Category Archives: Military

U.S. has carried out airstrikes in Yemen

Posted on October 1, 2010 by admin

The United States has carried out airstrikes in Yemen, Yemen’s foreign minister told a pan-Arab newspaper in an interview published Thursday, marking that government’s first official confirmation of a U.S. military role in its fight against terrorism. Foreign Minister Abu … Continue reading →

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Israeli ambassador on a nuclear Iran: ‘No way’

Posted on September 30, 2010 by admin

This past weekend, Israel’s 10-month moratorium on West Bank settlement construction ended, jeopardizing the recently resumed peace talks with the Palestinians. Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren discussed the progress of the talks, the nuclear threat from Iran and other issues on … Continue reading →

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Why John Yoo Should Be Fired

Posted on April 21, 2008 by admin

John C. Yoo likes the limelight, but it’s causing him some grief. Of the half a dozen lawyers who played important roles in a Bush administration decision to legalize the use of highly coercive interrogation techniques, only Yoo has emerged … Continue reading →

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Bets?

Posted on April 8, 2008 by admin

Over at Democracy Arsenal, Max writes, “No one, not Crocker or Petraeus can describe what success looks like. When asked by Levin, if all went well what would be an optimistic projection of U.S. troops levels at the end of … Continue reading →

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Obama, Clinton, Iraq

Posted on February 27, 2008 by admin

Over the past year, Sen. Barack Obama has been a vocal supporter of the Feingold-Reid Iraq legislation that sets a strict timeline for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. But when a version of that bill was introduced this … Continue reading →

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Perceived Strength

Posted on February 15, 2008 by admin

What can one even say about this quote, included in Carl Hulse’s NYT article on the Democrats’ refusal yesterday to pass the Senate’s FISA bill before expiration of the Protect America Act: “I think there is probably joy throughout the … Continue reading →

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The Unraveling

Posted on January 19, 2008 by admin

Well, it wasn’t big and it sure wasn’t pretty – in fact it was downright ugly – but Hillary Clinton’s win in Nevada gives her an advantage now over Barack Obama in the Democratic contest. The effect of the result … Continue reading →

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An Iran Strike

Posted on January 8, 2008 by admin

ISRAELI security officials are to brief President George W Bush on their latest intelligence about Iran’s nuclear programme – and how it could be destroyed – when he begins a tour of the Middle East in Jerusalem this week. Ehud … Continue reading →

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Bypassing Intelligence Altogether

Posted on November 12, 2007 by admin

In late 2002, two strong-willed CIA officers, identified only as Beth and Margaret, were at daggers drawn. They had diametrically opposing views about the veracity of an Iraqi defector’s reports concerning Saddam Hussein’s biological weapons programs, especially the notorious but … Continue reading →

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China: The Perfect Iraq Distraction?

Posted on October 8, 2007 by admin

If I had been vociferously, prominently, moralistically, and disastrously wrong on the major foreign-policy issue of the time — that is, if I had been all-out in favor of invading Iraq and had been withering in my dismissal of those … Continue reading →

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