As Yemen rapidly disintegrates, the U.S. is turning a blind eye to atrocities committed by its Saudi allies — even as Washington enables them.
‘Yemen After Five Months Looks Like Syria After Five Years’
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Civilian Casualties
How to Confront ISIS
There may be a responsible way to fight the Islamic State, but the U.S. will have to leave its boots in the closet and the drones in the hangar.
Drone Strikes and the Sanitization of Violence
As the U.S. drone war flares up again in Yemen, a distressingly familiar pattern is playing out.
Gunman As Hero, Children As Targets, Iraq As Backdrop: A Review of ‘American Sniper’
“American Sniper” is well acted, slickly produced, and occasionally gripping. It’s also war propaganda.
Gaza and the Bipartisan War on Human Rights
During and after Israel’s war on Gaza, bipartisan congressional majorities have worked to undermine war crimes investigations by the United Nations and human rights groups.
We Called It Genocide in Guatemala. Why Not in Gaza Too?
Even some critics of Israel bristled when its recent attacks on Gaza were called “genocidal.” But a closer look reveals disturbing parallels with genocides past.
Barack Obama and the Will to Fight
Obama is more than willing to stand up against the Islamic State. Too bad he wasn’t willing to stand up to his hawkish critics.
Here’s Everything Wrong with the White House’s War on the Islamic State
The Obama administration’s war plans in Iraq and Syria are illegal, ill-conceived, and destined to fail. Here’s what the U.S.—and you—can do instead.
It’s Always Been Too Easy to Justify Civilian Casualties
The rationale that Islamist extremists offer for civilian casualties is nothing new.
What Kind of Politician Bases a Major Foreign Policy Speech on Civilian Casualties?
Who else ― Elizabeth Warren?