This New York Times piece notes several parallels between Muammar Gadhafi in Libya and Saddam Hussein in Iraq vis-à-vis US foreign policy. Somewhat trivial comparisons like vying to be the "West's principle nemesis in the Arab world," "vow[ing] to defeat the enemy at...
Republican Golfing, Political Kabuki Theater and W.A.R. (Wasted American Resources)
As you can see, the John Boehner-Minnesota Golfing Fundraiser in Minnesota enjoyed beautiful weather on Wednesday August 17, 2011. So did our Come Home America group as we traveled to Wayzata, Minnesota to banner outside the event. We had read that House Speaker John...
More Victims of US Terror in Chile Identified
Again the media has drawn attention to massive atrocities which the US was directly responsible for and completely leaves out the operative fact of US involvement. A BBC article late last week reported that the "Chilean commission investigating human rights abuses...
The Post’s Selective Indictment of US Colombia Policy
The Washington Post catches up with reality: The Obama administration often cites Colombia’s thriving democracy as proof that U.S. assistance, know-how and commitment can turn around a potentially failed state under terrorist siege. The country’s U.S.-funded...
A Problem of Legitimacy: The US Role in Libya
The Libyan rebels have apparently achieved control of almost all of Gadhafi's last stronghold in the capital Tripoli, although some scattered fighting is still sporadically cropping up. While the whereabouts of Gadhafi are still unknown, the consensus seems to be that...
Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | August 19, 2011
Antiwar.com's Week in Review | August 19, 2011Help us meet our fund-raising goal! Help keep the War Party at bay by making a tax-deductible donation today!Don't forget to sign the open letter to Obama and Congress to end the wars: ComeHomeAmerica.usIN THIS ISSUEObama...
After 20 Years, Still Hiding the Truth About US Collusion in Salvadoran Atrocities
Yesterday, the Boston Globe reported on a renewed legal case against Inocente Orlando Montano, "a former Salvadoran government minister accused of colluding in the infamous killing of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador two decades ago," who has apparently been living a...
Call for Assad to Step Down Isn’t Much Change, Still Illustrates Washington Hypocrisy
The moral color of the Obama administration's call for Syrian President Bashar al Assad to step down is a bit unnerving. First of all, today's announcement is being hailed as huge news, but it barely differs from previous statements that Assad must reform or get out...
Pushing the Military in Latin America
The Posse Comitatus Act is one of the most important measures in this country imposing restrictions on the federal government and Executive power. It essentially prohibits the federal government from using the military for law enforcement, which, despite the problems...
Corporatist Drug War Foreign Policy
Via the Just the Facts blog, this U.S. Trade and Aid Monitor* details the corporatist approach to drug war foreign policy. The Department of Defense is extending a privately contracted five-year global counter narcotics program valued upwards of $15 billion. The...


