They see everything, they can kill you with impunity and they may be coming to a battlefield or suburb near you. Filmmaker Sonia Kennebeck, in her debut documentary film, “National Bird,” examines America's use of flying unmanned aerial vehicles in our wars overseas,...
Foreign Policy
TGIF: The Real Danger from Trump Is Ignored
While the chattering classes spend all their time rehashing Donald Trump's alleged -- there's a word you don't much see in the media anymore -- coordination with Russians over their alleged -- there it is again -- hacking of the Democrats' email, a story with far more...
Book Review – The Great War for Civilization (The Conquest of the Middle East) by Robert Fisk
This is a book that is about Fisk himself as it is about the events that he has witnessed and reported on inside the Greater Middle East. It is not a good book, by that I mean it does not leave the reader feeling pleasant or even satisfied. That is why it is in many...
Who Wrote the Book on Election Meddling?
The United States, of course -- including Russian elections. Writes Markar Melkonian: Does the USA meddle in the presidential elections of other countries? Our friends in South America might have insights here—hundreds of cases of economic and military blackmail,...
President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans In the Trash
By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his...
Promoting Democracy: Bad for the US, Bad for the World
Former US Secretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, recently released a new book titled Democracy: Stories from the Long Road to Freedom. In her book, Rice argues that the world is a better, freer place because an increasing number of nations – some of which she...
Consultant Used Facebook To Recruit Others to Saudi Cause
Former Maryland GOP Communications Director Chevy Weiss May Have Violated Foreign Agents Registration Act; Didn’t Disclose Kingdom’s Role As 9/11 families and survivors await the disposition of a March complaint filed with the Department of Justice alleging broad...
Iran Offers Lessons on Dealing with North Korea
While running for office, Donald Trump repeatedly blasted the Iran nuclear deal, calling it “the worst deal ever negotiated.” Recently, however, his administration reluctantly acknowledged that Iran is complying with its obligations under the deal, which require it to...
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