Where wars DO come from: "It is not civilizations that promote clashes. They occur when old-fashioned leaders look for old-fashioned ways to solve problems by rousing their people to armed confrontation." --Kenichi Ohmae, The End Of The Nation State, (New York: The...
Rand Paul’s Half Right Pander on Pakistan
U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) wants to end U.S. aid to Pakistan. A sound stance by any peace measure even if one doesn't share the libertarian bent of Antiwar.com's editors. Foreign aid, a combination of bribes, blood money and welfare, is a fuel of the war machine,...
Prospect of Putin Presidency Gives Pundit the Vapors
I read a lot of opinion pieces so that you don’t have to. Some are good enough to make our Viewpoints section. Some are… special: [P]olitical events in Russia will become more important in the coming years, and Americans should prepare for the leverage Russia will...
Puppets breaking strings?
As the Iraqis find the back-door to getting U.S. troops out of their country, is Afghan President Hamid Karzai trying a different tack - - - "God forbid, if a war breaks between Pakistan and America, we will side (with) Pakistan," Karzai said, according to a...
Was it the promise or was it the SOFA?
On Friday, October 21, 2011, Mr. Obama, invoking one of his campaign promises, announced the complete withdrawal of all U.S. Troops from Iraq by "the [Christian] holidays." Over the weekend, he and his media arm further spun the story, claiming the deadline...
John Glaser on Afghanistan War Profits
Abdul Aziz Khan of Urdu VOA News interviews John Glaser on military industrial profiteering during the United States Government's war in Afghanistan.
Join Kelley B. Vlahos for Antiwar Panel at Students for Liberty Philadelphia Regional Conference
Kelley B. Vlahos along with military veterans Daniel Lakemacher and Students for Liberty's Peter Neiger will be appearing at an Antiwar Break Out Session at the 2011 Students for Liberty Philadelphia Regional Conference. The conference will be held Saturday, October...
The Ass Saw the Angel, the A-holes Reached for the Whip
And Balaam rose up in the morning and saddled his ass, and went with the princes of Moab. And God's anger was kindled because he went, and the angel of the Lord stood in the way as an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were...
Are We Not Zombies?
What do zombies and the military industrial complex have in common? Let us count the ways. In fact, let military strategy & policy professor Michael Vlahos (relation, yes!) take you down that thorny path. Michael writes in Dark Lord, Dark Victory: America's Dark...
Why are they so dangerous?
Why Julian Assange (and Wikileaks) are so dangerous. In Assange's own words - - - Sun 31 Dec 2006 : The non linear effects of leaks on unjust systems of governance ...different structures of power are differentially affected by leaks (the defection of the inner to the...


