Of War and Other Idiocies
At least 21 people were killed today in a series of bomb blasts across Baghdad. RICHARD LUTZ reports on how this story will never end. And just never should be forgotten.
UK foreign policy key to tackling extremism
Reyhana Patel dares to raise the possibility that UK foreign policy may be the real issue that’s ignored when tackling extremism in the UK
Better This Time? Afghanistan as the “Graveyard of Empires” 1979-2014
The 25th anniversary of the Afghanistan withdrawal announcement by the Soviet Union
The Super Bowl, Politics and Afghanistan
The annual Super Bowl is gone. But it summons up images that America wants to ignore, says Richard Lutz
Foreign Office at odds with the MOD
Andy Goff drones on about government hypocrisy and inter-departmental confusion over killing people.
The hypocrisy of Obama and the media
Robin Clarke has been watching the news unfold over the last few days and smells the stink of hypocrisy.
The UK Way
From Richard Lutz Britain says torture is illegal. And continually and stridently has it said that. So there is no way that Tony Blair’s administration has ever kidnapped a man, his wife and his children, forced them onto a dark plane, flown them halfway round the globe, offered them up to a murderous tyrant and…
Recording conflict casualties: A vital effort that NATO must join
“Who is responsible for recording and documenting the names of the dead?”, asks NATO Watch director Ian Davis
Droneworld
More drone attack planes for Britain. But what’s behind it, asks Richard Lutz
Wounded at Birmingham Rep
As British military casualties continue to return from the war in Afghanistan, Wounded – an emotional new play by Jenny Stephens – tells the stories of two soldiers, fighting a century apart
Besmirching the memory
According to its website the British National Party (BNP) is to pay Birmingham a visit on Sunday, October 7th, in its guise as the “British Veterans’ Group”.
Transatlantic survey reveals NATO has still to convince public that Alliance is essential for their security
The German Marshall Fund has recently released its eleventh Transatlantic Trends survey. It charts US and European public opinion on a range of transatlantic issues, including foreign policy challenges, support for NATO, the economy, and the rise of other world powers.