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War & Peace
Tourists of Empire: The United States’ Peculiar Brand of Global Imperialism
In Afghanistan and elsewhere, we're suffering from Imperial Tourism Syndrome.
Recasting the Rules Over Palestine: An Intellectual Intifada in the Offing
It is time to give them the microphone, let them speak, and let us all listen.
The United States’ Elite Forces Deploy to a Record-Shattering 147 Countries in 2015
Iraq, Afghanistan and other Special Ops “successes.”
The Roots and Future of the Deadly Conflict in Syria
A new round of international talks to end the war in Syria could begin as early as this week.
Ignoring US Destabilization of Libya, GOP Benghazi Hearing Asks Clinton All the Wrong Questions
Former secretary of state and current Democratic hopeful Hillary Clinton underwent a marathon day of testimony Thursday.
Learning Empathy for Palestinians as a Refugee From Nazi Germany
“My deepest belief holds that peace can come only when Israel and Palestine are a unified country living under mutual democracy.”
William Rivers Pitt | An Ample Presence of Corpses: The Legacy of George W. Bush
The invasion and occupation of Iraq was a smash-and-grab robbery writ large.
What If They Gave a War and Everyone Came? What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
No one is predicting a world war from the mess in Syria. However, one finds a lot of pieces in play inside a tinderbox.
Clash in Japan Over New US Military Base on Okinawa
Okinawans complain of the violent expansion of US military might, on lands taken from them more than six decades ago.
Clinton Syria Fact Check: “Safe Zones” = “Ground Troops“
Anyone calling for “safe zones” in Syria must concede that “safe zones” equate to “ground troops.”