On this tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, here are a few epigrams plucked from Terrorism & Tyranny: Trampling Freedom, Justice, and Peace to Rid the World of Evil (Palgrave, 2003): Nothing happened on 9/11 that made the federal government more trustworthy....
Today's Washington Post reports details on a guy who the FBI hired to provide expert anti-terrorism training: William G. Hillar billed himself as a hero and a patriot, a 28-year veteran of the Army Special Forces who shared his knowledge of counterterrorism by...
Following up on Justin's post on Alan Bock going into a hospice - Alan Bock has done great work for freedom. His jovial good nature is rare in this biz. He can be a hardliner without being abrasive or bitter. In the waning days of the last century (12/27/2000),...
Spencer Ackerman of Wired has an excellent piece today on the Pentagon's Joint Special Operations Command’s secret jails in Afghanistan. Ackerman notes: Human rights groups have been sounding the alarm about these detention centers since 2009. Detainees who claim to...
The Washington Post has an editorial today fretting that the Obama administration has not killed enough Libyans. The Post warns that U.S. killing of more Libyans is the best way to assure a bright future for Libya. OK, that's not verbatim - but this is: "The dangers...
This is from Washington Post cartoonist Tom Toles' sketchbook. This would have been a great illustration to use for Obama's speech on Monday. Too bad that historic address was out of date faster than a dead fish begins to rot.
No, this is not a judgment on Obama's gas-bagging on Monday night. Instead, that is the State Department's verdict on a speech today by Syria's "President" Bashar al-Assad. After all the BS the Obama administration has shoveled, one would think that U.S. officials...
Will Obama break all his past records for BS tonight when he gives his speech on Libya at 7:30 pm? (Eastern) He will be speaking to the most servile audience he could find - uniformed military officers at the National Defense University. The room will be full of...
[photo by George Robert Newcomb antiwar rally by the White House on March 19, 2011] According to some Obama supporters, the U.S. bombing of Libya is a self-evident triumph of good over evil. Why? Because we're the good guys, and Obama said the people the U.S. is...
For years, we have heard that Obama is different than other politicians - wiser, more compassionate, more prudent. Bull. Blowing the hell out of Libya settles any doubts about whether Obama is simply another deluded ruler who will use power however he pleases to...
