Democracy and American interests

Ordinary Americans, academics and intelligentsia have lived with an image of the good society cast in their own ideology and historical experience. Naturally, at the popular level, Americans want to see the entire world transformed according to their ideas of an enlightened...

Neocons Discredit Intel in Haste to Attack Iran

"Excerpt: In the struggle over U.S. policy toward Iran, neoconservatives in the George W. Bush administration spoiling for an attack on Iran's nuclear sites have been seeking to convince the public that the United States must strike before an Iranian nuclear weapons...

Attacking terrorists in other countires

Does the US have the right to launch attacks in other countries (especially those who are allies in the war on teror)?  Will the US launch susch an attack on a Western ally? WIll the US accept and attack on its own terrority on the same pretext? Will the US accept civilan...

Defying US, Chavez pushes for Spanish military deal (Reuters)

Reuters - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said his government will go ahead with the purchase of Spanish military aircraft and naval vessels even as he accused the U.S. government of pressuring Madrid to halt the transaction.