As harsh crackdowns on protests continue in Syria, and as allegedly forced pro-Assad rallies have been orchestrated by the regime, some European countries have been pressing the Assad regime with additional sanctions. This has yet to prove effective in stopping...
The attempt on the part of congressional leaders to obstruct growing discontent with Obama's war in Libya by jumping the gun (so to speak) and approving the war without even having been formally asked to approve it brings with it a whole new host of questions. First...
During the Bush years, we constantly heard how escalating violence was just Ba'athist or al-Qaeda "dead-enders" mounting their last desperate attempt to crush Democracy. This was proof America's initial occupation or the "surge" was working, Rumsfeld et al said, so we...
In a rather surprising article over at Reason, Shikha Dalmia writes not only that oil is not a driving force in the U.S. intervention in Libya, but that it doesn't even drive our broader Middle East policy. Indeed, it is a "tired saw invoked by U.S. critics." Dalmia...
In my report on the incentive for America's ruling parties to circumvent accountability and the rule of law by conducting wars in secret, technological advances that enable such choices were front and center. Drones and other unmanned, remote-controlled aircraft seem...
Obama will make a public decision on an initial draw-down of troops in Afghanistan in the next few weeks. On one end, we have Defense Secretary Gates, General Petraeus, and - officially now - the military as a whole, all pressuring Obama to maintain the surge level of...
In my recent interview on the Alyona Show, Alyona mentioned that American oil companies didn't necessarily get the biggest share in oil after the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Well... New York Times: When Iraq auctioned rights to rebuild and expand its oil industry two years...
Via al Jazeera: There [is] a significant threat to every aircraft landing in Libya, a danger which became apparent when surface to air missiles and launchers were found recently in the hands of a pro-Gaddafi cell hiding in the rebel-held city of Benghazi. This seems...
At least that's what the White House and their military lawyers are saying: "We are acting lawfully,” said Harold Koh, the State Department legal adviser, who expanded on the administration’s reasoning in a joint interview with White House Counsel Robert Bauer. The...
ComeHomeAmerica.US is hosting an event at DC's Bus Boys and Poets this Sunday. Antiwar.com's very own Kelly Vlahos will be there! Come have some drinks, pick out a few good reads, and talk with some of today's leading antiwar voices from across the political spectrum!...
