Welcome to the fourth review! Let’s get started. First up are the usual pieces on foreign policy and militarism: Daniel R. Mahanty discusses how realists can also champion human rights. David Swanson discusses the visit to the White House of a Taliban victim and drone strikes. Patrick Cockburn discusses the victims of war in Iraq….

Today I am a somewhat overweight, bearded suburban dad entering a comfortable middle age, but it was not always thus. Seven short years ago I was a lean, clean-shaven, heavily armored combat medic in Iraq, and today, November 11th, everyone is apparently required by law to remind me of the things I did in my…

Na quarta-feira, 21 de julho, membros do grupo do Facebook savebradley estimularam apoiadores a mudar suas fotos de perfil para dizerem “Google Bradley Manning.” O grupo espera suscitar interesse público no soldado do Exército dos Estados Unidos que foi detido em conexão com o aparecimento de material secreto no website Wikileaks. O material em razão do qual Manning…

Carson: O que exatamente “libertação” significa para Rumsfeld – Rummy, Bush – Dummy e Cheney – Scummy pode ser visto a partir do programa que Paul Bremer implementou como chefe da Autoridade Provisória da Coalizção (CPA) no Iraque.

Carson: Just what “liberation” meant to Rummy, Dummy and Scummy can be seen from the agenda Paul Bremer implemented as head of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) in Iraq.

I’m tired of Obama’s supporters boasting–falsely–that he kept his promise to end the war in Iraq.

Darian Worden on Iraq and promises fulfilled in the official story.

Darian Worden: Heroes overcome their flaws to do great things.

Democratic congressmen and activists are outraged by the “new war strategy” presented in President Bush’s “Iraq speech” of January 8… but it should be no surprise that the President seeks to follow this war through no matter the cost.

The problem in Iraq is government itself.