"You know how I stayed alive this long? All these years? Fear. The spectacle of fearsome acts. Somebody steals from me, I cut off his hands. He offends me, I cut out his tongue. He rises against me, I cut off his head, stick it on a pike, raise it high up so all on...
I really can't add much to this... Here's the link. At least it's an honest argument. And it's the same for many people now pining for another U.S. war in the Middle East: "the law" is just some antiquated, idealistic notion that doesn't apply to states, especially...
As President Obama contemplates how and when to commence war crimes in his impending attack on Syria for, at best, dubious reasons, it's worth remembering that we are already at war. You'd be forgiven for forgetting. We don't hear about this one, but the U.S. is still...
Without whistleblowers, the mainline media outlets are more transfixed than ever with telling the official story. And at a time like this, the official story is all about spinning for war on Syria.Every president who wants to launch another war can’t abide...
Back in 2007, Presidential candidate Joe Biden (now Obama's VP) was crystal clear about what to do if The President attacks a country that didn't threaten us without Congressional approval – impeach him. His 6-year-old warning is completely appropriate to apply to the...
The Obama administration's case for war against Syria is incredibly thin. That is unsurprising. What is a little bit surprising is that they're not really even trying to make it more compelling. As I've written, Obama is about to violate both the Constitution and...
In most Hollywood horror franchises we know that the villains – take your Michael Myers, Jason Voorhees, or your rakish Freddy Krueger – always come back. No matter what painful death or injury felled them in the previous romp, an endless string of potential victims...
Over at the Christian Science Monitor, Nathan Gardels interviews Hans Blix, chief UN arms inspector for Iraq from 2000-2003 and former head of the IAEA, on the Obama administration's plan for bombing Syria. Blix, of course, has some experience dealing with American...
It's been mentioned that Obama, whether he thinks so or not, is going to need to get Congressional approval before he bombs Syria. It doesn't look like that's going to happen, given that administration officials say strikes could come as early as Thursday of this week...
