The dramatic expansion of drone wars in various countries targeted by the US national security state, has at least in part been predicated on this notion that drones are "precision" killers and we have the ability to target single individuals instead of land ground...
Paul Pillar is one of the most astute thinkers on foreign policy around and there is much on which he and I agree. But his latest blog post runs far afoul from his usual incisive, realist analysis and betrays the spirit of his magazine's blog which bears the name...
I wrote recently about Herman Cain's apparent cluelessness about foreign policy (among other things). He derided so-called "gotcha questions" like "who is the president of Uzbekistan?" He basically said he didn't know, didn't need to know, and didn't even need to know...
The estimable Angela Keaton crystallized the war in her last post (below). The war becomes difficult for the establishment to talk about when it is presented as it is by the video of injured Iraqi children. They can't inject their technocratic policy-wonkery, and even...
I'm going to repost a large portion of Antiwar.com columnist Ivan Eland on US interventions in Uganda against the LRA during the Bush administration. It went horribly wrong back then, directly resulting in runaway LRA forces expanding into other villages and murdering...
The wars are piling up for the Nobel Prize winner, war-monger-in-chief. By arbitrary presidential decree, Obama has involved America in another war without asking for approval from Congress and without even giving an explanation as to how in the world it serves our...
Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged the Canadian government to arrest George W. Bush when he visits next week. This has hurt the feelings of Elliot Abrams: What does one make of organizations that wish to see George W. Bush behind bars—but...
The work of the news media on this so-called "Iranian terrorist plot" has been one of the most abhorrent displays of irresponsible journalism since the lead up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Much of the time, the press acts simply as a bullhorn for state propaganda,...
I wrote today of the UN findings of systemic torture in US-supported Afghan prisons. Below, Antiwar.com contributor Ivan Eland is interviewed by al Jazeera on the potential US reaction to the findings:
In one sense, it isn't a surprise that politics attracts the biggest dip-shits around. In another sense, though, it is extremely troubling that American politics - perhaps now more than ever - has become a celebration of stupidity and ignorance (Sarah Palin being an...
