Sometimes it seems that if not for double standards, Official Washington would have no standards at all – especially when it comes to outrage against some “strongmen” and excuses for others, as Lawrence Davidson describes.
Category: Obama Administration
Simplistic Second-Guessing on ISIS
US War Crimes or ‘Normalized Deviance’
Rigging the Coverage of Syria
Risks from Trump’s Reckless Invective
Donald Trump’s invective – suggesting a “Second Amendment” remedy to Hillary Clinton’s gun control or calling President Obama the ISIS “founder” – may be how he intends to win but his words carry real danger, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.
Mike Morell’s Kill-Russians Advice
Magical Thinking in US Foreign Policy
A Rush to Judgment on Russian Doping
‘Sage’ Advice That’s Nuttier Than Trump
Donald Trump’s Incendiary Language
Exclusive: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is taking a P.R. pounding for a sloppy Second Amendment reference interpreted as calling for Hillary Clinton’s assassination, but what was his intent, asks Robert Parry.