By Jan 13,2009

Was “Black Hawk Down” a war crime?

An American war crime, that is. 800 Somali civilians dead compared to 18 American soldiers. Jeffrey Goldberg asks Mark Bowden whether or not the Americans committed a war crime. Bowden’s...

By Jan 13,2009

Nuclear sticker shock

The U.S. budget for nuclear programs shows misplaced priorities, colleagues say. We’re spending at least $52.4 billion a year on our nuclear budget, and only a tiny fraction of it...

By Jan 12,2009

Huh

Posted without comment because I’m hard at work at my day job. Apparently, Hamas might be cracking: Sharp differences emerged at a meeting in Cairo yesterday between two Hamas representatives...

By Jan 12,2009

On War Crimes

George Bisharat, writing in the Wall Street Journal, makes some noises about Israel’s war crimes in Gaza. A question to those out there that are supporters of international justice: do...

By Jan 12,2009

Truth

Here’s an elegantly-put provocative thought which I happen to agree with: The United States government has always engaged in war crimes and human rights violations. What’s different this decade is...