From his first days, President Obama showed a lack of guts when confronted by powerful insiders. He backed down even when that meant squandering U.S. soldiers in the futile Afghan War “surges,” says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.
Month: January 2017
Requiem for a UN ‘Yes Man’
Danger in Democrats Demonizing Putin
WPost’s New ‘Fake News’ on Russian ‘Hack’
Israel’s Above-the-Law Behavior
Despite stern warnings from the U.N. and even the U.S., Israel continues its steady march toward becoming an apartheid state that relies on anti-Arab racism to justify its behavior, as Lawrence Davidson describes.
Crosses Marking Chicago Death Toll
Gang violence has fueled a staggering death toll in Chicago, much as military violence has spread death and chaos over large swaths of the world, reminding Kathy Kelly of the need for an “eternal hostility” toward killing.