It may have been a coincidence but the latest round of Iranian missile tests came seven days after the outgoing US Secretary of Defense Robert Gates acknowledged that Americans were “tired of a decade of war.”
Myanmar May Be Closer to Becoming Burma Again Than You Think
Increased fighting by Myanmar’s ethnic minorities, along with low morale in the Myanmar army, suggest that the brutal government might not be as invulnerable to overthrow as previously thought.
Will Fukushima Survivors Be Doubly Victimized With Radiation Sickness and Stigmatization?
Some Fukushima refugees have been exposed to the same stigmatization as Hiroshima and Nagasaki’s victims of radiation sickness
Afghanistan Bleeding U.S. Financially Even More Than It Did the Soviet Union
Congressman McDermott’s floor speech reminds us that out-of-control Afghanistan spending brought down the Soviet Union.
Obsolete Pentagon Programs Among Beneficiaries of House Funding Increases
When the economy goes south, congress persons cling to defense programs and jobs for their district.
On Heels of Anti-BDS Bill, Israel’s Right-Wing Parties Seek to Further Limit Dissent
One the bills that Israel’s right-wing parties seeks to pass proposes the creation of a “commission of inquiry” to investigate outspoken human rights groups like B’Tselem.
Will Iraqi Commandos Trained by U.S. Be Turned Into Another Republican Guard?
Iraq may use the U.S.-trained Iraqi commando corps as a security apparatus as Saddam Hussein did with the Republican Guard
Murdoch Blinks: News Corp. Drops Its Satellite Bid
What would British media and politics look like if it weren’t dominated by the heavy hand of Rupert Murdoch?
Italy: Barbarians — in Suits — at the Gates
While the headlines go to Greece, Portugal and Spain, Italy has the second highest rate of debt in Europe and one of the lowest growth rates.
Cutting Aid to Pakistan More Than Justified
A long-standing lenience towards Pakistan under both the Bush and Obama administrations has clearly done nothing to address its blatantly duplicitous nature.