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Obama Drone Warfare: How Robotic Strikes Defined a Presidency
When President Obama first entered office, unmanned aerial strikes happened sporadically — perhaps once every couple of weeks. By 2012, these operations had become the backbone of American counterterrorism policy worldwide. The administration systematized lethal drone...
Gaza, The World’s Largest Open-Air Prison
A look at life under occupation. Gaza has the look of a Third World country, with pockets of wealth surrounded by hideous poverty. It is not, however, undeveloped. Rather it is "de-developed," and very systematically so, to borrow the term from Sara Roy, the leading...
Afghan Corruption and the Role of U.S. Military Contracting
A History of Blame and Deflection In September 2012, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told CBS’s "60 Minutes" that corruption in his government had reached a level "not ever before seen in Afghanistan." He claimed that under the Soviet occupation during the 1980s,...
General Carter Ham Allegedly Relieved After Defying Benghazi Stand-Down Order
The September 11, 2012 attack on American facilities in Benghazi, Libya, which killed four Americans including Ambassador Chris Stevens, became one of the most contentious national security controversies of the Obama era. Beyond the initial debate over what triggered...
Journalist Glenn Greenwald Speech on “Humanitarian” Wars
http://youtu.be/MMirTxSlhBA Greenwald is that increasingly rare commodity in the US, a true journalist. I don't agree with him on a lot of things, but he is definitely correct here in debunking the hogwash about "humanitarian" wars. Nobody goes to war for humanitarian...
Romney vs Obama Drone Policy: The Bipartisan Kill Program
Romney Endorsed Obama's Drone Strategy During the 2012 Foreign Policy Debate During the October 2012 foreign policy debate, Mitt Romney essentially gave his stamp of approval to President Obama's use of unmanned aerial strikes. Regardless of which candidate won the...