Exclusive: The military offensive by Sunni extremists driving into the heart of Iraq has brought the neocons out of the shadows to blame President Obama, by arguing that they had “won” the war before Obama “lost” it, a deeply engrained false…
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Why Take the Neocons Seriously?
The State Department’s Ukraine Fiasco
Can Obama Speak Strongly for Peace?
Ukraine, Through the US Looking Glass
Making Money the Measure of Politics
Forgetting the Lessons of Deterrence
“Tough-guy/gal-ism” is rampant again in Official Washington with many New Cold Warriors lusting for a military confrontation with Russia. But few of these hawks have a clear idea how deterrence worked during the real Cold War, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul…
The Danger of False Narrative
Neocons’ Ukraine-Syria-Iran Gambit
Exclusive: The Ukraine crisis in part stirred up by U.S. neocons has damaged prospects for peace not only on Russia’s borders but in two Middle East hotspots, Syria and Iran, which may have been exactly the point, reports Robert Parry.