The estimable Angela Keaton crystallized the war in her last post (below). The war becomes difficult for the establishment to talk about when it is presented as it is by the video of injured Iraqi children. They can't inject their technocratic policy-wonkery, and even...
Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | October 16, 2011
Antiwar.com's Week in Review | October 16, 2011IN THIS ISSUEAn Iranian assassination plot?No good news from AfghanistanNTC abusing prisoners, fighting resistance Israeli prisoner swap and "price tag" attacksAssorted news from the empireWhat’s new at the...
Putrid Vulgarity on the AP Wire
Today's APNews Break featured the welcome news that US drops keeping troops in Iraq. Reporters Lara Jakes and Rebecca Santana however managed to suck the joy from the long awaited announcement by possibly the most tasteless paragraph to come over the wire since...
Group Calls for Annulment of the APA’s Presidential Task Force on Psychological Ethics & National Security (PENS) Report
From Boiling Frogs: Leading scholars and human rights groups from a range of fields -- including psychology, medicine, law, military, and intelligence -- have joined together in spearheading a broad-based effort to annul and delegitimize the American Psychological...
The ‘Plot’: A Whiskey-Swilling, Bumbling Link to Iran
If you thought the DC "assassination plot" sounded improbable before, wait until you hear how the whole ridiculous story ties into Iran's Quds Force. Detailing the connection of a "notorious Iranian militant," the Washington Post is only too willing to take the...
Ivan Eland in 2009 on US Interventions Against Ugandan LRA
I'm going to repost a large portion of Antiwar.com columnist Ivan Eland on US interventions in Uganda against the LRA during the Bush administration. It went horribly wrong back then, directly resulting in runaway LRA forces expanding into other villages and murdering...
Obama Invades Uganda, Only the Latest Intervention Against LRA
The wars are piling up for the Nobel Prize winner, war-monger-in-chief. By arbitrary presidential decree, Obama has involved America in another war without asking for approval from Congress and without even giving an explanation as to how in the world it serves our...
Michael Scheuer: ‘Just Another Sting’ to Benefit Israel
Former head of the CIA's bin Laden Unit, Michael Scheuer, says the the "Iran terror plot" is just another FBI sting, and talks about the real beneficiaries. He appeared on last night's Freedom Watch with Judge Andrew Napolitano. Watch the latest video at...
‘Only Criticize the Crimes of Our Enemies,’ Says the War Party
Both Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have urged the Canadian government to arrest George W. Bush when he visits next week. This has hurt the feelings of Elliot Abrams: What does one make of organizations that wish to see George W. Bush behind bars—but...
Confusing All Around: The Air and Space Museum Bumrush
Yesterday I read with excitement that otherwise docile protests in Washington, DC -- the merging of the pre-planned October2011 rally with the spontaneous "Occupy" movement -- rushed the Air and Space Museum and got it shut down. Guards shot pepper spray at the crowd,...


