2007 was an incredibly frustrating year for opponents of the seemingly endless "War on Terror," and all that it is used to justify. 

Democratic control of Congress had little impact on U.S. foreign policy and progressive lawmakers made little progress towards ending the disastrous occupation of Iraq.  

The legal black hole in Guantanamo Bay remains the most visible symbol of America's global clandestine detention system, and, incredibly, the same hawks who sold the invasion and occupation of Iraq are still given credible hearings in the media - this time around they're trying to pitch an attack on Iran that would potentially make the debacle in Iraq look like the cakewalk that the neo-cons originally promised. 

2007: Top Ten Tales of War & Empire