The “War on Terror” now more than 14 years long has trapped the U.S. and other nations in the “dark side” of human behavior, a dilemma that is both moral and practical because the continued use of brutal methods has…
Category: The Bush-43 Administration
Turkey Provokes Russia with Shoot-down
Exclusive: Turkey appears to have deliberately shot down a Russian warplane as a provocation designed to escalate tensions between NATO and Russia, a ploy that seems to have sucked in President Obama as he tries to look tough against Russia to appease his…
Going Nativist on Syrian Refugees
Hitting Saudi Arabia Where It Hurts
A ‘See-No-Evil’ Drone War
Ducking the Issue of ‘Perpetual War’
The Saudi Connection to Terror
The ‘War on Terror’ Has Been Lost
Hard Lessons from Paris Attack
In Official Washington, the talk is all about expanded wars and how tough to be on Syrian refugees. But elsewhere there is some serious reflection on how the West went wrong in its approach toward the Middle East, as reflected…