Look, even authoritarian and totalitarian states can't prevent domestic terrorism. What hope do relatively open societies have? Open societies abound with "soft targets," that is, noncombatants going about their everyday lives. They are easy hits for those determined...
Social justice protests have been roiling American universities, even causing administrative heads to roll. To a significant degree, these campus uprisings have been characterized by an impulse to restrict speech and expression for the sake of creating “safe spaces”...
Wars are expensive. The recruitment and sustainment of fighters in the field, the ongoing purchases of weapons and munitions, as well as the myriad other costs of struggle, add up. So why isn’t the United States going after Islamic State’s funding sources as a way of...
Justin Raimondo, editorial director of Antiwar.com, will be giving the keynote speech at the Students for Liberty Northern California Regional Conference in Cupertino, California this Saturday, November 21st. The conference which begins at 10am will be held at De Anza...
Terrorism is great for business if you're in the business of growing the government leviathan. The bodies in Paris are not yet buried, while the vultures with dollar signs (and pounds and Euros, etc) in their eyes have already swooped down for a feast.Terrorism, what...
Saudi Arabia's desire to be a regional leader in the Middle East has led it to act as a primary conveyor belt of jihadists into Syria, where the Saudis seek the overthrow of the secular Assad government. When Saudi-backed al-Qaeda rebels get hurt in southern Syria,...
For a columnist or pundit, there’s no greater temptation than to get something written – Quick! Now! – about the latest, greatest, deadliest catastrophe. After all, if it bleeds it leads.I felt that urge the night of the Paris terror attacks. For...
What happened in Paris is not right, just inevitableSince 2011, France has been militarily involved in five countries – four of which have a predominantly Muslim population:Syria (2015, 87% Muslim)Iraq (2014, 99% Muslim) Mali (2014, 90% Muslim) Central African...
Jason Ditz, Antiwar.com's News Editor was interviewed about ISIS on New Zealand Newstalk ZB, part of the national New Zealand Media and Entertainment, so this interview was broadcast nationwide. Listen to the 12-minute interview here.
Bombing cities, as France did yesterday, and as the US and Russia continue to do, will only create more radicalization by killing still more civilians. Want to eradicate ISIS? Step 1: The West should just stop supporting the Syrian insurgency, and stop supporting the...
