The US and War Crimes in the War on Terror
By Melvin Goodman / CounterPunch “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” – Thucydides, 5th Century BC. For the past two decades, the International…
Why America Might Want to Lower Its Expectations
Rebecca Gordon, author of American Nuremberg, reminds us, lest you think otherwise, this country remains all too exceptional, even if in ways that couldn’t be more unnerving.
Rebecca Gordon: The U.S. Deserves Its Own Nuremberg Trials
Nazi Germany’s crimes and the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan may not be so different in the eyes of international law.