The deputy speaker of the Israeli Knesset tells Al Jazeera that he does not believe in a two-state solution. There is of course a spectrum of belief and agendas in the Knesset, but this is unusually explicit. Still, this is largely consistent with actions. And...
This New York Times piece notes several parallels between Muammar Gadhafi in Libya and Saddam Hussein in Iraq vis-à-vis US foreign policy. Somewhat trivial comparisons like vying to be the "West's principle nemesis in the Arab world," "vow[ing] to defeat the enemy at...
Again the media has drawn attention to massive atrocities which the US was directly responsible for and completely leaves out the operative fact of US involvement. A BBC article late last week reported that the "Chilean commission investigating human rights abuses...
The Washington Post catches up with reality: The Obama administration often cites Colombia’s thriving democracy as proof that U.S. assistance, know-how and commitment can turn around a potentially failed state under terrorist siege. The country’s U.S.-funded...
The Libyan rebels have apparently achieved control of almost all of Gadhafi's last stronghold in the capital Tripoli, although some scattered fighting is still sporadically cropping up. While the whereabouts of Gadhafi are still unknown, the consensus seems to be that...
Yesterday, the Boston Globe reported on a renewed legal case against Inocente Orlando Montano, "a former Salvadoran government minister accused of colluding in the infamous killing of six Jesuit priests in El Salvador two decades ago," who has apparently been living a...
The moral color of the Obama administration's call for Syrian President Bashar al Assad to step down is a bit unnerving. First of all, today's announcement is being hailed as huge news, but it barely differs from previous statements that Assad must reform or get out...
The Posse Comitatus Act is one of the most important measures in this country imposing restrictions on the federal government and Executive power. It essentially prohibits the federal government from using the military for law enforcement, which, despite the problems...
Via the Just the Facts blog, this U.S. Trade and Aid Monitor* details the corporatist approach to drug war foreign policy. The Department of Defense is extending a privately contracted five-year global counter narcotics program valued upwards of $15 billion. The...
That's the title of Kevin Baron's piece at Stars and Stripes, which explains how propaganda is wrapped around the insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan to make them seem as if they're on the losing end. Politico’s Morning Defense shared an email Monday that is pure...
