America is a place that expunges unpleasant memories that belie the happier vision of its “exceptionalism,” most notably the brutal ugliness of the Vietnam War and more recent war crimes in the Middle East, observes Michael Brenner.
Category: Obama Administration
Applying Tolstoy to Today’s Rush to War
Debate Moderator Distorted Syrian Reality
Russia Reads US Bluster as Sign of War
Trump’s Lies About a Nuke ‘Gap’
How Trump Got the Iran Deal Wrong
Donald Trump Stalks Hillary Clinton
A First-Hand Account of Women’s Boat to Gaza
Hillary Clinton: Candidate of War
Exclusive: The U.S. political/media establishment only permits the propaganda version of the Syrian conflict – and Hillary Clinton fully embraced it in her belligerent comments in the second presidential debate, writes Daniel Lazare.