From the Archive: As the 12-year Afghan War grinds to what many Americans see as failure, ex-Defense Secretary Robert Gates and other hawks won’t admit their counterinsurgency “surge” in 2009 was a waste of lives and money or that U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry…
Category: Right Wing
Shameful History of Jeff Davis Highway
Should NATO Protect the Palestinians?
Israeli hardliners have long rejected the idea of a foreign peacekeeping force on the West Bank because it might restrict Israel’s freedom to attack Palestinians. But such a proposal is now on the table and has put Prime Minister Netanyahu…
When the CIA’s Empire Struck Back
A Rare Indictment of US Atrocities
Ronald Reagan: Worst President Ever?
Where the Real ‘Iran Threat’ Lies
Big Media Again Pumps for Mideast Wars
Fear Itself: Democrats Duck FDR’s Lessons
Hugo Chavez’s Legacy at Risk
Exclusive: Over the past generation, Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez changed the political dynamics of Latin America with a socialist experiment that spread the wealth and improved the lives of the poor. But nearly a year after Chávez’s death, his movement is…