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How the 'Humanitarian' Intervention in Libya Made Our World Infinitely More Dangerous

Conn Hallinan, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 26, 2011.

North Korea's lesson from Libya is that if you give up your WMD programs peacefully, you may have lost your best defense from invasion.

Was the West's Intervention in Libya Justified?

Amy Goodman, Juan Cole, Vijay Prashad, Democracy Now!. March 29, 2011.

Juan Cole defends the use of force to aid the Libyan rebel movement. Professor Prashad warns the US has involved itself in a decades-long internal Libyan struggle.

Libya: Obama Tries to Explain an Undeclared War

John Nichols, The Nation. March 29, 2011.

Presidents are not supposed to start wars, especially wars that are offensive rather than defensive in nature.

Oliver Stone: The US Has Launched Military Interventions and Political Coups Fifty-Five Times in Latin America

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Conversations. June 26, 2010.

The critically-acclaimed director discusses his upcoming documentary, "South of the Border."

Why Barack Should De-Escalate on Pakistan

Tom Hayden, Huffington Post. January 7, 2008.

Barack Obama's support for intervention in Pakistan if there is "actionable intelligence" against al-Qaeda legitimizes Bush's escalation plans.

Bush Has the Nerve to Say He Found Inner Peace on Iraq

Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books and TomDispatch. October 18, 2007.

A recently published memo reveals the arrogance Bush employs toward diplomacy.

Chomsky: There Will Be a Cold War Between Iran and the U.S.

Noam Chomsky, City Lights. July 30, 2007.

Despite the saber-rattling, it is unlikely that the Bush administration will attack Iran. A "cold war" of sorts between the two is likely to ensue.