The Urge to Surge Washington’s 30-Year High By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com If, as 2011 begins, you want to peer into the future, enter my time machine, strap yourself in, and head for the past, that laboratory for… Continue Reading
A Flood of Drone Strikes What the Wikileaks Revelations Tell Us About How Washington Runs Pakistan By Fatima Bhutto Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com With governments like Pakistan’s current regime, who needs the strong arm of the CIA? According to Bob… Continue Reading
One November’s Dead The American War Dead Disappear into the Darkness By Tom Engelhardt Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com America’s heroes? Not so much. Not anymore. Not when they’re dead, anyway. Remember as the invasion of Iraq was about to… Continue Reading
The New War Congress An Obama-Republican War Alliance? By David Swanson Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com To understand just how bad the 112th Congress, elected on November 2nd and taking office on January 3rd, is likely to be for peace on… Continue Reading
Will the GOP’s Victory Energize Mideast Doves? Every Action Provokes a Reaction By Ira Chernus Reprinted with permission of TomDispatch.com Palestine as America’s next Vietnam? Like all historical analogies, it’s far from perfect. We aren’t about to send the U.S. Army… Continue Reading