It's good to put faces to all the unnamed Yemenis suffering under dictatorship partly because of our government:
Drones Fuel Forever War
I wrote today about drone technology and how it is advancing faster than the public or the law can get a grip on it as the new weapon of choice in America's many war zones. I mentioned how soldiers in Afghanistan will soon be able to carry drones in their backpacks...
Gadhafi is Dead, “Luckily” We Have “Implicated” Ourselves in Libya’s Future
Cato's Chris Preble writes: Qaddafi’s death does not validate the original decision to launch military operations without authorization from Congress. The Libyan operation did not advance a vital national security interest, a point that former secretary of defense...
UPDATED: NPR Drops Opera Show Over Freelance Host’s Protesting Proclivities
Latest Update: When WDAV insisted on keeping Lisa Simeone as a host of "World of Opera," NPR dropped "World of Opera" Friday from the list of shows it distributes nationally. WDAV says it will now distribute the show itself, and that Simeone isn't going anywhere....
What Neoconservatives Think
Elliot Abrams’ wife (and as Glenn Greenwald points out, central figure in the neocon family) Rachel Abrams on the release of Gilad Shalit: "Celebrate, Israel, with all the joyous gratitude that fills your hearts, as we all do along with you. "Then round up [Shalit’s]...
Fox + Werritty + Mossad = ?
The Telegraph reports: "The meeting between Dr Fox, Mr Werritty and the head of Mossad will raise further concerns about Mr Werritty’s role and his connections to the Ministry of Defence. It has emerged that Mr Werritty has met several Iranian and Israeli figures in...
Michele Bachmann is an Extremely Ignorant Disgrace
Michele Bachmann in last night's presidential debate: Cutting back on foreign aid is one thing. Being reimbursed by nations that we have liberated is another. We should look to Iraq and Libya to reimburse us for part of what we have done to liberate these nations....
Obama Supported Child Soldiers Before He Was Against Them
I'm consistently amazed at how very smart people can be fooled by the Obama administration's (and his predecessors') fraudulent humanitarian rationale for war. Well, as if we need any more evidence, Josh Rogin at Foreign Policy has recently articulated another nook...
What if the Anti-Iran MeK Hatched the Plot?
The Iranian government is now accusing Gholam Shakuri - the supposed Quds Force member who assisted US citizens Mansour Arbabsiar in carrying out an assassination of a Saudi ambassador in DC - of being a member of the Iranian terror group Mujahedeen e-Khalq (MeK), a...
Like Father, Like Son: Murdering Awlaki’s 16-Year Old Son
We all know about the extrajudicial assassination of American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki in Yemen. It was murder without due process, guaranteed him by the Fifth Amendment. Less people know about the same fate befalling his 16-year old son (I reported on it here, but...


