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Blaming Obama for Iraq’s Chaos
After Islamic militants captured Mosul on Tuesday, the danger of Official Washington's false narratives again asserted itself.
Iraq in Crisis: Militant Advance Sparks Mass Displacement as “Failed” US Experiment Disintegrates
Iraq is on the brink of disintegration as Sunni militants seize more towns and now set their sights on the capital Baghdad.
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Don’t Walk Away From War: It’s Not the American Way
Here are five straightforward lessons that could be drawn from that last half century of every kind of American warfare.
The Inside Story of Bowe Bergdahl: Afghan War Vet Matthew Farwell on “America’s Last POW”
As the controversy over the prisoner swap grows, new information has emerged about Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl's time in Afghanistan.
“There Were No Good Options”: Bergdahl Should Get Honorable Discharge, Says Lawyer for Deserters
Despite winning the freedom of the only known US prisoner of war, the deal has come under Republican attack amidst reports Bergdahl voluntarily left his base after growing opposed …
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Sri Lankan Youth Desperate for Change
It has been five years since Sri Lanka's brutal three-decades-long civil conflict came to an end in May 2009, but for the country's youth, true national reconciliation is still …
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The Tragedy Unfolding on the American Homefront
While a teenager recently fatally shot his veteran father in self-defense, the national conversation failed to register that although veterans must be held accountable.
Moral Robots for the Pentagon? Let’s Work on Pentagon Morality First
While the Navy figures out how to inject human morals into the computers of future fighting robots, it's clear the Department of Defense has major work to do instilling …
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The Aptly Named Anne-Marie Slaughter
Slaughter has the audacity to lecture her critics through a set of goals the achievement of which she fails to see is made impossible by the continuation of the …
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Geosecurity 101: Washington and Moscow’s Military Bases in Latin America
The closure of a radar base in Antigua and Barbuda has largely gone unnoticed in Washington. Nevertheless, it could be a sign of things to come in the near …