"They're baaaaack...."Source: Foreign Policy
When I started blogging back in January, one of my early posts questioned the belief that Obama's election had ended talk of military action against Iran.
When Satire Becomes Reality by Justin Raimondo -- Antiwar.comSource: AntiWar.com
"Google News has lately taken to labeling Antiwar.com's news articles, including this column, as "satire." To take one particularly unfortunate example, an article by Fred Reed on the furor over the photo of Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard's tragic death in Afghanistan was so c …
The Minimum Wage and the Coup in HondurasSource: justforeignpolicy.org
The coup in Honduras - and the at best grudging and vacillating support in Washington for the restoration of President Zelaya - has thrown into stark relief a fundamental fault line in Latin America and a moral black hole in U.S. policy toward the region.
N.Korea accuses Obama of nuclear war plotSource: breitbart.com
North Korea has accused US President Barack Obama of plotting a nuclear war on the communist nation by reaffirming a US assurance of security for South Korea, the North's state media said.
In the Age of PiratesSource: The New York Times
I've been thinking lately of starting a new school of foreign service to train U.S. diplomats. My school, though, would be very simple. It would consist of a single classroom with a desk and a chair. At the desk would be a teacher, pretending to be a foreign leader.
Obama ponders outreach to the TalibanSource: International Herald Tribune
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama declared in an interview that the United States was not winning the war in Afghanistan and opened the door to a reconciliation process in which the American military would reach out to moderate elements of the Taliban, much as it did with Sunni …
The stake in our heartsSource: LUis Teodoro Site
[Philippines'] Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo has received more than her share of comments for her repeated and failed attempts to meet US President Barack Obama. Probably because Valentine's Day was approaching, early this week one commentator compared Mrs.
War on terror has not weakened al Qaeda: poll | ReutersSource: Reuters
reuters.com — LONDON (Reuters) - People across the world think the U.S.-led ''war on terror'' has not weakened al Qaeda and many believe it has actually strengthened Osama bin Laden's network, a poll for the BBC World Service said on Monday.
Sarah Palin, NeoconservativeSource: American Power Blog
Neoconservatives initially had their biggest successes in American domestic culture and social policy. Neoconservatives, starting with Democrats like Daniel Patrick Moynihan, attacked the debilitating effects of the welfare state on the traditional nuclear family.
Was Obama Being an Israel Appeaser?Source: AL JAZEERA
Was Obama's trip to Israel an expression of his being an Israeli appeaser? Marwan Bishara, Al Jazeera's Senior Political Analyst, provides a short debate on this topic.
'Ball of Fire' if Iran Attacked: IAEA ChiefSource: Common Dreams
DUBAI - The UN atomic watchdog chief warned on Saturday that an attack on Iran over its controversial nuclear programme would turn the region into a fireball, as Tehran rejected an Israeli strike as "impossible."
Why the Peaceful Majority of Muslims Are Not Irrelevant Source: mwcnews.net
A few years ago, FrontPageMag.com columnist Paul Marek wrote an article titled "Why the Peaceful Majority Is Irrelevant". His thesis was that even if the majority of Muslims abhor violence, it doesn't matter because "the fanatics rule Islam at this moment in history....
Pakistan Politics: Zardari Deals and the U.S. Fumes - American FootprintsSource: americanfootprints.com
Pakistan's two main opposition parties, the PPP and the PML-N, have agreed to form a coalition government.
The fate of the judiciary and Musharraf have not been clearly addressed, so it's not clear if this is a lasting coalition or a superficial and tactical alliance.