International Political Will

America has long claimed to be a “shining city on a hill,” a righteous nation that has been called to spread freedom throughout the world. Critics claim that this ideology can create an agenda that is impossible to live up to, and that such ideologies belong in the minds of superheroes in comic books.
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The fruitless peace deals that have been reached and subsequently broken by both sides in the Middle East over the years seemed to be missing something, but Syria and Israel may have found it.
It seems impossible that a conflict fueled by both religion and deep cultural roots in the land can be solved by the [...]

It started as targeted air strikes against specific Al Qaeda militants in a southern area of Somalia.
The media took their cue from the administration and reported that revenge was at hand - those responsible for the 1998 American Embassy bombings in Tanzania and Kenya were served justice.
Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the strike was [...]

Can you hear it? Faintly, softly - but ever encroaching - the drumbeat of war. The rich and powerful with everything to gain but nothing to lose from the slaughter of innocent lives - be they American soldiers or brown and Muslim civilians - are once again using propaganda, rhetoric and misinformation to [...]

Congress is considering raising minimum wage for the first time in 10 years but not without a fight. The usual suspects are spouting talking points straight from their economics courses that such an increase will signal the end of small businesses. They point to the recent “growth” of the U.S. economy as proof [...]