1000 Iraqis were killed by terrorist attacks in July.

As Obama talks about punishing Assad for using toxic weapons, we should not forget that the US has done this too, repeatedly.

Assad cannot excuse use of chemical weapons by saying "The US did it too." Both Assad and the US are wrong. If we put Assad on a list to be "sent a message", the US government should be at the top of the list.

Dissidents and human rights lawyers in the United Arab Emirates have been sentenced to long prison terms.

J Edgar Hoover's persistent surveillance of Martin Luther King Jr.

Terrorists can kill people, but to threaten the survival of a free nation as the US or UK requires "anti-terror" measures.