The US fought the "war on terror" for more than 20 years -- it's ongoing. It not only cost trillions of dollars and more than a million lives, but radically and permanently eroded core civil liberties for Americans.
Now, someone the DOJ called an Al Qaeda terrorist less than a year ago is welcomed to the WH.
No word is more meaningless and manipulated than "terrorist." It means nothing, yet is at the center of our discourse, and shapes the most potent government powers and laws. Its lack of a fixed meaning is what makes it so useful, and so dangerous.
This is a tragedy.
Dick Cheney was a murderous war criminal - and he should have been tried for his crimes.
According to a Brown University study, between 4.5-4.7 million people died in the post-9/11 wars.
It's on us to make sure today's war criminals don't cheat justice.
Watching Ricky Gervais go dead silent about the right of a comedian to offend anyone they want now that it means more than pissing off college students is gonna be the first funny thing he’s done since The Office ended.
They always mimic the salute but never the bit where Mussolini is hanged, or Hitler blows his brains out in his bunker. Apparently that would be taking the joke too far.