Politico: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said the Obama administration is doing everything it can to shut down the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, before the 2012 presidential elections. Speaking Tuesday at the European Parliament, Holder said the...
If That Ain’t (a) Country, It’ll Harelip the Pope
Noah Feldman discusses a possible outcome of the Palestinian statehood bid: He [Mahmoud Abbas] could also still do what most expected him to try this week: Take his request for statehood to the UN General Assembly, where the U.S. has no veto. A two-thirds vote there...
Gallows Humor
My neck will grasp as the rope descends How much the ass weighs in the end. ~Francois Villon Paul Krugman got a lot of applause from progressives last week for blasting the politicians and pundits who "cash[ed] in on the horror" of 9/11. A few days later, as if to...
Critique of Obama Foreign Policy in 5 Minutes
One thing that I've been discouraged by is the lack of antiwar music. It certainly is out there, but does not come close to what was seen during the Vietnam war era. Perhaps it's because of the lack of awareness due to our consumption culture, reality TV nation, or...
Imperial Hawks Urge Obama to Keep Massive Troop Presence in Iraq
The Obama administration has lied again, with the news in recent weeks that US forces would remain in Iraq beyond the December deadline for all American troops to withdraw. They strong-armed the Iraqi leadership (who relishes their client state status in contravention...
Inventing Palestinian Bigotry for Political Gain
Last week, Jamie Weinstein of the conservative Daily Caller, who I tangoed with over the motivations behind 9/11, wrote a scandalous piece entitled, "Palestinian ambassador reiterates call for a Jew-free Palestinian state." The ambassador in question was Maen Rashid...
Ron Paul video: Mutually Assured Destruction vs. Mutually Assured Respect
Ron Paul on foreign policy:
Antiwar.com’s Week in Review | September 17, 2011
Antiwar.com's Week in Review | September 16, 2011Don't forget to sign the open letter to Obama and Congress to end the wars: ComeHomeAmerica.usIN THIS ISSUEMission unaccomplished in LibyaOngoing violence, poor performance in AfghanistanIraqi torture uncoveredThe...
Follow Up to DC Column: Beating the Same Dead Horse
The piece I wrote for the Daily Caller was in response to a piece by Jamie Weinstein, the senior editor there, in which Weinstein denies aggressive US foreign policy had anything to do with the motivations behind 9/11. I relished in an evidence-based response, but to...
Starve the Beasts of War
The big-money rent-seekers in the military industrial complex have been lobbying hard against cuts to the defense budgets. The so-called "super-committee" - the group of representatives tasked with deciding where to cut - have been the target for that lobbying....


