In 2012 it looks like we can expect the Obama administration to continue to barrel down the path that has already taken us far from the country we used to be.
Andrew Bacevich, TomDispatch.com. February 19, 2012.
A war that once occupied center stage in national politics has now slipped to the periphery, with legal and moral questions raised by the war left dangling in midair.
The murder and "disappearance" of vast numbers of Colombians is part and parcel of the U.S.'s policy to "drain the sea [the civilian population] to kill the fish [the insurgents]."
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.
Bill Berkowitz, Talk To Action. September 4, 2011.
A series of right-wing-initiated violent actions in the U.S., including bombings, plans for bombings, and assassinations, have not gotten the attention they deserve.
Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com. February 14, 2010.
Any attempted terror attack, no matter how poorly executed, raises a national alarm -- and our paranoia only adds to the power of the imperial presidency.
Thomas L. Friedman, The New York Times. January 18, 2010.
Our leaders' agenda can be derailed at any moment by a jihadist death cult using exploding underpants. We should be focusing on how to build our nation.
