Truthout
Iraq
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Where Are We With Drone Resistance?
Barack Obama is expanding the air war in Iraq and a pro-war propaganda campaign has infected television and radio news in the US.
Who Pays the Pro-War Pundits? Conflicts of Interest Exposed for TV Guests Backing Military Action
A new report finds many talking heads who have been fanning the flames of war in the news media have ties to Pentagon contractors.
Is There a Diplomatic Solution to ISIS Crisis? US Could Turn to Aid, Arms Embargo and Engaging Foes
An international summit on combating militants from the Islamic State has opened in France, bringing together around 30 countries from a US-led coalition.
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Boots on the Ground
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William Rivers Pitt | The Pleasant Fiction of “No Boots on the Ground“
The fact that ISIS controls Mosul is not compatible with the idea that air strikes alone can accomplish the president's plan. Ground troops will be required.
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How the Defense Industry Bankrolls Pro-War Pundits
The US military media industrial complex is corrupting our airwaves.
“Insanity”: CODEPINK’s Medea Benjamin on Obama Plan to Bomb Syria, Expand Iraq Attacks
The Pentagon has announced it will soon start flying bombing missions out of the Kurdish region of northern Iraq as part of an expanded US-led military campaign against militants …
The Bennis Plan: Here Is a Real Strategy for Dealing With ISIS
Institute for Policy Studies fellow Phyllis Bennis says military strategies have failed; only a political and diplomatic solution will work.
How the West Created the Islamic State
Since 2003, Anglo-American power has secretly and openly coordinated direct and indirect support for Islamist terrorist groups linked to al Qaeda across the Middle East and North Africa.
Imagine: On Bravado and Humility, 11 September 2014
Today, 11 September 2014, imagine a world we could have before us if we had then responded with humility instead of bravado.