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Paul Buhle : An ‘Obama Force’ (Swords into Plowshares)
“Beating Swords into Plowshares.” Photo by I Like.For an ‘Obama Force’(Aka a foreign policy note from the Left)By Paul Buhle / The Rag Blog / January 3, 2009 The blogosphere is now thick with foreign policy discussions about the impending … Continue reading
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Juan Cole Identifies the Top Ten Good Stories from the Middle East for 2008
Iraqi ParliamentTop Ten Good News Stories in the Muslim World, 2008 (That Nobody Noticed)By Juan Cole / January 1, 2009 We all too often focus only on negative developments, and while it is understandable for people to keep their eyes … Continue reading
The Misrepresentations About the War in Georgia
Photo: Time.Why did the West ignore the truth about the war in Georgia?By Mary Dejevsky / November 12, 2008 The US and UK left the impression that Russia was the guilty party Thank goodness, they might be thinking at the … Continue reading
Another of the "Coalition of the Willing" Leaves
Kazakhstan Withdraws Troops from IraqBy John C. K. Daly / October 24, 2008 The strategic seismic shockwave unleashed throughout the former Soviet Union by the August military confrontation between Georgia and Russia continues to reverberate throughout the Caucasus and Central … Continue reading
Shouldn’t a Global Treaty Against Guns Be Next?
Too Many GunsBy Frida Berrigan / October 23, 2008 We’ve heard a lot about gun control and the second amendment in this election season. A McCain-Palin poster, featuring Alaska’s 44-year-old governor with a big gun and the viewer in her … Continue reading
British Ambassador : Afghanistan Situation Is Bad
Memo Leak Says Mission In Afghanistan DoomedBy Cernig / October 1, 2008 I’d recently begun to think there was no way back from seven years of Bush administration mismanagement in Afghanistan – but it’s still shocking to hear it from … Continue reading
Nixon: "Our Hand Doesn’t Show On This, Though"
35 Years After Original 9/11: New Transcripts of Kissinger’s Role in Chilean CoupBy Peter Kornbluh / September 13, 2008 When Henry Kissinger began secretly taping all of his phone conversations in 1969, little did he know that he was giving … Continue reading
Noam Chomsky : Even the Cynical Shake Their Heads in Disbelief
Ossetia-Russia-GeorgiaBy Noam Chomsky / September 11, 2008 Aghast at the atrocities committed by US forces invading the Philippines, and the rhetorical flights about liberation and noble intent that routinely accompany crimes of state, Mark Twain threw up his hands at … Continue reading
