US, Security Council to “Voice Support” for Saleh to Step Down Saleh is likely to reject hollow UN resolution for the GCC plan to transfer power to another pliable dictator
Torture is Systemic in Afghan Prisons, UN Report Finds No prosecutions for torturers have yet been initiated and the likelihood that US officials will be held accountable is remote
So-Called Changes in Afghan War Strategy Denote More of the Same A shift from country-wide military occupation to targeted special ops strategy could justify another decade of war in Afghanistan
Syrian Forces Open Fire on Civilians at a Funeral-Turned-Protest The killing of a prominent Kurdish activist and the brutality of security forces against the Kurds in the north is provoking renewed anti-Assad outrage
NATO: 25 Insurgents Killed in Response to Coordinated Attack on US Bases The large-scale assault against occupation forces is a sign of a still strong insurgency
Saleh Claims He is Ready to Step Down, Again Previous broken promises and renewed US support for the dictatorship show that Saleh's words are just words
Obama Marks Decade in Afghanistan With False Statements on Wars Obama claimed America has been made safer and that the wars are drawing to an end, despite facts to the contrary
Romney Calls for a Century of American Dominance Romney's belligerent foreign policy speech struggled to suggest a difference between Bush, Obama, and himself
