In July 2012, Senator John McCain argued the US's unwillingness to intervene militarily in Syria to stop a humanitarian catastrophe was "shameful and disgraceful," because it has allowed Bashar al-Assad "to massacre and slaughter people and stay in power." Last month,...
When a forum as hawkish at The Washington Post's editorial page starts running pieces arguing the drone war is creating more enemies than it is eliminating, you know the dialogue is beginning to shift. In an Op-Ed yesterday, Danya Greenfield, "deputy director of...
The Guardian has published a report based on new interviews with British soldiers who witnessed torture and abuse of Iraqi detainees at the US-run prison Camp Nama following the invasion in 2003. "On the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq," the report says, a...
Ask your average American or member of Congress what the fundamental characteristic of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is and your apt to hear boiler plate explanations of inherent hostilities between Muslims and Jews and catch-phrases like "ensuring Israel's...
As has been widely known and reported, the CIA is facilitating the delivery of weapons to Syrian rebels from countries like Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Jordan. While these regimes have plenty of their own weapons on hand to send into Syria, they've also received...
US support for Honduran security forces has skyrocketed since the military coup took place there in 2009. Washington's own commando-style troops have been working closely with Honduran police in training and weapons procurement, even as reports of extra-judicial...
This story from Der Speigel laments German Chancellor Angela Merkel's reverting back to Germany's post-WWII pacifist doctrine after years of gradual "steps towards normality" - where "normality" is militarism. On April 2, 1993, the cabinet of then Chancellor Helmut...
Carl Warner, an attorney defending 11 Guantanamo detainees, appeared in an interview with Russia Today and read a statement from one of his clients, Faiz al-Kandari, who remains detained despite having his charges dropped last year. Kandari's statement was the...
Update: The CIA officer in question has been promoted to the top position in the clandestine service as of Thursday, according to The New York Times. John Brennan, the man Obama appointed to head the CIA, is reportedly on the verge of promoting an undercover agent to...
Secretary of State John Kerry went to Iraq this weekend to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and tersely request that he stop allowing Iran to use Iraqi airspace to send weapons and support to the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad. They shouldn't be supporting...
