The very first reader of my previous HuffPost piece interpreted some quotes I used so differently than I'd intended that I worried I'd been criminally...
Ayman al Zawahiri's unwelcomed reemergence from his cave today is a sad reminder how much the Bush Administration's failures are being dumped into Obama's lap.
When we let shock or panic or a lust for vengeance guide us, we are a greater danger to ourselves than terrorists ever could be. Any terrorists. With any weapon.
With the election over, I wonder if we can draw down the rhetoric a bit. Let's begin with a definition of terrorism.
In an attempt to separate fact from fiction, I'd like to offer my advice, based on the three years I have spent studying Guantanamo in unprecedented detail.
Many Afghans working for the Afghan security forces are now switching sides and are now defecting to the Taliban. Guess who trained many of them? Blackwater!
UPDATES AT BOTTOM If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it. ~ Julius Caesar In 2000, the long fought for and ...
The bottom line, economically, is that there is a big beautiful sexy cash cow to be milked here.
Funding is coming from a New York-based group called the Clarion Fund, a supposed 501 c(3) non-profit that this week featured an article supporting John McCain on its website.
The account of the 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing, and the 'Trial of the Century that followed,' plays like a true crime thriller surrounded by important social themes.
If we are going to racially profile Arabs for terrorism, shouldn't we apply the same standard to white people?
One wonders at this point how the various agencies charged with the responsibility of protecting the presidential candidates from violence will respond to this latest tactic from the McCain campaign.
The surviving Republican members of Congress will do their best to make Obama's life miserable.
The United States cannot afford to take any risks. President Obama, and his family, must live in a bubble all their days in office. Handshaking, baby-kissing and plunging into crowds must be forbidden.
It's time to back off the precipice, Ms. Palin and Mr. McCain.
Think about it -- when the government announced it was setting up this list, did anyone picture such a thing? Might as well just put the whole population on the list and save on administrative expenses.
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It is thinking like this that will doom this new presidency. I really wish people would ease up on the guy and let him and his team get things figured out. We voted for him now we need to get out of the way.
Thank you Obama Supporter!
So Obama is going to "democratize" Cuba? You mean turn it over to the Miami gangsters?
Obama is going to democratize Venezuela? Even though Chavez has been re-elected twice with huge margins in open elections?
Obama's going to democratize Iran - even though they had 8 "approved" candidates versus our 2?
Obama is hopefully more than a marketing gimmick for the US Empire, but I'm not optimistic.
I don't understand why people think that the US needs to spread Democracy. Yeah, we think it is the best form of government, but that doesn't mean everyone does. Are we so arrogant that we presume to know what is best for the entire planet?
Yeah, I guess we are and we do.
Do you think that Tyranny is an acceptable form of government?
Were you as upset with Saddam's torture (cutting out tongues and worse) was OK and Gitmo was not OK?
I don't think "the world" needs lectures regarding human rights, democracy, or economics from the USA.
Real change means cutting back on the 700 military installations in 130 countries and using that money for the benefit of the USA.
I think lots of folks expect Obama to play the same game as our past recent presidents, and are just hoping that he plays it better. Another possibility is that Barak could do some outside the box type of thinking. Something new. Something completely different. What forms could that take?
Perhaps something like using and empowering the United Nations to actually gaining global cooperation in addressing huge problems like climate change, and allocation of the world's natural resources. Our commons is being polluted not just by ourselves, but other nations, especially China. We act like the solution to our energy problems, both type and amount, is a U.S. matter.
Obama has talked about regaining the respect of the world. Perhaps that will translate in leading the world, and t