Monday, September 16, 2024

12 ways the US invasion of Iraq lives on in infamy

“Today, it is we Americans who live in infamy.”

The World the Iraq War Made

One can only guess what the world would look like had the 2003 invasion never occurred.

US intervention in UN resolution escalates Israeli assault on Gaza

The recent escalation in Gaza, resulting from Israel's intensified military actions, has led to a significant increase in civilian casualties and displacement.

Defections are crucial to ending Putin’s war—Russian soldiers looking for a way out need...

U.S. antiwar veterans back a strategy of offering sanctuary and legal advice to defecting Russian troops.

Why won’t Biden wave the magic wand in his hand to stop Israel?

If stopping genocide is not a good enough reason for Biden to rein in Israel’s blood thirst, is losing the 2024 election a risk he’s willing to take?

Global call for arms embargo on Israel gains limited US support

More than 200 lawmakers from 13 countries recently unified in an unprecedented statement, voicing their staunch opposition to their nations' arms exports to Israel.

Activists rally in front of Trump Tower in Chicago to protest Syria missile strikes

When President Obama was faced with the same questions of intervention in 2013 after Assad and the Syrian government was accused of gassing its own people, many leading republicans came out and condemned a quick action.

States of Terror

We waded into conflicts in the Middle East we did not understand, propelled forward by fantasy. And our folly spawned a death spiral of political, social and economic collapse, widespread poverty, massive displacement, misery and radical jihadism.
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Trump sends troops to the Turkish-Syrian border

Trump is in the position of trying to separate and make peace among two American allies.

America’s major challenges in Middle East policy in 2017

Trump’s announced Iran policy is a mess, and it remains to be seen if he can shape it into something meaningful.