Vladimir Putin has a point: the United States seems to have discovered international law only recently.
Obama’s Changing Moral Compass on Iraq
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Rumsfeld’s Biggest Unknown: Himself
Donald Rumsfeld was less afraid of what intelligence revealed than what it didn’t ― that is, almost everything.
What Kind of Politician Bases a Major Foreign Policy Speech on Civilian Casualties?
Who else ― Elizabeth Warren?
The Scandal of Syria
The neoconservatives and liberal interventionists were discredited long ago, but the United States still has an obligation to help solve the Syrian crisis.
Iraq: Revisiting the Pottery Barn Rule
In Iraq, the U.S. broke a nation of human beings, and it owes them an apology–and restitution.
Al Qaeda Seizure of Falluja Throws U.S. Attitudes Toward Iraq Into Sharp Relief
U.S. Marines react to loss of Falluja to al Qaeda affiliate ISIS.
Poem: Infinite Regress of War
Sepulchre of repeated images / Won’t someone shatter the pure reflection of glass?
U.S. Still Friends With Gulf States Despite Sunni Slaughter of Shia
If Sunnis had been attacking Western targets in large numbers instead of Shia Muslims, it might be a different story.
America, Genocide, and the “National Interest”
It’s time for the United States to examine how its own foreign policy promotes genocide, and take the actions necessary to curb it.
Social Control Not Just Aim of Drone Surveillance, But of Drone Strikes, Too
In a Boston Review article titled The Sound of Terror: Phenomenology of a Drone Strike, Nasser Hussain attempts to … provide a phenomenology of drone strikes, examining both how the world appears through the lens of a drone camera and the experience of the people on...