The Sooner the US Exits Afghanistan, the Better
by Matthew Hoh, Matt Southworth
The Guardian, May-23-2013 | Article
There is no military solution to Afghan political problems. Staying longer only costs more lives and money... Read More »
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Another Voice: Schumer’s Push for Program in New York is Off-target
The Buffalo News, May-23-2013 | Article
If the Pentagon goes ahead with an East Coast missile defense system, Sen. Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., wants it to be based in New York State... Read More »
Drones Over the Homeland: From Border Security to National Security
by Tom Barry
Truthout, May-19-2013 | Article
Public attention and Congressional review, writes Barry, should focus on the increasing militarization of border control, especially in the management of the border drone program... Read More »
The Real Benghazi Scandal
CounterPunch, May-15-2013 | Article
In the light of the "Benghazi Scandal," Goodman explores other CIA debacles, stressing that the decline of the CIA and intelligence community can be corrected by one thing: the truth... Read More »
How to Stop Nuclear Proliferation
CounterPunch, May-10-2013 | Article
The nuclear imbroglio with North Korea has cooled off considerably, and the nuclear issues with Iran remain on the back burner. At home, however, there is a new nuclear concern that involves the removal of 17 Air Force officers in April 2013 assigned to stand watch over nuclear-tipped Minuteman missiles at Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota... Read More »
Changing Perspectives on U.S.-Mexico Relations
by Tom Barry
Truthout, May-07-2013 | Article
It’s unfortunate that the two presidents chose to hold their May 2-3 summit in Mexico City. Both nations and Presidents Barack Obama and Enrique Peña Nieto would have been better served by a meeting at the border—where the grim reality of neighborly relations would not be masked by the pomp and circumstance of the grand presidential residence of Los Pinos... Read More »
The Death of "Sustainability"
Apr-26-2013 | Article
Can destroying a tropical rainforest be “sustainable”? ... Read More »
Blowback and the Cycle of Violence
Counter Punch, Apr-26-2013 | Article
The United States and the Central Intelligence Agency have never acknowledged the potential for “blowback,” or negative fallout, from their military and covert actions... Read More »
Bravo for Tunisia: Hope Springs Eternal
Huffington Post, Apr-19-2013 | Article
$28.8 million, of potentially $17 billion, in stolen assets have been recovered from bank account of former Tunisian dictator Ben Ali's wife, and will be returned to people of Tunisia... Read More »
America is a Smuggler Nation
by Tom Barry
CounterPunch, Apr-16-2013 | Article
Peter Andreas' new book, Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America, offers lessons and advice on fundamental policy challenges that the U.S. struggles with today, says Tom Barry... Read More »
