Obama is Channeling Bush Fever in Iran
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Category Archives: U.S. Foreign Policy
White Papers, Targets, and U.S. Citizens: What’s All the Fuss?
Revised 6:59 am. The last few days, the mainstreamish media and Congress have professed shock and outrage over the Office …
In America, Journalists “Push Back”: The Magnificent Hypocrisy of Touré
Update (2/17/13) below: Yesterday, the news of the leaked Department of Justice white paper brought on a flurry of “debates” …
Swedish Government’s Story on Renditions Appears to Change
Yesterday, an English-language Swedish newspaper, The Local, reported that Anders Jorle, from the Sweden’s Foreign Ministry, called a “failure” the …
The Deaths of Innocents: How to Understand “Collateral Damage”
Today, TransEx guest blogger Robert Prasch weighs in on the moral debate over the ethics of US-led drone strikes and …
School Massacres and Collateral Damage: Why the Double Standards?
Revised Version. Updated 12/29/12 (below). One of the predominant responses to my piece–about the amplified coverage of children killed by …
Statelessness, Renditions and Making Examples of Muslims: The Case of Mahdi Hashi
The world found nothing sacred in the abstract nakedness of being human. –Hannah Arendt (1951) When President Obama famously signed …
Newtown, CT: The Culture of Terror and the Failure of the National Security Agenda*
Yet again. Yes, again. Another heinous massacre in Newtown, CT. When I read of the details on Friday, I didn’t …
It’s Still Not Safe to Read The Nation
Update I (below): I thought it was safe to read The Nation again, since election season is over. I was …
Emily Hauser’s Disgusting Indifference to Women of Color
Update I & Update 2: Below On yesterday’s on-line “HuffPo Live Debate” on supporting Obama, between Daniel Ellsberg, Daily Beast …
Khalid Sheik Mohammed, Increased Privacy, and National Security: The Guantanamo Bay Spectacle
Update (below): I wonder what goes through the minds of the prosecutors and Army Judges involved in the 9-11 staged …
Argo: Iran, Empire, and American Privilege
Spoiler Alert: (I point to the obvious ending of the movie; it’s a spoiler if you know nothing about the …
Protecting Women and Children: France, Drones and Disingenuous Justifications
Formerly Titled: Protecting the Honor of Women and Children: Allons-y! Update I [below] Any day now, I expect that the …
White Privilege, the Dems, and the Rhetoric of “Care”
To read some of the exchanges over the last week in the blogosphere, apparently “white privilege” means that one doesn’t …
The Enemy of My Enemy is Not Always My Friend: Iran, Anti-War Activism, and Sexist Aggression
This open letter from Raha Iranian Feminist Collective crossed my desk yesterday. I post it today because the lessons gleaned …
Adnan Latif, the Social Contract, and the American Empire
Glenn Greenwald, emptywheel, Mark Falcoff , Andy Worthington, and many others have written about the Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, who …
Akin, Assange, and Questioning Rape
Strange moment: The right and the left have taken to debating the legitimacy of rape at the exact same time. …
John Cusack & Jonathan Turley on Obama's Constitution:
Reblogged from SHANNYN MOORE: JUST A GIRL FROM HOMER: Editor’s Note from Shannyn Moore: Read This. ***************************** By John Cusack …
Mosques, Temples, and Theaters: We Need to Change the Script
Yesterday, less than 48 hours after the shootings in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, a mosque in Joplin, Missouri was burned to …
Guest Post: Syria and the International Left
Today’s post responds to an urgent question that has re-emerged in the wake of the uprisings of the last year: …
