Robert Merry at The National Interest laments President Obama's wishy-washy stance on the events in Egypt. Following the second overthrow of the government in as many years, "one might ask where Obama has stood on the momentous questions facing the Egyptian polity in...
Egyptians to US: ‘Get Your Dirty Hands Out of Egypt’
Here's a poster being held in Egypt's Tahrir Square: Source here.
The Future of the Border: More Drones, Maybe with ‘Non-Lethal’ Weapons, and More Border Patrol Agents
According to documents acquired by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in 2010 the Department of Homeland Security considered the possibility of arming their border drones with "expendables or non-lethal weapons.” There are currently ten Border Patrol drones, the...
Private Newspapers and a State-Run Printing Press
Usually one needs a hypothetical to make a point this clearly and strongly. Egypt's Freedom and Justice Newspaper, the privately-owned newspaper of the nation's former ruling party, has found itself completely out of luck today when they found out that the printing...
July 4th Anti-NSA Rally in DC
Thomas Drake after his speech The Restore the Fourth organization had a rally at McPherson Square in downtown DC on this July 4th afternoon. They had several excellent speakers - including Libertarian Party's Carla Howell, CEI's Ryan Radia, Cato's Julian Sanchez,...
US Violates Int’l Law, Grounding Bolivian President’s Plane in Pursuit of Snowden
The appalling hubris of the imperial mindset in Washington was on full display yesterday when the U.S. government apparently pressured the governments of France, Spain, Portugal and Italy to deny a plane carrying Bolivia's Evo Morales permission to pass through their...
Morsi Or Not, the US Empire Has A Stranglehold on Egypt
In the midst of continuing anti-government protests, Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi has rejected the Egyptian Army's 48-hour ultimatum (by now passed) to either call for early elections or step down. On Monday, I noted the acknowledgement of the Morsi regime that...
Imperialists Explain How to Rule the Middle East Through Force and Coercion
On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Brookings Institute, Max Boot and Michael Doran are openly arguing for a return to the mafia-like political warfare of the Cold War era. "With the end of the Cold War," they lament unironically, "America's...
Obama Moves to Militarize and Exploit Africa
Obama's trip to Africa is a propaganda crusade. As the president talks about growing economies and making electricity more available to the continent, he is all hush hush on what is actually happening in Africa with regard to U.S. policy. Namely, Obama has increased...
How You [and President Obama] Can Close Guantanamo Prison
July 1 marked the first day in office for Clifford Sloan, newly appointed Guantanamo closure envoy. Shortly after his May address on counterterrorism, President Obama appointed Sloan to the Office of Guantanamo Closure in the State Department, a position that had been...


