We Fought the War on Terror and All We Got was ‘Y’all Qaeda’
15 years of war on terror and the only folks to seize a federal building are a bunch of white guys with guns and no clue what it’s all about
15 years of war on terror and the only folks to seize a federal building are a bunch of white guys with guns and no clue what it’s all about
Republicans and the media are accusing President Obama of being forced to apologize for the deaths of two Americans who were killed in a US drone strike, but the reality is that it was the White House who gave the scoop to the media.
Despite the insistence of Republicans that the War on Terror is unidirectional, that it extends only outward, in the direction of Islam, it is omnidirectional, and extends inward as well as outward. The Western World, like the Middle East, is facing terror from within. Fox News and Republican politicians would have you believe that Islam…
What will #OpCharlieHebdo mean for ISIL? Given the hacktivist group’s record so far, ISIL might want to refer back to the KKK for an answer
As President Obama sends 1500 troops to Iraq to advise, train, and assist, Fox News sees only a broken promise and troops on the ground
Clark outlines the challenges facing us, which together, he argues, “are exactly the grounds over which a national strategy must be unfurled.”
It is unlikely any American over the age of three or four will forget 911, but it is highly likely the majority of Americans will forget the long-lasting devastation an incompetent Republican administration’s response wrought on the nation.
U.S. intelligence agencies and the military have successfully apprehended one of the ringleaders of the Benghazi attack.
How would the neocons respond if President Obama told them they were solely in charge of coming up with solutions to the problems in Iraq? Could they even handle it? Or are they more interested in complaining from the peanut gallery?
Five years into the drone campaign, there have been 2,400. killed, yet in Iraq, the ICCC offers a figure of 43,099 civilian casualties alone from from April 28, 2005 to August 22, 2008
it was not Obama who invaded Iraq on a fabricated pretext and with an army designed to fight not an insurgency but World War III.
It is safe to say most Americans expect Islamic extremists to launch terror attacks against innocent American citizens, but it is likely few expect a devastating attack from members of Congress.
As the nation remembers the American lives lost at the hands of a terrorist gang, they should take stock of the damage that an incompetent Bush administration caused this country.
An Obama failure with Syria is a strong possibility. However, this failure might end up being what ultimately dooms the Republican Party.
Donald Rumsfeld conveniently forgets the past and repeats the GOP’s favorite meme, that Obama has lost credibility and America’s confidence
Benghazi was bigger than Watergate (and apparently, 9/11 as well) but “Seal Team 6-Gate” is bigger even than Benghazi! (and Benghazi was totally the worst scandal ever, right? Well, not so much…).
During the Bush administration’s crusade against suspected terrorists who were tried in civilian court and not as “enemy combatants,” Republicans were silent until Barack Obama became president.
Trends in militarization, surveillance, and civil liberties violations raise disturbing questions about the exchange of liberty for security.
David Gregory twice asserted an inaccurate Obama quote while advancing a Republican argument against President Obama’s foreign policy today on Meet the Press.
It’s 9/11, so right on schedule here comes the Republican Party with a story about how Obama has made America less safe. Only this time, the American people aren’t listening.
We should be really clear about the lines we’re crossing if we don’t challenge the undemocratic killing of what are effectively international gang leaders.
The claims Obama is a war on terror egomaniac, but how could Obama out-display hubris of a flight-suit wearing Dubya standing aboard an aircraft carrier declaring a “Mission Accomplished” in Iraq?
The attempted Christmas day terror attack has thrust the issue of terrorism back into the spotlight, while the cynical, paranoid neo-con chicken hawks have looked to exploit the issue for political gain. Here is how the US can battle al-Qaeda without giving into fear and changing who we are.
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin took to her Facebook page again today to attack President Obama for treating the suspect in the attempted Christmas Day terror attack as a criminal. Palin’s entire intellectual basis for argument is based on what she saw on Fox News, and things that she made up.
We are in the midst of one of the nation’s greatest fears, being attacked by extremists. No, not just the “Underwear Bomber from Nigeria, but also Dick Cheney, Jim DeMint, and other right wing extremists who are suffering from a case of collective amnesia related to how they dropped the ball on national security.
In an interview today former Bush Attorney General Alberto Gonzales came out in support of an investigation of CIA interrogators who may have broken the law. Gonzales said, “And if people go beyond that, I think it is legitimate to question and examine that conduct…” It looks like Cheney is standing alone again by defending torture.
As crazy as it sounds today, Deputy Asst.
NBC News and Newsweek are reporting that Barack Obama’s senior legal advisor Eric Holder has been offered and accepted the position of United States Attorney General, so who is Eric Holder, and what can we expect out his Justice Department?
It’s Thursday, the last day of the Republican National Convention. So far, they haven’t offered much substance. They’d better seize the day and pull this one out.
In a speech this morning at the International Trade Center in Washington, D.C., Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama criticized George W. Bush and John McCain for ignoring Afghanistan, and he also promised to take the fight to al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Although the Iraq war remains wildly unpopular, according to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll, Americans are divided over Barack Obama’s plan to withdraw the troops within 16 months of taking office.
Today speaking before the Knesset in Israel, President Bush compared Barack Obama’s foreign policy to those who wished to appease the Nazis before World War II. This brought about a strong rebuttal from Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE).
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama talked about global warming and Earth Day as a grassroots movement today.
Today, President Bush used his weekly radio address to defend his veto of a bill that would have banned the use of waterboarding and other forms of torture by the CIA. The president’s first point was to remind America that al-Qaeda is out there and wanting to attack. “Al Qaida remains determined to attack America again.