In Friday's Washington Post, David Ignatius described "an intelligence report provided to the State Department last week by Syrian sources working with the Free Syrian Army (FSA)," which describes Syria's rebel opposition as "disorganized fighters, greedy arms...
Christian Zionism and American Islamophobia: Giraldi, Utley Jan. 30 in DC
Christian Zionism and American IslamophobiaJanuary 30, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.The Council for the National Interest, the International Council for Middle East Studies, and the Freda Utley Foundation will be hosting a program titled "Christian...
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...
Palestinian Activists: Two Can Play the Settlement Game
A group of about 200 Palestinians have set up a small tent village - basically camping out - in the territory in East Jerusalem described by Israel as E1. They say they plan to start building a new Palestinian village there under the name Bab As-Shams. These...
The Problem with Human Rights/Humanitarian Law Taking Precedence over the Nuremberg Principle: Torture is Wrong but So Is the Supreme War Crime
A number of human rights issues converge on Friday January 11, 2013. In Washington DC and many other cities around the country, including the Twin Cities, people will don orange “Gitmo” jumpsuits and black hoods to protest the 11th year anniversary-travesty of...
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...
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,...
The Leveretts: Israeli Fears of a Nuclear Iran Are Overblown
Via Andrew Sullivan.
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...
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,...


