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Just What the Middle East Needs – $110 Billion More in Weapons Sen. Chris Murphy, 5/27/2017 The Trump Administration's Iran Policy Is Dangerous and Flawed Emma Ashford, 5/27/2017
That Old-Time Civil Religion Daniel McCarthy, 5/27/2017 President Donald Trump Spoiled NATO Party in Brussels and Americans Should Thank Him Doug Bandow, 5/27/2017
Trump and the 'Management of Allies'by Alastair Crooke, 5/26/2017 Corbyn and Kelly: Two Very Different Responses to Terrorismby Lucy Steigerwald, 5/26/2017
Trump's Mideast Mission Impossibleby Sheldon Richman, 5/26/2017 Trump's Mideast Mission Impossible Sheldon Richman, 5/26/2017
Trump's Latest Disastrous Raid Kills More Civilians in Yemen While US Media Obediently Echoes the Pentagonby Ben Norton, 5/26/2017 The Beltway Foreign-Policy 'Blob' Strikes Back Andrew J. Bacevich, 5/26/2017
America’s Allies Conceal Their Civilian Casualties in Iraq and Syria Samuel Oakford, 5/26/2017 Trump in the Middle East: From 'America First' to Saudi and Israel First Trita Parsi, 5/25/2017
Deep Six the Deep Stateby Justin Raimondo, 5/25/2017 Fear as an Obstacle to Peace: Why Are Israelis Afraid?by Ramzy Baroud, 5/25/2017
The Battle for Yemen: a Quagmire for Saudi Arabia and the UAE Michael Horton, 5/25/2017 Trump's New and Misguided Respect for NATO Doug Bandow, 5/25/2017
How America Could End Up in an Unexpected War With China Doug Bandow, 5/24/2017 Arms Deal Stories Omit War Crimes Arms Will Be Used For Adam Johnson, 5/24/2017
Ukraine Factions Vie for Lobbying Edge Jonathan Marshall, 5/24/2017 'Getting Trump' With the New Mccarthyism Robert Parry, 5/24/2017
Trump: Follow Reagan, Exit Somaliaby Bruce Fein, 5/24/2017 Manchester Bomber Was Product of West's Libya/Syria Interventionby Daniel McAdams, 5/24/2017
Can Trump Salvage His Presidency in Syria's War?by Shamus Cooke, 5/24/2017 A Question for Every Parent: Is US Foreign Interventionism Worth It? Jacob G. Hornberger, 5/24/2017
The Imperial Cruise: a Secret History of Empire and War by James D. Bradley Kym Robinson, 5/24/2017 Can Trump Salvage His Presidency in Syria's War?by Shamus Cooke, 5/24/2017
Trump Makes Netanyahu, and Adelson, Very Happyby Philip Weiss, 5/24/2017 The $110 Billion Myth of Supporting Saudi Arabia's Defense Needsby Patrick T. Hiller, 5/24/2017
Congress Must Oppose the Saudi Arms Deal Daniel Larison, 5/24/2017 The Only Way to Stop Atrocities Like Manchester Is by Ending Wars Patrick Cockburn, 5/23/2017
Turkey's Varied Tactics of US Lobbying Jonathan Marshall, 5/23/2017 New Cracks in Russia-Gate 'Assessment' Robert Parry, 5/23/2017
Will DC Pull Trump Into War in Syria? Sen. Richard H. Black, 5/23/2017 What Explains Trump's Sharp About-Face on Saudi Arabia?by James Carden, 5/23/2017
Why Were the Saudi Streets So Quiet?by Medea Benjamin, 5/23/2017 The 'War on Terrorism' Isn't Workingby Justin Raimondo, 5/23/2017
Al-Awamiya: City of Resistanceby Rannie Amiri, 5/23/2017 Washington's Shameful Fondness for Saudi Arabia Ted Galen Carpenter, 5/23/2017
While Donald Trump Boogied With Saudi Princes, Iran Was Voting for Openness and Peace Matt Purple, 5/22/2017 Saudis Win Hearts by Lining Pockets Jonathan Marshall, 5/22/2017
Hunger Striking for Palestinian Rights Philip Giraldi, 5/22/2017 As Iran Elects a Moderate, Trump Cozies Up to Its Terrorist Enemy Saudi Arabiaby Muhammad Sahimi, 5/22/2017
The Donald's Risible Rendezvous in Riyadhby David Stockman, 5/22/2017 America's Reign of Terrorby John W. Whitehead, 5/22/2017
Standing Athwart American Hegemony John A. Burtka IV, 5/22/2017 Trump's Embarrassing Saudi Visit Daniel Larison, 5/22/2017
There Is No Victory in Afghanistan Jerrod Laber, 5/22/2017 At CNN, Imagining an Absurd Iranian/ISIS Alliance Jim Naureckas, 5/22/2017
The Great War for Civilization (the Conquest of the Middle East) by Robert Fisk Kym Robinson, 5/22/2017 Documentary Looks at America's 'National Bird' Will Porter, 5/22/2017
For a New Isolationism by Murray Rothbard, 4/1/59 War is the Health of the State by Randolph Bourne, 1918
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