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United States

In Afghan Negotiations, Who's at the Table?

Real negotiations mean everyone who has a legitimate stake in the outcome of Afghanistan must be at the table.

Obama: President of Cant

Has US foreign policy really changed since the departure of Bush and the arrival of Obama?

Can a Security Council "Coalition of the Unwilling" Defy Washington's Sanctions Crusade?

Sanctions that don't work vs. diplomacy that does

Renewed U.S. efforts to bring sanctions against Iran are more backlash for being snubbed in favour of a tripartite deal with Turkey and Brazil than they are about nuclear proliferation. A UN Security Council coalition may be able to block U.S. pressure for sanctions that would only punish Iranian civilians.

Why the U.S. Still Doesn't Get the Message - 35 Years Since the Fall of Saigon

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After the Vietnam War, the US repeated its pledge (the first time being after the Korean War) never to enter into a quagmire like that again. And yet it has. In Iraq and Afghanistan, the US has no clear enemy, no clear goals, no clear exit strategies and apparently no limit to the costs borne by citizens in the US and elsewhere. The current US “quagmires” will contribute to a global power shift away from the US, Gabriel Kolko argues.

The land of national health care

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Britain’s National Health Service is much more effective than the US’ privately-run system. But Britons may not be spared the US’ healthcare nightmare for much longer.

Why I'm breaking the law for health care

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We're standing up to insurance companies and demanding the reform our country so desperately needs.

Department of Defense, Inc.

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Instead of Pentagon fighting healtcare for the lion's share of US budget, introducing a National Defense Medicare bill, lodged inside the Pentagon budget, would assume health care as just one more task in the unending challenge of defending our besieged nation.

The Pentagon: Gargantua’s mouth

With no real military dangers threathening the US, the Pentagon has to invent them to justify its multi-billion dollar budget. And the bill is presented to the taxpayers.

Decline of decency

Instead of discussing the ethical dimension of the US foreign policy, the national debate in the US still rages around how many more crimes the government should commit to ensure “security.”

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