For every nameless victim of a US hellfire missile fired by a pilot singing "Bye-bye Miss American Pie", there are hundreds of thousands more killed in America's wars of aggression.

Blair is oblivious to what the public think of him – many believe he should be on trial in the Hague -- held to account for his war crimes -- not attempting a political comeback.

The Olympics, as with sport in general, holds up a mirror to society and what is being played out in London reflects a legacy of the war on terror and deregulation of unbridled corporate power.

Blair might be mad to want a comeback. But we would be even madder to allow it to happen. Luckily there are too many people around the world who want Blair held to account to let it happen.

You can now say things about Muslims that you cannot say about any other group or minority, says Mehdi Hasan, and asks who's with him in refusing to allow the Islamophobes to win.

Will a new government legitimised by the ballot box be able to rein in the militias and re-establish law and order? Or will the militiamen continue to jail, torture and kill with impunity?

How is Obama going to ask one of his soldiers to be the last man to die in Afghanistan or a soldier of any country which have soldiers being killed and maimed for nothing?

Whether Netanyahu is a mad dog about to bomb Iran or using threatening logic to provoke more oil sanctions, the effect is the same: pre-election Obama is playing Israel's game to the hilt.

Starting or fanning brushfire wars on several continents could lead to raging wildfires that spread unpredictably and prove difficult, if not impossible, to quench. 

What women all over Afghanistan really need is an end to war, real security, respect for the law, food, clean water, and access to education. That would be authentic progress.