Antiwar.com Newsletter | January 12, 2012

Top News Opinion and analysis This week’s top news: Is US ‘Pullout’ Talk Simply Tough Diplomacy for Karzai Visit?: Much attention has been given to the Obama Administration’s plan for a withdrawal from Afghanistan, with reports that they are...

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Weaponized Keynesians?

A regular reader of Antiwar.com writes, "Professor Joe Salerno, academic vice president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in a recorded talk from the institute’s 30th anniversary celebration, talks about the Keynesian architects of the US Warfare state. Salerno...

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Chuck Hagel: Toeing the Obama Line on Iran

The Associated Press is reporting that "Chuck Hagel, is meeting with senior Pentagon staff to try to set the record straight about his stand on Iran, saying he backs strong international sanctions against Tehran and believes all options, including military action,...

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Latin America in Obama’s Second Term

As I've noted, Obama's nomination of Chuck Hagel and John Brennan to Secretary of Defense and CIA Director, respectively, is perfectly in keeping with the Obama foreign policy of the first term. That is, a deep reluctance to get involved in conventional ground wars...

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John Brennan’s Lie About Civilian Casualties

Claims by the Central Intelligence Agency’s new director-designate that the US intelligence services received ‘no information’ about any civilians killed by US drones in the year prior to June 2011 do not appear to bear scrutiny. John Brennan,...

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