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Elect Romney, Get War in Iran?

Max Blumenthal, al-akhbar. February 5, 2012.

Should Mitt Romney make it to the White House, his Middle East policy and plan for Iran may be as hawkish as that of Bush Junior, thanks to Eliot Cohen.

$806 Billion Spent for Hundreds of Thousands to Be Killed and Wounded: The Staggering, True Costs of the Iraq War

Matthew Duss, Peter Juul, Center for American Progress. December 14, 2011.

The war was intended to show the extent of America’s power. It succeeded only in showing its limits.

Obama Makes a Few Pardons on Unfair Drug Convictions, But Has Granted Fewer Requests for Clemency Than Any President in the Last Century

Steven Wishnia, AlterNet. November 23, 2011.

Obama pardoned three marijuana offenders and commuted the sentence of one crack offender, but the implications of his actions are not as optimistic as they may sound.

Obama Pardons Handful of Drug Prisoners

Phillip Smith, Drug War Chronicle. November 22, 2011.

Obama granted pardons to five people, three with marijuana-related convictions, and commuted the sentence of a woman doing more than 20 years on a crack charge.

By Cutting Taxes on the Rich, We've Incentivized Greed--How Do We Return to Fairness?

Robert Parry, Consortium News. September 26, 2011.

The Right wants to return to the "happier days" of the 1950s--but forgets that one of the main reasons for that era's prosperity was very high taxes on the wealthy.

Is the Saudi Royal Family Connected to 9/11 Hijackers?

Russ Baker, WhoWhatWhy.com. September 22, 2011.

New evidence links the Saudi royal family to Saudis in South Florida, who reportedly had contact with the 9/11 hijackers before fleeing the US prior to the attacks.

Obama's Arc of Instability: Destabilizing the World One Region at a Time

Nick Turse, AlterNet and TomDispatch. September 18, 2011.

The "arc of instability" includes 97 countries. A startling number of these nations are in turmoil, and in every single one of them, Washington is militarily involved.

Michael Moore: When I Got Death Threats for Denouncing Bush and the Iraq War

Michael Moore, Hatchett Book Group. September 11, 2011.

After Michael Moore slammed President Bush and the invasion of Iraq, he faced death threats, intimidation, harassment and even assaults in broad daylight.

We Need to Declare the End of the 9/11 Era

Jonathan Freedland, Comment Is Free. September 7, 2011.

Mark the September 11 anniversary with care, then stop the lethal thinking and the grave misjudgements it caused.

The U.S. Response to 9/11 Cost Us Far More Than the Attacks Themselves

Joseph Stiglitz, Al Jazeera English. September 6, 2011.

The September 11, 2001, attacks by al-Qaeda were meant to harm the United States, and they did, but in ways that Osama bin Laden probably never imagined.

Noam Chomsky on the Dangers of American Empire and Why the US Continues to be Bin Laden's Best Ally

Noam Chomsky, TomDispatch.com. September 6, 2011.

Chomsky reflects on 9/11 and the killing of Osama bin Laden.

For Ten Years We've Avoided Asking the Real Question About 9/11

Robert Fisk, The Independent UK. September 4, 2011.

Why, in all the explanations and stories we've heard about 9/11, do we never discuss the role of US support for Israel?

The Iraq Disaster Looms Big: But Don't Tell That to the Petraeus Worshippers

Robert Parry, Consortium News. September 1, 2011.

Iraq continues its drift toward a failed state, and the strategic winner from the invasion looks to be Iran. So why is Washington celebrating Gen. Petraeus?

Rick Perry, Combining the Worst of Tea Party Extremists and George W. Bush

The Progress ReportAugust 21, 2011.

Perry combines Bush’s bravado and strong ties to the GOP establishment with the policy positions of the most extreme elements of the Tea Party wing of the GOP.

1 Million Dead in Iraq? 6 Reasons the Media Hide the True Human Toll of War -- And Why We Let Them

John Tirman, AlterNet. July 19, 2011.

Most Americans turn a blind eye to the violent acts being carried out in their name.

Barbara Ehrenreich: 12,000 Drones, Lethal Cyborg Insects, See-Shoot Robots -- How Machines Are Taking Over War

Barbara Ehrenreich, Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. July 10, 2011.

How far will the automation of war and the substitution of autonomous robots for human fighters go?

How Robert Gates' Lies and Cover-Ups Earned Him a Long, Prestigious Career -- At the Expense of the American People

Robert Parry, Consortium News. June 19, 2011.

Two decades ago, U.S. history could have taken a very different course if Gates and his cohorts had faced real accountability and their secrets had been exposed.

The Bush Tax Cuts Turn 10; Let's Look At the Damage They've Caused

Sarah Jaffe, AlterNet. June 7, 2011.

In June 2001, George W. Bush pushed through an ideologically driven tax-cut package, mostly for the rich, that is still hurting our economy.

Will Republican Voters Believe Anything? The Right's Hyperbolic, Dysfunctional World

Gary Younge, Comment Is Free. March 28, 2011.

To have credibility within the Republican party is to have none outside it. They act as if all their Kool-Aid has been spiked.

George Bush Can't Travel Overseas for Fear of Arrest and Prosecution

Ray McGovern, AlterNet. February 9, 2011.

Doomed to become America’s first better-stay-at-home former president, Bush can still take consolation in getting scarce tickets to the SuperBowl.

Bush Cancels Trip for Fear of Prosecution, Mass Protests

AFPFebruary 6, 2011.

A planned visit to Switzerland by former president George W. Bush to attend a fund-raising gala is not to be.

10 Ways Right-Wingers Will Try to Wreck Any Economic Recovery

Isaiah J. Poole, Blog for Our Future. December 27, 2010.

To keep conservatives from enacting policies that will kill a nascent economic recovery, progressives will have to organize against these top 10 economy killers.

President Obama More Tightfisted With Clemencies Than President Bush

Jasmine Tyler, AlterNet. December 17, 2010.

It would be a travesty for President Obama to lag behind President Bush when it comes to helping reunite families in time for the holidays.

Obama Caves on Tax Cuts for Wealthy, Capitulating to 'Bush-McCain Philosophy'

Ari Berman, The Nation. December 6, 2010.

If this is how Obama plans to govern in the future, we’re in for a rough next two years.

The Evidence Is Overwhelming: We Aren't Getting Out of Afghanistan or Even Iraq

Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. November 14, 2010.

Embassies the size of pyramids and military bases to stagger the imagination are still being built. Washington is not packing up its tents -- not even in Iraq.

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