Tuesday night, as I was watching the PBS News Hour, I snapped to attention as I heard a new euphemism for murdered innocents from bombing: “civilian casualty incidents.”A PBS reporter used it, unthinkingly I believe, repeating bureaucratic jargon about all...
TO: The MediaFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Support for Brennan Far From “Unanimous”As former members of the intelligence community, we feel compelled to add our voice to the public debate surrounding President Trump’s...
A new UN report found possible war crimes committed in the three-plus Saudi-led war on Yemen. While the US has backed the war from the beginning, providing weapons and targeting, the Pentagon claims that its involvement is saving lives rather than taking them....
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The New York Times also calls for a halt to U.S. support for the war on Yemen:Saudi Arabia and its allies seem to have little compunction about slaughtering children as long as more bombs can be bought, so it’s up to...
Are the neocons running circles around President Trump? His Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has opposed the president's moves to open dialogue with North Korea from the get-go. Now he has managed to scuttle a visit to Pyongyang by showing Trump a letter from a North...
The neocons are not going to give up on their obsession with "regime change" in Syria. Over the weekend National Security Advisor John Bolton all but called for another "chemical attack" in Syria to justify what he promise would be a massive US strike on Damascus....
It’ll always be too soon, won’t it? Glorifying McCain as a war hero allows us to imagine away the sins of Vietnam by making ourselves the victim. He encouraged unjust war in Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and more as a cornerstone of his career. When given the chance, he...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Norwegian Refugee Council condemned yesterday’s airstrike on civilians fleeing Hodeidah: We are appalled by conflict that appears entirely ungoverned by the laws of war and astounded at the silence of the many...
Why is Congress so obsessed with starting a new Cold War with Russia? Are they all gripped by group-think? Who do sanctions hurt most? And how can people visit with Rep. Thomas Massie and Ron Paul later this month? Tune in to today's Ron Paul Liberty Report with a...
On Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren addressed the National Press Club, outlining with great specificity a host of proposals on issues including eliminating financial conflicts, close the revolving door between business and government and, perhaps most notably, reforming...
