There is a new normal in America: our government may shut down, but our wars continue. Congress may not be able to pass a budget, but the U.S. military can still launch commando raids in Libya and Somalia, the Afghan War can still be prosecuted, Italy can be garrisoned by American troops (putting the empire back in Rome), Africa can be used as an imperial ...

[caption id="attachment_29783" align="alignright" width="150"] US Secretary of State John Kerry[/caption] US Secretary of State John Kerry has defended Washingtons recent military operations in Libya and Somalia for targeting terrorists. "We hope that this makes clear that the United States of America will never stop in its effort to hold those accountable ...

President Barack Obama told the U.N. General Assembly that the diplomatic path to resolving the Iranian nuclear dispute must be tested.Obama acknowledged past statements opposing nuclear weapons by top Iranian leaders. Andhe sugggested that a nuclear deal could serve as a major step down a long road towards a different [U.S.-Iran] relationship one ...

[caption id="attachment_51936" align="alignright" width="180"] Kenyan troops surround Nairobis Westgate shopping mall where a militant attack left at least 39 people dead and 150 more injured on September 21, 2013.[/caption] At face value, and how the Western media is attempting to portray it, the Westgate Mall siege in Kenya's capital city of Nairobi ...

WASHINGTON President Obamas aides were stunned at what their boss had to say when he summoned them to the Oval Office on Friday at 7 p.m., on the eve of what they believed could be a weekend when American missiles streaked again across the Middle East. President Obama on Saturday presented his most fervent case yet that Syria needed to be punished ...