Category: Foreign Policy
Sarin Gas Cover-Up Continues
by Barbara Koeppel | May 15, 2015 | Foreign PolicyEditor’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’ […]
Accounting for the Pentagon
by Peter Certo | May 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsA 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 […]
A Farewell to Arms?
by Lou Dubose | May 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsIn 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 […]
Manufacturing a ‘Good Adversary’ in Tehran
by Gareth Porter | Apr 1, 2015 | Foreign PolicyWhen 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 […]
The Lies Still Killing Gulf War Vets
by Barbara Koeppel | Apr 1, 2015 | Foreign Policy“Every effort was made for years to hide the truth and deny the medical research needed to fully treat the U.S. troops suffering from Gulf War Syndrome. —Former U.S. Senator Don Riegle, 2014. During and immediately after the first gulf War, more than 200,000 of 700,000 U.S. troops sent to Iraq and Kuwait in […]