Cross-posted from the Colorado Progressive Jewish News. “Now we sit and wait while the Washington regime makes its next lethal move. Let us lift our voices in unison to prevent it.” “Before another rush to judgment and ‘punishment’ based on a presumption of guilt, as...
The Obama Administration’s Hollow Case for Striking Syria
For once, the views of the New York Times editorial board and Focal Points align perfectly. From an op-ed today: Despite the pumped-up threats and quickening military preparations, President Obama has yet to make a convincing legal or strategic case for military...
All That Missile Defense Tests Prove Is That It’s a Lose-Lose Proposition
You’d think that after the dismal failures of previous tests, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) would wait to run another public test until it was more confident that it could be more successful. Perhaps in tacit acknowledgment that day would never come, on July 5 the...
Africa Policy Leaders Demand a New Direction in President Obama’s Policy toward the African Continent
As President Obama plans trip to Senegal, Tanzania, and South Africa, a press conference at the National Press Club will give voice to those calling for change in his Africa policy.
The Empire’s New Clothes: “Humanitarian Intervention” Stripped Bare
Significant segments of the U.S. public are not falling for this ploy.
Finding a Normal Path in Serbia
The vast majority will not likely return to where they once lived.
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.
Exactly Why Is President Obama Going to Israel?
To say the U.S. moved quickly to squash any expectation that the President’s visit to the Middle East might help resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict would be an understatement.
Administration Appoints Itself Judge and Jury on Death by Drone
What the administration means by “imminent threat” is open to debate.
How Will Obama’s Reconfigured National Security Team Approach the Middle East?
It will likely use a combination of hard and soft power utilizing diplomacy, coalition building, political pressure, and military power.