Libya’s Downward Spiral, Part 1

Libya’s Downward Spiral, Part 1

Cross-posted from View from the Left Bank. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall Humpty Dumpty had a great fall All the king’s horses and all the king’s me Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. What has happened in Libya since 2011 is heartbreaking. Its denials aside,...
The Coming Drone Blowback

The Coming Drone Blowback

The targeted assassination of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour last weekend wasn’t just another drone strike. First of all, it was conducted by the U.S. military, not the CIA, which has orchestrated nearly all drone strikes in Pakistan. Second, it...