The Davis debate

THE stakes in the Raymond Davis saga are getting higher with each passing day. The US president has now himself claimed publicly that Mr Davis has immunity, and sent over Senator John Kerry to assert the same. This question is, however, far from clear-cut. For one, the actual role of Mr Davis here still remains murky. Even if one assumes he was performing consularor diplomatic duties, the Vienna Convention provides different levels of immunity to various foreign representatives. According to the State Department’s own guidelines for American...

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US Predator Drone Strikes Violate Just War Doctrinal Principles

Editor's NOTE:Predator Drone remote controlled missile attacks are inherently immoral. Their use violates the Just War Doctrinal Corpus in multiple ways. For example;  a war is always unjust if there is an obvious lack of proportionality either because the "means" employed are grossly unsuited (read overkill here) to...

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Is The Army Tightening Its Grip On Egypt?

By Robert FiskFebruary 14, 2011 "The Independent" - -Two days after millions of Egyptians won their revolution against the regime of Hosni Mubarak, the country's army – led by Mubarak's lifelong friend, General Mohamed el-Tantawi – further consolidated its power over Egypt yesterday, dissolving parliament and suspending the constitution. As they did so, the prime minister appointed by Mubarak, ex-General Ahmed Shafiq, told Egyptians that his first priorities were "peace and security" to prevent "chaos and disorder" – the very slogan...

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The Shame Of Being An American...

By Paul Craig RobertsGlobal ResearchFebruary 15, 2011  The United States government has overestimated the amount of shame that it and American citizens can live down. On February 15 “the indispensable people” had to suffer the hypocrisy of the U.S. Secretary of State delivering a speech about America’s commitment to Internet freedom while the U.S. Department of Justice (sic) brought unconstitutional action against Twitter to reveal any connection between WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning, the American hero who, in keeping with the U.S. Military...

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