To caring citizens of the world, the helplessness of watching a people suffer is a form of torture.
Has Intervention by the United States Become, by Definition, a Mistake?
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North America
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/13)
Emphasis, as always, added.
For Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement a Cruel, But All Too Usual, Punishment
The effects of solitary confinement are insidious.
How Dystopian Secrecy Contributes to Clueless Wars
Bradley Manning has done more for U.S. security than SEAL Team 6 ever did.
Syria: the Charade of Humanitarian Intervention
From the outset diplomacy for the U.S. has meant calling for regime change.
Emphasis Added: The Foreign Policy Week in Pieces (6/10)
From Iraq to Iran to Syria.
Nuclear Missile Wing’s “Sagging Morale” Has an Upside
Missileers just want to be loved.
Six Reasons to Oppose John Kerry’s $4 Billion Plan for the Palestinians
Holding aid hostage.
Who Could Have Imagined That President Obama Would Double-Down on Some of Bush’s Policies?
President Obama will continue to micro-manage drone strikes.
Is the Drone Program Contracting — or Expanding?
The cleanest form of warfare is still pretty messy.