After the November 2 congressional elections in the U.S., Democrats suffered their worst electoral defeat in decades, losing more than 50 seats in the House of Representatives, according to the CBS News. For the first…
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Democrats’ defeat in the November 2 congressional elections is raising uncertainties around the issue of resetting US foreign policies and speculations whether or not Obama will be re-elected in 2012. David Broder, columnist with The…
Speaking at a security conference in Canada yesterday, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) took it upon himself to make U.S.-Iran policy, declaring that “Containment is off the table“: The South Carolina Republican saw the United States…
Called “Obama’s Wars,” Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Bob Woodward’s new book on President Obama focuses on the Afghanistan war and the worldwide battle against terrorism, but not the top issue in the midterm elections — the…
On October 25, 2010, Omar Khadr received a 40-year jail sentence after pleading guilty to murder and attempted murder in violation of the laws of war, conspiracy, and two counts of providing material support for…
Posted by Tom Engelhardt [Note for TomDispatch Readers: And I do mean readers! A TomDispatch “library” of four popular new books is taking shape for fall 2010. The first is The Girl with the Dragon…
A giant offshore crane salvages the Cheonan (Photo: AP) It is now two weeks since an international inquiry blamed North Korea for the sinking of the South Korean warship ROKS Cheonan with the loss of…
With a huge electronic intelligence-gathering machine at its disposal, the Chinese Navy keeps a close watch on the movements of the United States Navy in the West Sea (Yellow Sea). China’s emerging blue-sea navy is…
The sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan on 26 March was an American false flag operation aimed at creating a dispute with China to use as a pretext to raise barriers to Chinese imports,…
The sinking of the Cheonan: Another Gulf of Tonkin incident Part I THE SINKING OF THE CHEONAN. ANOTHER GULF OF TONKIN INCIDENT N KOREA-MODE? The Gulf of TonkiMonday, May 31, 2010 n Incident, in 1964,…