Roger Cohen observes that “the current accountability void for U.S. targeted killing is unacceptable.” Where to begin?
For one thing, the “accountability void” for U.S. violence in general is pretty unacceptable, too. Like, say, Gitmo. Or torture. Or illegal wars. Or the hiring of mercenaries. The mercenaries themselves. I could go on…
So really, Roger Cohen is [...]

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This should have appeared on Tuesday as part of my promise two or three months ago to resume twice weekly posting in January. But that promise was made before a) I got a stomach virus, b) my oven caught fire, c) I got a head cold and d) I lost my [...]

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Frank Rich gets to the heart of magical thinking that guides American foreign policy:
Americans want our country to be secure. Most want Obama to succeed. And so we hope that we won’t get bogged down in Afghanistan while our adversaries regroup elsewhere, that the casualties and costs can be contained, that the small, primitive Afghan [...]

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This cartoon will change your mind. Whatever you think now, you will stop thinking after reading this cartoon. In fact, you will stop thinking, period. Your brain will shut down. Soon all other biological processes will cease to function and you will begin to decompose. Before reading this cartoon, call your attorney to update your [...]

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Pulling out of my funk, I posted a new cartoon (as I warned on twitter and FB, it’s tasteless and unsubtle – suitably, I think) that I have been stewing on for two weeks about the Pentagon’s request for troop escalations in Afghanistan. Oddly I thought this would be a bit post-date, but today Obama [...]

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