Sunday, April 6, 2025

Lies that led to the Afghan war

We must learn to be skeptical of both our political leaders and our mass media, when they give us reasons for going to war.

New bill introduced to hold US military accountable to civilian casualties

“Maximizing transparency will prevent further loss of life.”

Half million Ukrainian refugees and counting, says UN office

One refugee expressed hope "that the bombs stop. That the killing stops. And that we can go home again."

Drone Whistleblowers Step Out of the Shadows

In Washington’s drone wars, collateral damage comes home.

The killing of Gaza’s environment

Or how to create an unlivable hellscape on one strip of land.

Is a Chinese invasion of Taiwan imminent?

Could Washington be in a Tizzy over nothing?

Senators condemn Biden’s military aid to Egypt amid rights abuses

Lawmakers argued that Egypt’s authoritarian regime under President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi has shown little to no improvement in its human rights record, despite U.S. pressure.
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Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression, UN says

The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.

Dangerously Coherent: Hillary Clinton and Washington’s Foreign Policy Bubble

It will be up to the American people to push Hillary Clinton if she’s elected to realize this promise and not damage it with yet more intervention and military violence.
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Will John Bolton’s dream to bomb Iran come true? Ex-Iranian ambassador warns about US...

"The strategy of John Bolton is a war, a sanction war, economic war on Iranian nation in order to push them to bring a regime change within inside Iran."