Peace and Security
How to Help Syria Now
The appalling civil war in Syria is well into its third year. With upwards of 70,000 dead, countless numbers maimed and injured, and millions of refugees, there are recurrent calls for the United States to "do something" to end the mayhem. That "something" is usually...
Our Women in Uniform Deserve Better
Americans have honored our soldiers and those killed in U.S. wars in late May for nearly 150 years. Memorial Day, which became an official holiday in 1868, was originally called Decoration Day and got started when civilian women decided to decorate military graves...
Cannon Fodder, 21st Century-Style
The White House Almost never frets, About the lies It told to vets. This Memorial Day, I'd like to salute the young people who continue to enlist in our armed forces. Their initial training reinforces their sense that America is beset with many ill-motivated enemies...
The Pentagon’s Assault Guidelines
No Junior Partner
During his recent trip to Latin America, President Barack Obama made a herculean effort to suggest that his administration is forging a new relationship with Mexico and the rest of Latin America based on a partnership of equals. "Just as Mexico is being transformed,...
Middle Eastern Re-Run
Can you hear it? Conservatives are beating their war drums and banging their tambourines, trying to gin up support for U.S. intervention in Syria. Republican Senators John McCain of Arizona and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina have been particularly vocal about their...
Our Stake in Guatemala’s Genocide Trial
With Syria's strife, the NRA's annual meeting, and Kim Kardashian's prenatal woes to report, Central America doesn't exactly dominate U.S. headlines these days. So we understand that the octogenarian former dictator standing trial in Guatemala for unspeakable acts of...
The Path We Should Follow after Syria Crosses the Red Line
President Barack Obama's recent announcement that he believes Syria has used a small amount of chemical weapons ignited a debate. Has the Assad regime crossed the "red line" the White House laid down? U.S. intelligence reports "varying degrees of confidence" that...
Obama and the Red Line
Narco-State Building
After 11 years of war, $664 billion spent, 2,210 Americans dead, more than 35,000 of our troops maimed and shattered, and our good reputation spent — what have we built in Afghanistan? According to a top international law enforcement official, you and I are building...
