North Korea 'Rattles Sabres'; Meanwhile, U.S. Pretends to Drop Nuclear Bombs...
To hear U.S. corporate media tell it, there are "exercises" right next door, conducted by the world's most powerful military, which possesses thousands of nuclear weapons--and then there's menacing...
View ArticleSyria and the 'Red Line' Nonsense
The pundits' message on Barack Obama's talk of a "red line" on Syria is that they are concerned about the credibility of the president's threats of violence--much more so than about the credibility of...
View ArticleStill Getting Gitmo Wrong
President Barack Obama's address yesterday on U.S. terror strategies got a lot of attention for supposedly charting a new course in America's longest war. But some of the facts were mangled along the...
View ArticleDid Obama's Speech Really 'Narrow' the War?
If you followed the coverage of President Barack Obama's May 23 speech at the National Defense University, you would think something big happened to the "war on terror." That was probably the message...
View ArticleAsking Kerry Questions–but Which Ones?
John Kerry appeared on all of the Sunday talkshows. But he was mostly not asked about the case for war with Syria. Instead, the questioning was overwhelmingly concerned with Barack Obama's decision to...
View ArticleCan We Persuade CBS to Abandon Its Inaccurate Rhetoric on Iran?
CBS's Major Garrett says "the next big step" is "persuading Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons program entirely"--but it's never been established that Iran has a nuclear weapons program to abandon.
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