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The coup government's brutal campaign against the opposition elicits barely a peep of criticism from the United States.  

U.S military might is failing in a world without major enemies. 

Washington must work with Russia, embracing the letter and spirit of the Geneva principles agreed upon in June.

Despite the White House’s statements against Islamophobia, their failure to fire a hatemongering lieutenant tells a different story. 

Forget Mitt Romney. With the foreign policy crisis in the Middle East, can the president make it to November 7?

Benjamin Netanyahu’s denunciations of US restraint regarding Iran have raised many questions about US-Israeli relations—and about the politics of American Jews.

'Muslim Rage' & US Policy

There’s much more behind the demonstrations than anger at one bigoted YouTube clip.

The mob that breached the US embassy was angry about an anti-Muslim film—but the country’s resentment of US policy runs much deeper.

The GOP candidate’s disastrous response to the incendiary “Innocence of Muslims” video should come as no surprise in light of his Islamophobic connections.

Blogs

Polls show Americans overwhelmingly oppose US action in Syria, 62-24.

May 1, 2013

The New York Times blows the cover off the Syrian rebel movement.

April 29, 2013

The answer is diplomacy, not war.

April 26, 2013

It’s a tough one, but it ought to John Kerry’s top priority.

April 24, 2013

Under a Democratic administration's military crusade, the US is putting out a global warrant for its own attack.

April 23, 2013

Who were the al-Awlakis, and why did the US kill them?

April 23, 2013

What do we know—and not know—about the US’s covert, extrajudicial ops?

April 23, 2013

The FBI needs to release its Tsarnaev file.

April 23, 2013

President Obama should stay out of Moscow’s jihad in Chechnya.

April 22, 2013

The Supreme Court will now decide: can the government force aid recipients to oppose prostitution?

April 19, 2013