What Would Richard Holbrooke Say?

Yesterday would have been uber-diplomat Richard Holbrooke's 72nd birthday. He died December 13, 2010 while on the job as our top envoy to Afghanistan, and one can't help thinking that whatever 1960's idealism still existed in terms of making that country a better...

“…Turns out it was 11”

Photographer and antiwar activist Jayel Aharem quipped on twitter, "'Yesterday in San Diego, we chanted "B.A.R.A.C.K. how many kids did you kill today?' Turns out it was 11 http://is.gd/9pCMZA." Antiwar.com's Jason Ditz delivers the punch line.

Finally: Mainstream Compares COIN to Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was a decisive defeat for the Emperor Napoleon: his losses forced his abdication, restored King Louis XVIII to France's throne, and sent the former emperor away for the rest of his days in exile on the isle of Saint Helena. In other words, it...