by Rachelle Marshall | Jan 5, 2016 | Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
A former Nuremberg prosecutor wrote a recent letter to the New York Times saying “the hopes of the Nuremberg trials 70 years ago are being tarnished by being ignored.” His point was that war crimes trials should be held so that ISIS members could be brought to...
by Mel Gurtov | Dec 25, 2015 | Redev, Uncategorized
The death of six US soldiers in Afghanistan on December 21 at the hands of a Taliban suicide bomber brings to 21 the number of US combat deaths there in 2015. Once again we must confront the question of national purpose in waging war without debate or declaration....
by Nick Turse | Dec 24, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
On October 7th, at an “undisclosed location” somewhere in “Southwest Asia,” men wearing different types of camouflage and dun-colored boots gathered before a black backdrop adorned with Arabic script. They were attending a ceremony that mixed...
by Russ Wellen | Dec 22, 2015 | Democracy & Governance, Human Rights, Redev, War & Peace
Many in the United States have failed to see the urgency of the Islamic State because it seemed focused on the Middle East and thus a good candidate — whether you’re coming from the left or libertarian right — for non-intervention. But the attacks in Paris and San...
by Rachelle Marshall | Dec 21, 2015 | Redev, War & Peace
How many Americans are aware that the U.S. is currently engaged in five wars — in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen, and that our forces are involved in lesser conflicts in Africa, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia? The answer is, probably very few....
