Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on September 11, 2001: CBS News has learned that barely five hours after American Airlines Flight 77 plowed into the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld was telling his aides to come up with plans for striking Iraq — even though there was no evidence linking Saddam Hussein to the attacks. … Continue reading We are so screwed

He's still more than a month and a half away from officially becoming our president, but Donald Trump is already making quite an impression among leaders around the world. We already know that he and Vladimir Putin get along well, and it probably shouldn't come as a surprise that a number of other authoritarian bros … Continue reading Trump around the world

Recently the Washington Post's "Monkey Cage" blog published a piece discussing the findings of a 36 nation African survey that asked people for their views on the importance of democracy and the degree to which their own countries were democratically governed. The report found that, while fewer people view democracy positively than did in similar … Continue reading Surprise election results: West African edition

ISIS is reportedly down to its "last stand" in the Libyan city of Sirte, left controlling only about "two blocks," which at the rate that operation is going could mean another three months of fighting. Still, it's good news. Here, on the other hand, is something that is not good news: Rival armed factions battled … Continue reading Just when you thought it was safe to plan that Libyan vacation