At least five Iraqis were killed and 14 more were wounded in the latest violence. U.S. forces were involved in one incident that occurred when a bus driver couldn’t understand their commands.
read moreObama on Libya: George W. Bush 2.0
His lines may be better delivered, but Barack Obama is sounding – and acting – more like the heir to George W. Bush than the answer sold to the public in his award-winning ad campaign. Indeed, when not sending billions of dollars to repressive governments across the...
Neocons Target Assad Regime
Despite the clear opposition the Obama administration and apparent ambivalence on the part of the right-wing government in Israel, neoconservative hawks here have set their sights on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who they hope will be the next domino to fall victim...
What the Patriot Act Does For You
Wednesday: 7 Iraqis Killed, 22 Wounded
With the country recovering from yesterday’s deadly bombing and hostage situation in Tikrit, Iraqis were faced with more violence but a significantly lower tally of casualties. At least seven Iraqis were killed and 22 others were wounded in new attacks.
read moreObama Speech Leaves Many Questions Unanswered
Widely praised as an effective defense of Washington's 10-day-old military intervention in Libya, President Barack Obama's speech Monday evening appears to have left several key questions about his future intentions unanswered. While confirming that the ouster of...
You Lie, Mr. President
I couldn’t bear to watch the President’s why-we’re-in-Libya speech as it was broadcast: it’s Spring, after all, and my garden needs planting. Priorities, priorities, priorities: so important, in politics and in life. We all have our priorities:...
War Without Representation
"The Congress shall have power to … declare war." - United States Constitution, Article I, Section 8 In America, 2011, history is given yet another example of a nation in which one person, in this case called “the president," can launch all of his subjects into war...
High Costs May Not Be the Worst Aspects of the Attack on Libya
As if getting enmeshed in a third simultaneous war—with costs soaring in a time of economic peril, yawning budget deficits, and national debt—when no vital national interest was at stake wasn’t bad enough, that is not the worst of it. As in George W. Bush’s invasion...
Intolerance ‘R’ Us
[Note for TomDispatch Readers: As of Wednesday, I’ll be off the grid for a week. Back April 8. TomDispatch will be unaffected and will post as usual thanks to associate editors Nick Turse and Andy Kroll. But for those writing in with comments, requests, or anything...
