What to Do About Syria What to Do About Syria
The United States ought to back off.
Jun 1, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Drone-Eat-Drone World A Drone-Eat-Drone World
Its ‘roadmap’ in tatters, the Pentagon takes a detour to Terminator Planet.
May 31, 2012 / Nick Turse
Hope Burning Hope Burning
So now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children.
May 31, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Xerxes’s Nukes Xerxes’s Nukes
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Iran’s long wait for nuclear weapons.
May 30, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Golden Age of Special Operations The Golden Age of Special Operations
Globalizing the “Global War on Terror.”
May 29, 2012 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare
The new trajectory of USÂ warfare.
May 25, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
How to Forget on Memorial Day How to Forget on Memorial Day
Whistling past the graveyard of empires.
May 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole
How Much Does Washington Spend on ‘Defense’? How Much Does Washington Spend on ‘Defense’?
The nearly $1 trillion national security budget.
May 22, 2012 / Chris Hellman and Mattea Kramer
The War in Afghanistan Is No Longer Tenable in Congress The War in Afghanistan Is No Longer Tenable in Congress
Republicans refused to allow a vote on an accelerated withdrawal from Afghanistan, because they knew it would pass.
May 18, 2012 / George Zornick