Conflation
Mar 24th, 2011 | By shep | Category: Lead Article, War, White House AdministrationLet me say this straight out: Libya isn’t Iraq, Barack Obama isn’t George Bush and Bob Gates isn’t Donald Rumsfeld.
War
Remember that thing about Petraeus running for President in 2012? Yeah…not so much anymore.
Jun 28th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: 2012 Presidential Election, Barack Obama, Politics, WarThree birds. One stone.
The Final Abandonment of Gaza: Once again, the people get screwed by their “leaders”
Jun 6th, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Israel, Terrorism, WarThose who want to strengthen the parties of peace have a choice to make: Recognizing Hamas would signal that the Palestinian Authority could no longer claim to represent the people of Gaza. It would signal that the world is willing to work with a bully, with a group refusing to commit—even rhetorically—to the cause of peace, that it has given up on a better life for the Palestinians of Gaza.
Fiasco on the high seas: Israel divides her friends while uniting her enemies
Jun 2nd, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Israel, Television, WarAri Shavit points out that the Israeli government has managed the neat trick of dividing her friends while simultaneously uniting her enemies: Benjamin Netanyahu, Ehud Barak and Moshe Ya’alon are supposed to know history. They are supposed to know there was no greater mistake than that of the British with regard to the illegal immigrant [...]
A Simple Solution to the Blockade of Gaza
Jun 1st, 2010 | By Ara Rubyan | Category: Israel, Politics, Terrorism, WarSimple, if not easy.
Honor
Oct 29th, 2009 | By Mark | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, WarAP President Barack Obama, right, salutes as an Army carry team carries the transfer case containing the remains of Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, Del., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Afghan Warlords Get a Boner for Cooperating with the CIA
Dec 26th, 2008 | By Mark | Category: Afghanistan, Lead Article, WarThere was a time when we would send a sexy spy “over there” to subvert an enemy. Now, we treat beautiful spies as expendable cannon fodder when they become inconvenient and hand over little blue pills to the dirty old men we want to cooperate with us.
Frickin’ Lasers!
Aug 14th, 2008 | By Mark | Category: WarWe got ray guns folks. Real nasty, precision-guided airborn lasers that can take out vehicles or people without anyone knowing where it came from. The attack described would seem to have quite a distinct signature, and no other nation has similar lasers ready to deploy (as far as we know).The laser is silent and invisible, [...]
