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Video> Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4PQ7CT51Mo&w=420&h=315] Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders Published: 31 May, 2012   Edited: 01 June, 2012   RT A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows people watching the mass burial on May 26, 2012 of more than 100 victims killed in the central More

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Video> Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4PQ7CT51Mo&w=420&h=315] Damascus finds armed groups responsible for Houla massacre, US does not believe> with Sara Flounders Published: 31 May, 2012   Edited: 01 June, 2012   RT A handout picture released by the Syrian opposition's Shaam News Network shows people watching the mass burial on May 26, 2012 of more than 100 victims killed in the central More

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Insight on Conflict> An Interview with Johan Galtung

AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHAN GALTUNG By Ben Baruch March 12, 2012  Insight on Conflict  Professor Johan Galtung talks to Insight on Conflict’s Ben Baruch about the Arab Spring, his concepts of positive peace and negative peace, the conflict in Sudan, his views on mediation and the merits of local vs. outsider participation in peace processes. Insight on More

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Tomgram, Tom Engelhardt> Juan Cole, The Iran Conundrum

Tomgram, Tom Engelhardt>  Juan Cole, The Iran Conundrum Posted by Juan Cole  April 12, 2012    TomDispatch Juan Cole’s article, “Why Washington’s Iran Policy Could Lead to Global Disaster: What History Should Teach Us About Blockading Iran” is posted separately on WAMMToday. Negotiators for Iran, the U.S., Britain, China, France, Russia, and Germany are to meet in More

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George Masters> Support our troops? Then bring them home.

Support our troops? Then bring them home. By George Masters    April 6, 2012     Washington Post I’m driving. Jack, my co-pilot, sleeps in the passenger seat. His chin rests on my upper leg. The car in front of us wears two Support Our Troops ribbons. One is yellow; the other red, white and blue. Both More

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Gregory D. Foster> A Case of Strategic Debasement> What the infamous Marine urination video teaches us about war and the U.S. military

US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo company pose as they unpack containers of mineral water at Talibjhan base in Afghanistan on January 19, 2011. (Dmitry Kostyukov/AFP/Getty Images) A Case of Strategic Debasement. What the infamous Marine urination video teaches us about war and the U.S. military BY GREGORY D. FOSTER    JANUARY 20, 2012    In These Times More

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Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Hegemony and Its Dilemmas

Tomgram: Noam Chomsky, Hegemony and Its Dilemmas February 14, 2012   Tom Dispatch Back in May 2007, I stumbled across online sketches at the website of a Kansas architectural firm hired to build a monster U.S. embassy-cum-citadel-cum-Greater-Middle-Eastern command center on 104 acres in the middle of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.  They offered an artist’s impressions of what More

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11 Incredible Weapons That Only America Has

11 Incredible Weapons That Only America Has Robert Johnson | Sep. 30, 2011, 7:00 PM | Business Insider The Soviets exploded their first nuclear weapon in 1949. China revealed plans for its own stealth bomber last year. But there are still some weapons the rest of the world doesn't have. Weapons like the MQ9 Reaper Drone, More

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Richard Raznikov> A Tale Of Two Soldiers> Frank and Brad

A Tale Of Two Soldiers by Richard Raznikov   Tuesday, 24 January 2012 05:19   RSN Old-fashioned American values. Staff Sergeant Frank Wuterich led his squad on a killing rampage, kicking in doors, throwing grenades into homes, and machine-gunning everyone inside. Twenty-four died, including seven children. Wuterich and three other Marines were nailed by a snitch More

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Nick Turse> The US Has Special Operations Forces in How Many Countries?

The US Has Special Operations Forces in How Many Countries? The Bush administration had special operations forces in 60 countries. Today, that number is 75—and it’s rising. Nick Turse | Mon Sep. 19, 2011 12:28 PM PDT   Mother Jones This story first appeared on the TomDispatch website. US Army soldiers conduct a patrol through More

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