With Libya deep in a civil war with no clear end in sight, NATO has just approved an extension of its military mission in the country.

In Libya, NATO is insistent on deposing Muammar Gaddafi, but their rebel allies are simply not up to the job. Gaddafi’s forces are better armed and better trained. On the other hand, NATO and the United States don’t want to deploy the ground forces that deposing Gaddafi would normally require, so what is happening is [...]

We are now engaged in an illegal war against Libya. Yesterday, the official 60-day window for the War Powers Act expired, and there was no action to approve military use by Congress, yet we continue to be involved in direct military action in Libya. With this, a new precedent has been firmly established. The President [...]

There is a time during the early part of a popular uprising when things can go relatively well. The despot or the military leaders of a quick coup could decide that with people on the street and international pressure, the smart thing to do is take the peaceful “retirement package.” That is where, in exchange [...]

In an op-ed for the New Hampshire Union Leader, Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney attacked President Obama for a “peacetime spending binge,” as pointed out by Greg Sargent. From the Op-ed: Barack Obama is facing a financial emergency on a grander scale. Yet his approach has been to engage in one of the biggest peacetime [...]

I’m truly amazed that President Obama is willing to make a show of pretending to care about the issue of deficit reduction while literally, at the same time, increasing spending on a war kinetic military action with no clear end in sight in a country that even his Defense Secretary admits isn’t a vital interest [...]

We finally have the documentary proof showing the important role oil companies played in the lead up to the war in Iraq. From the Independent: The documents were not offered as evidence in the ongoing Chilcot Inquiry into the UK’s involvement in the Iraq war. In March 2003, just before Britain went to war, Shell [...]

As was entirely predictable, the “airstrikes only” campaign in Libya failed to bring down the well-armed and well-financed regime of Moammar Gadhafi . So, what is John McCain’s solution? Even more airstrikes. From the Hill: McCain, the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said the U.S. should revive its air attacks to incapacitate [...]

Right after President Obama took office, one of his very first promises was to close down the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, which had become known internationally as a shameful mark against the US. This promise has yet to be fulfilled. I have been led to believe this broken promise isn’t really Obama’s fault [...]

Recent polling has already shown that the American people are fairly divided about our war kinetic military action with Libya, but if you introduce the issue of the operation’s huge price tag likely voters overwhelmingly believe it isn’t worth the cost. A new poll from the Hill finds that, by a by a two-to-one margin, [...]