US militarism. Out of the bottle.

"The Iraq War, more than any other single factor, *created* ISIS."

@stephenwalt on making the same mistakes again.

Thorough analysis.

@jricole: "Emerson is consistent."

More on the F-35 mega-boondoggle.

The useless, mega-expensive F-35 fighter jet.

@jricole has incisive comment.

As ever, the New Yorker nails it.

@duncan3ross crunches the numbers. (Hi, Duncan!)

"Who gave it to you?" "The King of Sweden."

Another win in the war on - who, exactly???

@ForeignPolicy's pessimistic 2014 outlook.

US complicity.

No comment.

Lib Dem fail.

The Rolling Stone article about the Boston bomber.

A European take on Snowden.

Pakistani police stopped Osama Bin Laden for speeding - but let him go.

Roger Mac Ginty examines the use (or not) of the 't' word.

"What the UK leads on is exporting the policy, laws and, increasingly, the actual technology of political suppression and social control to some of the nastiest countries in the world."

As it happened.

Yes.

US government seizes funds for book about Kony. No kidding.

Oops.

My good friend JA talks about terrorism, religion and books.

"a military patrol mistakenly opened fire on the presidential convoy" - oops.

Iraq was more important.

Republicans and the Resolve Fairy.

"If Burns is correct that Iran is America's number one adversary in the world then truly the United States has little to worry about. Iran is a second rate military power, lacks an active nuclear program, is deeply isolated in the Middle East, has a poorly performing economy and has few allies or friends."