The Libyan “regime change” of 2011 aggressively promoted by then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton turned a relatively prosperous and secular country into another failed state where terrorism is finding a home, prompting new calls for a Western “whack-a-mole” intervention, as…
Category: Obama Administration
Behind Flint’s Lead-Poisoned Water
The Disgrace of Flint’s Poison Water
Strangling the Israel Boycott
Lost Lessons of Libya
The ‘Downton Abbey’ Generals
As Official Washington lusts for a new Cold War all the better to fleece the taxpayers on behalf of the Military-Industrial Complex there are also smaller perks that the powerful prefer, like U.S. generals having enlisted soldiers perform as their…
France Dumps Liberté for Security
Exclusive: France’s response to last year’s terror attacks in Paris imposed draconian measures that waived basic civil rights during the immediate “emergency,” but the French parliament is now considering making those rules permanent, as Jonathan Marshall explains.
Obama’s ‘Moderate’ Syrian Deception
Obama’s Most Momentous Decision
Pro-War GOP Boos Donald Trump
His bigoted comments about Mexicans and Muslims aside, billionaire Donald Trump actually makes some common sense when he talks about working with Russia, Iran and other powers to bring the Mideast wars to an end, rather than pushing for endless…