Journalist Lizzy Phelan on Her Experience in Libya Regular readers of Antiwar.com will not be surprised by Ms. Phelan's account of what she saw in Libya. Just like the war in Iraq, the bombing of Libya was based on a whole lot of nonsense: inflated death tolls and...
Pro-War Progressives and Facts, Both Stubborn Things
It is truly startling at how many self-styled ‘progressives’ are still intent on apologizing for Barack Obama’s Bushian foreign policy. Perhaps the most disturbing article that I have read by apologists for Bush-lite was Robert Creamer’s “A Great Day: Obama Ends the...
Enemy of the Month
And the award goes to...Pakistan! Escalating tensions between the US and Pakistan have only been getting worse. As Pepe Escobar notes, this "row"--as it is called by the mainstream media--has the potential to deteriorate quickly into one hot mess: Expect a festival of...
Cognitive Dissonance in Somalia
As in many other places around the globe, the United States has a bad track record of propping up leaders and groups in Somalia, only to watch them crumble months or years later. Siad Barre, the ruthless military dictator of Somalia, was kept in power by the US until...
America’s Quest for Africa
Africa has been thrusted into the spotlight yet again thanks to the Libyan intervention. Due to the power vacuum in Libya, weapon depots have been looted dry and weapons of all sorts from Libya have been turning up on the black market. Fear of Islamists taking charge...
Critique of Obama Foreign Policy in 5 Minutes
One thing that I've been discouraged by is the lack of antiwar music. It certainly is out there, but does not come close to what was seen during the Vietnam war era. Perhaps it's because of the lack of awareness due to our consumption culture, reality TV nation, or...
Boko Haram Is At It Again, and What the “They Hate Us For Our Freedom” Crowd Can Learn From It
Boko Haram, the Nigerian Islamist group opposed to what they see as the westernization of Nigeria, is making headlines yet again. Staying true to its name --Boko Haram means "Western education is a sin"-- the "Nigerian Taliban" has said that it will bomb 18 Nigerian...
Al-Qaeda Allies in the War…on Terror?
The discovery of old intelligence files in Tripoli is yet another example of hypocrisy and America's extremely shortsighted foreign policy. While Libyan and American intelligence sharing and cooperation was not a secret, the cache of files reveals how deeply connected...
Could Nigeria Be the Next Front in the War on Terror?
A much underreported story in the press recently was the UN bombing in Abuja, Nigeria by the Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram. Also known as the Nigerian Taliban, the Muslim group was founded in response to what its founders saw as the westernization of Nigeria,...
Libya’s Future: Much Less Certain than Death and Taxes
Moammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader desperate to maintain the little power he has left, was said to have arrived in Algeria in a convoy of Mercedes. He must have done so after finding the personal jet of Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe to not be luxurious enough for his...
