Defeat of the Drones

The continued silence provides the occupation with cover to persist in killing and siege.

[T]he Republican Party is now a coalition of religious conservatives, the social and economic right, and libertarian oligarchs. For their part, the Democrats have become a broad “tent” uniting liberals, moderates, and socialists.

[T]heirs is not a clash between East and West, nor between democracy and authoritarianism, but between two versions of American destiny.

if you create a problem yourself in order to later partially solve it — can that really still be considered a success?