The scandal around the fixing of intelligence around the Pentagon training program for Syrian rebels has been on slow burn for some time. The mainstream media has largely avoided it, but when Pentagon superiors quash reports of intelligence analysts because they don't...
‘The Boys Who Said No!’: New Documentary About War Resisters
Evil is participatory, says interviewee David Harris at the beginning of a documentary in progress about Vietnam-era draft resisters, The Boys Who Said No!Evil continuing depends on people joining in, and the first step to stopping it, he continues, is withdrawing...
They’re at it Again: Pentagon Training New Syrian Rebels
You know the old saying: if at first you don't succeed, keep trying the same dumb thing over and over and wonder why you are still not succeeding. Well, at least that's the Beltway version of that old saying.We know what happened last time the Pentagon launched a...
Iraq Is Broke. You Have To Pay for It.
The next time a candidate or reporter asks during a debate about education or healthcare “But how are you going to pay for that?” I would like the person being questioned to respond “The same way we find money to pay for Iraq.”So maybe it would...
Conference Video: Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?
“Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?” was the theme of a daylong conference at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, on March 18, 2016. The Conference archive is available on YouTube below: Speakers included Antiwar.com's Justin Raimondo, as well as...
White House to Syrians: Don’t Dare Vote for Assad!
US backing for the overthrow of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad was supposed to be all about democracy. As Washington tells it, the people took to the street demanding democratic reforms and Assad did not listen, so he lost his legitimacy and needed to be overthrown....


