International Political Will

There may be a new administration in the U.S., but tell that to Iraqis, Afghans, or Pakistanis.

Even China’s Prime Minister Wen Jaibao is paying for Bush’s eight years of failure.
Less than three days after taking office, President Obama has continued the failed U.S. policy of dropping bombs from unmanned drones to fight the so-called “war [...]

Two weeks after the terrorist attacks in Mumbai by Islamic militants shocked the world, a bomb outside a bank in a quiet suburb of Salem, Oregon, killed two law enforcement officers and seriously wounded a third.
The suspect has been charged with murder, manufacturing and possession of a dangerous device, assault, and conspiracy. Although the suspect [...]

A status-of-forces agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq – an agreement that has been contentiously debated all year as we approach the end of the United Nations mandate allowing U.S. troops to operate in Iraq – has been approved by the Iraqi cabinet in a nearly unanimous vote.
The avid support by the Iraqi [...]

The strings of America’s mainstream media are pulled so tight by the neo-conservative administration, I doubt they even realize when they regurgitate a talking point in the guise of “news.”

The Surge worked.
The Sunni Awakening.

Both of these Orwellian mantras are heard daily on every news outlet. Yet they’re no more than neo-con talking points distributed through [...]

If a journalist prints only what is politically acceptable or regurgitated government propaganda, it’s their choice. If they abdicate their own freedom of speech, it’s their reputation, their ethics, and their standards that will float down the gutter and into the cistern of sewage that has become the American mainstream media.
But why would an [...]