The U.S. Is Now Betraying the Kurds for the Eighth Time
Nothing in this world is certain except death, taxes, and America betraying the Kurds.
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How Voice of America Persian Became a Trump Administration PR Machine
Journalists at the U.S. government-funded VOA Persian have been lashing out at people they deem unsupportive of President Donald Trump’s Iran policy.
Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, and the Rewriting of Iraq War History
Law scholar Marjorie Cohn and journalist Sam Husseini are this week’s guests.
Democrats Want to End Endless Wars, With a Catch
Many Democratic 2020 contenders support continuing special forces and paramilitary activity that has been devastating for civilians.
Part One: Manufacturing the Carnage
Donald Trump is an autocratic nightmare wrapped in incompetence, made in the USA.
Washington’s Right-Wing Consensus on Israel Faces a Reckoning in Three New York Congressional Races
Eliot Engel and Jerry Nadler, among the most pro-Israel Democrats, are facing primaries from the left. Nita Lowey, another pro-Israel hawk, is retiring.
Donald Trump Just Admitted That It Makes Sense for America’s Enemies to Get Nuclear Weapons
Trump noted that the overthrow of Moammar Gaddafi in 2011 sent foreign leaders a lesson: Disarmament can lead to your own personal doom.
As in Afghanistan, Ending Our Endless Wars Will Not Be Painless
Ending endless wars means listening to your foes — whether the Afghan Taliban or the extremist intellectual in Jordan that inspired Al Qaeda.
Will a Quiet Week in Afghanistan Lay the Groundwork for Peace?
The weeklong reduction in violence was pitched as a trust-building measure that, if successful, could set the stage for a formal truce with the Taliban.
Everyone Is Denouncing the Syrian Rebels Now Slaughtering Kurds. But Didn't the U.S. Once Support Some of Them?
It’s a lazy, cynical rewriting of history to pretend these groups have nothing to do with the U.S., or were never backed by the U.S., in their current form.