Chickening Out in Iraq: How Your Tax Dollars Financed ‘Reconstruction’ Madness in the Middle East Chickening Out in Iraq: How Your Tax Dollars Financed ‘Reconstruction’ Madness in the Middle East
State Department employee Peter Van Buren was sent to Iraq to help rebuild it. The result was an exercise in Murphy's Law.
Oct 3, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans As Obama Goes Abroad Searching for Monsters to Destroy, Ron Paul Rightly Rejects Assassinating Americans
While Rick Perry hails the president's authorization of the killing of two Americans in Yemen, Paul rejects “assassinating American citizens without charges.”
Oct 1, 2011 / Blog / John Nichols
Assassinating Awlaki: Obama Can Kill Anyone He Wants To Assassinating Awlaki: Obama Can Kill Anyone He Wants To
Eliminating bad guys from the sky, even American citizens, confuses national security with a R-rated video game.
Sep 30, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
For State Department Employees, Freedom Isn’t Free For State Department Employees, Freedom Isn’t Free
Peter Van Buren is a State Department employee—who might get fired for disseminating public information about WikiLeaks online.
Sep 27, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
Bombing Haqqani: A Bad Idea Bombing Haqqani: A Bad Idea
Obama should make a deal with Pakistan, not threaten to bomb it.
Sep 26, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss
As the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears As the UN Debates Its Bid for Statehood, Palestine Disappears
Israel’s expansion project in the West Bank and Jerusalem is ensuring that the “nation” that the UN might grant membership will be each day a little smaller, a li...
Sep 22, 2011 / Sandy Tolan
Scamming Washington Scamming Washington
Don't be embarrassed that you answered that email from that "Nigerian princess"—over the past decade, the US government has been suckered into much bigger scams.
Sep 20, 2011 / Tom Engelhardt
Obama’s Global Arc of Instability Obama’s Global Arc of Instability
When it comes to subjecting resource-rich, developing countries to American military power, President Obama is in the process of outdoing his predecessor.
Sep 19, 2011 / Nick Turse
Can Palestine’s Bid for UN Statehood Revive the National Movement? Can Palestine’s Bid for UN Statehood Revive the National Movement?
The PA’s bid could mark a definitive break from the failed Oslo paradigm, which has brought Palestinians neither peace nor a state.
Sep 14, 2011 / Editorial / Graham Usher
Perry and Huntsman Agree: Get US Out of Afghanistan Perry and Huntsman Agree: Get US Out of Afghanistan
At last night's debate, the candidates agreed with Ron Paul that the United States needs to focus on needs at home.
Sep 13, 2011 / Blog / Bob Dreyfuss