Webb’s Parting Shots
While Robert Gates is spreading his soothing fictions about the U.S. military, Jim Webb is raising some uncomfortable facts.
The New Face Of War
The Obama administration is taking war to a new level, and that’s not good news.
Cakewalk to (Baghdad) Tehran
Many of the same people who led the push for regime-change in Baghdad now have their sights set on Tehran.
WikiLeaks: To Maintain Illusion of Independence From U.S., Canada Downplayed Role in Iraq Invasion
Its official refusal to aid the U.S. in invading Iraq masked Canada’s actual participation.
Iranq: One Size Foreign Policy Fits All
Many of the same people who called for war with Iraq are repeating the mistake with Iran.
From Baghdad’s Own Tahrir Square to Mosul: The Friday of the Free
Demonstrations sweep Iraq.
Iraq’s Starving Artists
The exhibition, “Artists in Exile: Forgotten Iraqi Refugees in Syria,” seeks to bridge cultural gaps between the United States and Arab and Middle Eastern countries.
Will Libya Become a Second Iraq?
Iraq is clearly differentiated from Libya by the political climate and number of forces on the ground.
Sidelining Egyptian Women after the Uprising
All the members of the committee writing Egypt’s new constitution are men.
SOTU: Smoked Salmon on Wonder Bread
Obama’s second State of the Union address sandwiched crummy policies between slices of inspiration.
SOTU: Really, Mr. President?
The Iraq War isn’t wrapping up, the Afghanistan War is failing, and we can’t afford either one. If we are ever going to find 15 million jobs, we need to end the wars and cut military spending.
Writers Against War & Occupation In Afghanistan & Iraq
Come to a critical mass gathering for a show of unity in opposition to U.S. Wars and Occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq. A minute of silence will be observed for each year of each war (sixteen minutes), followed by our simultaneous reading of lines of poetry (probably lines from Whitman).
Review: Cutting the Fuse
Robert Pape compiles more evidence that foreign occupation, not Islamic fundamentalism, causes suicide bombing.
Gun Crazy
The NRA and the Pentagon are both addicted to guns, and they’re both on a slippery slope.
Who Assassinated Iraqi Academics?
Wikileaks has revealed information about U.S. involvement in civilian deaths in Iraq. There now should be an independent investigation into the murders of hundreds of Iraq academics.