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Category: Foreign Policy

Of Dogs and People

by Marcel Ophüls | Jul 23, 2015 | Foreign Policy, Politics

  Switzerland is a great country, if you like mountains, lakes, secret bank accounts, especially at 2,100 meters altitude, with a view of Monte Rosa and the Matterhorn, which I once climbed as a college kid—ages ago in 1948. As it happens, as I write, it is the 150th anniversary in Zermatt of the day […]

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Sarin Gas Cover-Up Continues

by Barbara Koeppel | May 15, 2015 | Foreign Policy

  Editor’s Note: In April 2015, The Washington Spectator published investigative reporter Barbara Koeppel’s account of a cover-up in which Defense Department (DOD) officials refused to admit that veterans of the 1991 Gulf War were exposed to sarin gas when they blew up Saddam Hussein’s chemical weapons bunkers at Khamisiyah. Koeppel reported that despite veterans’ […]

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Accounting for the Pentagon

by Peter Certo | May 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy, Politics

  A battle is raging over how much money Americans will sink into the Pentagon next year. At least, that’s what it looks like. The Republican Party’s deficit hawks have clashed with its defense hawks over another hike in military spending. President Barack Obama, meanwhile, has vowed to veto any spending bill that underfunds his […]

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A Farewell to Arms?

by Lou Dubose | May 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy, Politics

  In 2002, as U.S. military forces mobilized to invade Iraq, Iran possessed 200 centrifuges to enrich uranium. By 2009, that number had grown to 7,000. By 2013, Iran had acquired 20,000, with more than 10,000 enriching uranium. The acquisition of centrifuges, and the bringing of existing centrifuges online, was stopped by the P5+1 negotiations […]

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Manufacturing a ‘Good Adversary’ in Tehran

by Gareth Porter | Apr 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy

  When the United States began marathon negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program in the framework of the P5+1 nations, many observers anticipated that the U.S. would begin softening its stance toward Iran as its primary enemy in world politics. But that has not happened. The Obama administration insists Iran will remain an adversary […]

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Bad Faith Documentary

Bad Faith

“A great and powerful and timely film” – Ken Burns

Critics are raving about BAD FAITH, the sensational expose of Christian Nationalism from directors Stephen Ujlaki and Chris Jones

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“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024”Variety

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