The year of the commando
U.S. special operations forces deploy to 138 nations, 70% of the world’s countries.
How George W. Bush dissed the U.S. intelligence community
The likelihood is that the crimes of Bush, Cheney, Libby and Rove so far revealed are only the tip of the iceberg.
America’s major challenges in Middle East policy in 2017
Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.
The biggest killer of U.S. troops in the Middle East is not ISIS –...
So what is the solution? How can the U.S. rein in this epidemic of suicide among active duty troops and vets?
Silent partners
The strange alliance between Israel and Saudi Arabia
No more holiday gifts for repressive regimes
The U.S. is selling weapons to a country that's killing a child every 10 minutes. That has to stop.
Hundreds of peace activists are marching from Berlin to Aleppo
"For us, we took it as our sign, which symbolizes for us the struggle for peace, democracy and freedom. A community … united against the killing.”
Aleppo’s sobering lessons
Those who engage Syria with limited will and limited means must set limited goals if they are to accomplish even a limited amount of good.
The final Obama doctrine? Racking up the body count
Obama officials have repeatedly expressed a commitment to killing large numbers of ISIS fighters. Will Trump take it even further?
TrumPutin: Jobs, security, and buyer’s remorse
The Trump cabinet is defining itself as a military junta with predatory extractive capitalist cronies and climate change deniers a sort of General Goldman Sachs composite.