Hard-right commentator Debbie Schlussel claimed Norway’s “HAMAS Youth” got what was coming to them.
Must Be an Oversight: Robert Spencer, Pamela Geller, and Debbie Schlussel Left Off Domestic Extremist List
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North America
UN Origins Project Series, Part 3: The Author’s First Foray Into the UN Archives
The United Nations Information Organization served stark warnings to the Axis powers that their crimes would not go unpunished and it helped galvanize the American people into action as the defenders of liberty.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 2: The Importance of Information in Wartime
Wartime information galvanized support at home, while encouraging those abroad not to give up the fight until help arrived.
Obama’s Approach to Disarmament as Self-Sabotaging as Debt-Ceiling Deal
In the end, as with the debt-ceiling deal, Republicans rejected some of what the Obama administration lavished on them, almost as if it were too much of a good thing.
UN Origins Project Series, Part 1: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace
This project builds on the recently published book, “America, Hitler and the UN: How the Allies Won World War II and Forged a Peace,” by Dan Plesch, the Director of the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy.
Nuclear Deterrence: a Bridge Not Yet Crossed
As opposed to a long-term strategy, deterrence only makes sense as a bridge to disarmament.
Debt and Empire
To: General Petraeus, Langley HQ
From: Operative 650, Kabul office
Re: Memo XE1955
General Petraeus:
First, I would like to introduce myself. I was in close communication with your predecessor, Leon Panetta. My memos on outsourcing targeted killings to the Chinese and producing a new TV program Top Terrorist were well-received. Or, at least, I did not receive any indication that Leon found them objectionable, so I assume that they are still “in process.”
Islamophobes Insinuate Their Way Into U.S. Intelligence
Nonprofit groups and former intelligence analysts – most of whom have zero to no training in Islamic matters – have been raking in millions of dollars from their work outlining the supposed “Islamic” threat to America.
U.S. Arms Sales to Repressive Regimes Overlooked in Domestic Gun Control Debate
The gun lobby response to Oslo was business as usual for them: the victims should have been armed. Better a shoot-out than a massacre!
Bottom of the “Bucket” List: the Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recently authorized a Manhattan Project National Park.