You can always count on the neocons in Congress to ignore reality, ignore evidence, and ignore common sense in their endless drive to get us involved in another war. Last week, for example, Senators John McCain (R-AZ), Lindsey Graham (R-NC), Bob Menendez (D-NJ), and others joined up to introduce what Senator Graham called “the sanctions bill from hell,” aimed at applying “crushing” sanctions... 

U.S. military advisor in Vietnam, ca. 1967-75. Several hundred advisors sent to Vietnam in 1955 eventually resulted in 500,000 U.S. troops, more than a million dead Indochinese and 55,000 dead U.S. soldiers. Photo: U.S. Department of Defense. Senate Democrats are standing behind Obama and his “limited plan to reengage in Iraq” in a declared effort to prevent the country from falling to ISIS fanatics... 

Senate Democrats are standing behind Obama and his “limited plan to reengage in Iraq” in a declared effort to prevent the country from falling to ISIS fanatics trained by the U.S. government. Officials told Politico targeted military strikes against ISIS in Syria are also “on the table.” Democrats consider the former al-Qaeda affiliate a threat to U.S. national security. “We have to think... 

The US Senate has approved Senator John Kerry as the next secretary of state by a wide majority. On Tuesday, the Senate voted 94 to 3 in favor of President Barack Obama’s nominee for the post, after the chamber’s Foreign Relations Committee endorsed the Kerry nomination earlier in the day. Republicans and Democrats praised the 69-year-old as the ideal successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton,...