Contrary to popular belief, the U.S. actually has 189,000 personnel on the ground in Afghanistan right now -- and that number is quickly rising...BRING THEM HOME NOW, AND DON"T SEND ANY MORE!..There has been too much needless death and destruction already

What is the justification for waging an illegal war on a country of 28 million people? What justifies Obama's military surge? Where is Osama Bin Laden? To this date there is no proof that Al Qaeda was behind the 9/11 attacks! WHY ARE WE THERE?

Big U.S. banks have lots of reasons for holiday cheer as they count their bonuses and block reform. In this guest essay, Michael Winship marvels at the arrogance of New York's big banks and the ineptitude of Washington's political process...R.I.P. Santa?

If Israel's government, its media and perhaps most of its people want to live inside a bubble of unreality, that's their business. When the US government joins Israel inside its bubble of unreality, if you are an American, then it's your business!

For the past year the American public has expected Barack Obama to bring all documentation forward concerning his birth certification in a televised address to his nation. His counter-evidence should have been forthcoming as these questions arose!

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered to add Israeli systems and munitions to a new U.S.-built fighter jet and deliver it to Israel by 2015, provided a deal is sealed in coming months.

More than 251 times as many people have been killed in Afghanistan and Iraq than in the ghastly attacks of September 11, 2001. More than 108 times as many people have been killed in these wars and occupations than in all terrorist attacks to date.

Dropping bombs and killing civilians angers whole populations and creates ill will to the perpetrators. Bombings to vanquish the al-Qaeda network is like hitting a mature dandelion with a golf club. It just ensures another generation of al-Qaeda. Rethink?

Tonight, with the aid of some 60 Democrats, women's rights were effectively negated by the US Congress as the House passed the Stupak amendment to HR 3962, the Affordable Health Care Act of 2009.

Afghanistan, service men and women are already facing repeated deployments, oftentimes while having already been diagnosed with medical and mental conditions that should render them unfit for deployment, even if they have been diagnosed with severe PTSD.