Category: Foreign Policy
M.J. Rosenberg: Only Muslim Nuclear Bombs Scare Us
by M.J. Rosenberg | Apr 5, 2013 | Foreign Policy, National SecurityThe Obama administration, Congress and the media are finally showing some concern about the threats that have been emanating from North Korea since the beginning of the year. The Pentagon is moving an advanced anti-missile system to Guam just in case North Korea’s threats turn out to be more substantial than the administration clearly thinks […]
M.J. Rosenberg: Democrats Are Just Not That Into Israel Anymore
by WS Editors | Apr 2, 2013 | Foreign Policy, PoliticsA new Pew Research Center poll demonstrates that Republicans are much more sympathetic to Israel than Democrats, a wider partisan divergence than has ever existed before. The poll finds that when asked if their sympathies are more with Israelis or Palestinians, 66 percent of Republicans choose Israel compared with 49 percent of independents and just […]
Speaker’s Corner: Ghosts of the Vietnam War
by Nick Turse | Apr 1, 2013 | Foreign Policy, MediaJust over 40 years ago, the United States signed an “Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam.” It did neither. President Richard Nixon called it “peace with honor.” But it wasn’t. All the agreement did was end direct U.S. involvement in the war, but certainly not the war itself, nor the conflict […]
Inbox: The Leveretts’ Brave Book
by WS Editors | Mar 26, 2013 | Books, Foreign PolicyThe authors of Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran, Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann Leverett, support the Islamic Republic of Iran, a fundamentalist totalitarian regime. Their book (reviewed by Chase Madar in “Obama in Tehran,” March 2013) is full of hypocrisy and blatant misrepresentation. […]
Diplomatic Impunity: Trafficking Women to the United States
by Yuko Narushima | Mar 1, 2013 | Foreign Policy, Legal AffairsNew York City Three Filipina women crowd the kitchen of a New York City apartment, ribbing one another over a bubbling fish stew. The eldest, Dema Ramos, is an exceptional cook and has given up trying to suppress her laughter. This outwardly serious mother of five is forcing sweet dough into the funnel of a […]
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
“One of the Ten Best Films of 2024” – Variety