Shadi Hamid, of the Brookings Institution, thinks "we have overlearned the lessons" of Iraq and unfairly let it inform decisions about whether to intervene militarily in Syria: The memory of the Iraq War obviously looms large. The war, itself, was one of the greatest...
Iranian Mothers for Peace: ‘Inhumane’ Sanctions Blocking Medicine for the Sick
The US-led sanctions on Iran are strangling the economy: unemployment is high, inflation is rampant, prices of food and other basic necessities are becoming prohibitively expensive. Washington claims the sanctions are meant to punish and coerce the Iranian government,...
20 Facts About Extraordinary Rendition, Torture, and Secret Detention
The top officials in the Bush administration were not ones to let the law get in their way. If they wanted to torture and detain people beyond what any conceivable interpretation of US law, even in Guantanamo, could allow, they were going to do it. The solution, they...
No Ban in Place, Air Force Renews NASCAR Sponsorship
Efforts to ban the military from sponsoring NASCAR cars on the grounds that they are a waste of money and simply don't work have so far been foiled, with efforts to add a ban to military spending bill being removed after the fact. Controversy around it was enough to...
Occupied East Jerusalem and the Right of Return
Israeli officials loudly and eagerly condemn the right of return as it relates to Palestinians stuck in multi-generational refugee camps across the region, but the Israeli government itself recognizes the right of return, if you're a member of the right religion....
‘Apocalyptic’ Iranians Refuse Assad’s Request to Bomb Israel
In the US and Israel, there is an obsession with Iran as this grave threat and their secret nuclear weapons program (which doesn't exist) as Israel's death knell. In order to believe this incredible tale, one must accept the claim that Iran's leaders are suicidal...
Study: Palestinian Schoolbooks Don’t ‘Teach Hate’
For decades, Israel has claimed that Palestinian school books teach pupils to hate Israel and Jews. This sent a strong signal to pro-Israel voices in Washington to tell lies, like when Newt Gingrich falsely claimed in a Republican presidential debate in December 2011...
Iran War Weekly – February 3, 2013
Per Frank Brodhead's Iran War Weekly: Just as it was impossible for the Obama administration to make any diplomatic moves toward Iran prior to the November election, it will be very unlikely that Iran’s domestic politics will allow much flexibility on its nuclear...
US Expands Military Reach in Latin America
The US continues to militarize much of Latin America, spending enormous amounts of cash in order to prop up obedient regimes, train armies and militias, build new military bases, deploy more troops, and keep the military industrial complex fat and happy. "In the most...
Hagel Was Right the First Time: Israel Treats Palestinians Like Caged Animals
Among the many statements Chuck Hagel meekly recanted during his confirmation hearings last week was his comment that there is “no justification for Israel to keep the Palestinians caged up like animals.” Republican Senator Mike Lee asked Hagel if he stood by that...
