The Disappearing Prince of Darkness
• http://lobelog.com, by Jim LobeWhere is Richard Perle? His virtually total absence from the Iran nuclear debate over the past two years was perhaps one of the most remarkable features of the whole controversy.
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Where is Richard Perle? His virtually total absence from the Iran nuclear debate over the past two years was perhaps one of the most remarkable features of the whole controversy.
Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky on Friday said former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had been "bugging" President Obama to intervene in Libya -- a development Mr. Paul said has made the region much less stable.
Defying the international call for an arms embargo over war crimes concerns, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced Tuesday it has approved an $11.25 billion deal to sell combat ships to Saudi Arabia, which has been waging a military assault
At a time when the US and China are practically at arms over the artificial islands in the South China Seas, with the US sending warships on location to patrol ...
"If the Cold War is over, what's the point of being an American?" said Rabbit Angstrom, the protagonist of the John Updike novels.
The greatest secrets: the West has no people on the ground in Syria to take over the liberated territories; the Russians still seek partnership, Erdogan has bitten more than he can chew, and ISIS is a phantom, after all.
Both Republicans and Democrats are guiding our country into perpetual war in seven countries. Have we come to believe that war is the natural order of things? This is Reality Check.
President Obama and his mouthpieces in the mainstream press are outraged that Russian President Vladimir Putin is partnering with Syrian ruler Bashar al-Assad in the global war on terrorism. "
Argentines will elect a new president on Sunday, and a major issue is whether the new leader will finally end the country's fight against New York hedge funds.
Once upon a time America fought a great war to rid the world of the Nazis, but now we have become just like them.
Given the ongoing disasters in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya, and the rest of the Middle East, how can anyone in his right mind still be an interventionist?
Constant American bombing of much of the world ought to raise questions about the morality (if any) of air power, even if few Americans bother to confront them. (Indeed, many moral theorists would rather apply their theorizing and "intuitions" to
As both parties hold presidential debates, issues in the nation's foreign policy inevitably will be discussed.
When I was a kid growing up in the early 80s, the United States was the undisputed dominant superpower in the world.
Russia has certainly changed the storyline in the Middle East.
Washington's impulsive use of power is a danger to America and to the world. Arrogant Washington politicians and crazed neoconservatives are screaming that the US must shoot down Russian aircraft that are operating against the ....
In 49 BC, a defiant Julius Caesar stood in front of his army at the River Rubicon and made the biggest decision of his life.
Donald Trump alleged this weekend that "of course" the Middle East would be more stable if dictators like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi were still around or if Bashar al-Assad could be restored in Syria.
Documents show Washington backing of regime change is a major problem
Who needs diplomacy when you have 300 battleships?
I have several topics to touch on, none substantial enough for a post on its own, although there is a thread through all of these.
Having established a base on the Syrian coast, Vladimir Putin last week began air strikes on ISIS and other rebel forces seeking to overthrow Bashar Assad.
In his comment on the mass shootings at the Oregon community college, President Obama said: "This has become routine."
While the US was been surprised and angered by the stunningly fast turn of events in Syria where in the span of less than a month Russia unleashed a massive, Syria-based airborne campaign against what it says are ISIS terrorists, ....
Russia intensified its bombardment of militant targets in Syria with warplanes flying more than 20 missions, as U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron joined calls for Moscow to change course in an intervention he described as a "grave mistake."
Former US army colonel and Chief of Staff for Colin Powell, Lawrence Wilkerson unleashed a most prescient speech on the demise of the United States Empire.
As negotiators and ministers from the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries meet in Atlanta in an effort to finalise the details of the sweeping new Trans-Pacific Partnership, some sober analysis is warranted.
In the Fox interview show below, Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina says the US should enforce a no-fly zone in Syria, even if it means shooting down Russian aircraft.
The Russian incursion into Syria is hampering one of the region's most important players.
We are now two days into Russia's air campaign against anti-regime forces in Syria and both Moscow and the West are rushing to spin the narrative.