BBC Debate: Jason Ditz vs. Richard Perle

Antiwar.com news editor Jason Ditz debated former assistant secretary of defense Richard Perle on the subject of US drone strikes in Pakistan. The debate was broadcast live on BBC Radio 5 Live yesterday (June 6). Listen to the debate (9:33).

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Onward, Ray Bradbury 1920-2012

I hate a Roman named Status Quo! Of course Ray Bradbury would have hated such a man, too. When he wrote these words as part of the gripping dialogue in his 1950 would-be classic, Fahrenheit 451, he was railing against the conformity and emptiness, the...

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Racism, Root Causes and Robert Spencer

While in the midst of pledge drive, I nearly missed one of the few sources of joy in this business: Watching Ali Gharib and Eli Clifton smoke out suit wearing think tankers who would clearly be more comfortable wearing sheets. In a two part series at Think Progress,...

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In Syria, A Problem of Intervention

Via Marc Lynch, "a useful addition to the growing body of analysis and argument" in opposition to any direct intervention in Syria from Prof. Eva Bellin and Prof. Peter Krause in the Middle East Brief from Brandeis University (PDF). Here's their takedown of why a...

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The New York Times Clarifies, But Misses the Point

Scott Shane from the New York Times has issued a clarification on their blog regarding last week's story about President Obama's role in deciding who to add to his ever-growing "kill list." The clarifications are two-fold, mostly lashing other sites that took the...

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