If the United States reaches a point where there is nothing to distinguish our military institutions from our civilian, then all of us are fair game.
Republicans are willing to cut spending on Afghanistan and Iraq, but not military aid for Israel.
The Palmer Report whitewashed the Mavi Marmara attacks.
It’s easy to make fun of Michele Bachmann: her history gaffes, her Christian extremism, her ludicrous political positions. Journalists, though, would be sad to see her leave the Republican primary race, since she can be reliably counted on to make an outrageous statement to enliven a slow news day. Last week, for instance, she blamed the Arab Spring on the Obama administration. “You want to know why we have an Arab Spring?” she asked her audience at a Republican Party fundraiser in New Hampshire. “Barack Obama has laid the table for an Arab Spring by demonstrating weakness from the United States of America.”
Despite limited evidence, the United States painted Anwar al-Awlaki as a terrorist mastermind and executed him without the trial to which he was entitled as a U.S. native.
Iran’s need for uranium for medical purposes may make it amenable to compromise over its nuclear program.
In claiming President Obama “laid the table” for the Arab Spring, Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann suggests that it hurt the United States.
Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen introduced a bill calling for the U.S. to end its financial support for both the Palestinian Authority and the UN if the latter granted it statehood.
Both the United States and Israel use selective memories to justify their actions and find common ground in their expansion narratives.
Muslim soldiers, security officers, and government officials who support a tyrannical regime or an occupying force are legitimate targets for al Qaeda.