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Stalling Obama’s Overtures to Russia

August 6, 2016

Washington’s foreign policy mavens are thwarting President Obama’s moves to work with Russia to resolve the Syrian war and reduce other tensions, so the new Cold War can proceed under Hillary Clinton, says ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

Al Qaeda’s Name Game in Syria

August 6, 2016

Washington’s neocon-dominated foreign policy establishment has long seen Al Qaeda’s Nusra Front as a strategic ally in Syria – and now hopes a name change will protect it through President Obama’s last months, reports Gareth Porter.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Obama Administration, Politics, Secrecy, The Bush-43 Administration

Letting Saudi Arabia Off the 9/11 Hook

August 5, 2016

The 9/11 attacks opened a bloody chapter of American history, “justifying” U.S. attacks on multiple countries but not on the one most connected to the terrorism, U.S. “ally,” Saudi Arabia. Why is that, asks Lawrence Davidson.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, The Bush-43 Administration

Needing an Exit from Afghan Quagmire

August 5, 2016

The failure of U.S. policy in Afghanistan has been obvious for years, but neither President Bush nor President Obama wanted the defeat hung on them, so the bloody folly goes on, a test for the next president, says Alon Ben-Meir.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

The Danger of Excessive Trump Bashing

August 4, 2016

Exclusive: The prospect of Donald Trump in the White House alarms many people but bashing him over his contrarian views on NATO and U.S.-Russian relations could set the stage for disasters under President Hillary Clinton, writes Robert Parry.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Promises of Peace, Realities of War

August 4, 2016

Some anti-war Americans see hope in Donald Trump’s aversion to neocon interventionism but the peace mantras of campaigns often turn into war policies in office, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Where Donald Trump Makes Sense

August 4, 2016

Donald Trump’s narcissistic ravings have drawn widespread ridicule and contempt, but his rejection of Washington’s neocon foreign policy orthodoxy is a valuable contribution to the public debate, says Ivan Eland.

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Constitution, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, The Bush-43 Administration

Terrorism as a Word and Epithet

August 4, 2016

The word “terrorism” – classically defined as violence against civilians for political effect – has become an epithet hurled at despised groups while not against favored ones, a challenge of hypocrisy and propaganda, explains Michael Brenner.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Obama Administration, Religion

The Mystery of Turkey’s Failed Coup

August 2, 2016

The failed Turkish coup and President Erdogan’s harsh reprisals have left more questions than answers, including who was really behind the botched putsch and why, reports Joe Lauria.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

Is Hillary Double-Talking on Trade Deals?

August 1, 2016

Hillary Clinton is promising to take a tougher stand on U.S. trade deals, but is that just campaign talk to appease supporters of Bernie Sanders and steal some backing away from Donald Trump, asks JP Sottile.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Media, Obama Administration, Politics

New Cold War at the Olympics

August 1, 2016

The Western media’s Russia-bashing has become epidemic, creating a dangerous dynamic as the world plunges into a new Cold War, with even sports becoming a propaganda arena, as Rick Sterling explains.

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Lurching Toward World War III

July 31, 2016

Anti-Russian hysteria has reached extraordinary levels in Official Washington with heated allegations about Russia hacking Democratic Party emails, but this over-the-top “group think” threatens the world’s future, explains John Chuckman.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing, The Bush-43 Administration

The Fallacy of ‘Regime Change’ Strategies

July 30, 2016

“Regime change” or destabilizing sanctions are Official Washington’s policy options of choice in dealing with disfavored nations, but these aggressive strategies have proved harmful and counterproductive, says ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar.

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Sheriff Arpaio Paved the Way for Trump

July 30, 2016

Before there was Donald Trump and his promise of a “beautiful wall” across the U.S.-Mexican border there was Sheriff Joe Arpaio from Arizona who pushed cruel treatment of illegal immigrants and other Latinos, reports Dennis J Bernstein.

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Hillary Clinton and Her Hawks

July 29, 2016

Exclusive: Focusing on domestic issues, Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech sidestepped the deep concerns anti-war Democrats have about her hawkish foreign policy, which is already taking shape in the shadows, reports Gareth Porter.

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Campaign 2016, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

The Content of Donald Trump’s Character

July 28, 2016

Exclusive: Though some anti-war Americans see hope that Donald Trump would pull back from foreign wars, they also must face his undeniable record of racial and sexist bigotry, writes Marjorie Cohn.

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Campaign 2016, Environment, Health Reform, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Democrats Adopt a More Progressive Tone

July 28, 2016

At the Democratic National Convention, some tough-guy/gal militaristic talk has prompted floor shouts of “no more war,” while most domestic policy rhetoric has been markedly progressive, say Bill Moyers and Michael Winship.

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Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Intelligence, Lost History, Obama Administration, Right Wing, Secrecy

Coups Inside NATO: A Disturbing History

July 27, 2016

Exclusive: Turkey’s embattled President Erdogan suspects U.S. sympathy for the failed coup if not outright assistance to the coup plotters, a belief that has some basis in history, writes Jonathan Marshall.

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Campaign 2016, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics, Right Wing

The Fear of Hillary’s Foreign Policy

July 27, 2016

Hillary Clinton’s nominating convention has focused on domestic issues, but her foreign policy has many anti-war Democrats worried, as she surrounds herself with neocons and liberal hawks, writes James W Carden from Philadelphia.

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Campaign 2016, Health Reform, Human Rights, Obama Administration, Politics

Poverty Protests at RNC/DNC Conventions

July 27, 2016

For decades, Democrats like Republicans have shied away from talking much about poverty, but America’s severe income inequality has made the plight of the poor a national crisis, notes Dennis J Bernstein. 

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