar rally at Kent State University in Ohio. The guardsmen fired off...

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