For the World War II generation there was clarity. The attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec 7, 1941, united the nation as it had never been before -- in the conviction that Japan must be smashed, no matter how long it took or how many lives it cost.
With the US occupation of Afghanistan well into its sixteenth year and the country no closer to becoming a stable democracy than it was in late 2001, Antiwar.com reports that this isn't an "all options are on the table" scenario.
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
Dear Readers: I very much appreciate the support you show for me in your emails. I seldom receive a rude email from you, and when I do it is usually something off subject, such as a reader angry with Israel and unloading on me with an accusation that
"The holding of mass demonstrations and antiwar protests is not enough. What is required is the development of a broad and well organized grassroots antiwar network which challenges the structures of power and authority." (Prof. Michel Chossudovs
At least 9.6 million children, which amounts to 80% of all Yemeni children, are in need of humanitarian assistance. "Nearly 2.2 million children are acutely malnourished and require urgent care.
A US House of Representatives bill establishing control over the Russian Far East ports envisions a show of force and thus amounts to a declaration of war, the chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament's international committee told Sputnik
A US House of Representatives bill establishing control over the Russian Far East ports envisions a show of force and thus amounts to a declaration of war, the chairman of the Russian upper house of parliament's international committee told Sputnik
Relations between Turkey and Russia have been fully restored, President Vladimir Putin said in a meeting with President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Sochi Wednesday.
Lyn Ulbricht (mother of Silk Road Ross Ulbricht) on the book American Kingpin, which incorrectly describes who Ross Ulbricht really is - Ron Paul (Former Congressman; Liberty Activist) on Russia/Syria/N Korea/China - Davi Barker (Arizona Pirate Party
When a prominent Washington peace activist was asked recently to name the leading anti-interventionists in the Senate, he responded, "Rand Paul and Mike Lee," both Republicans.
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
The events on September 11, 2001, changed the world. It was the excuse for the US government to launch military attacks on seven Middle Eastern countries, causing civilian casualties in the millions and sending waves of Muslim refugees into the Weste
Korea specialist Professor Bruce Cumings notes North Korea became a national security fortress-state as a result of "the holocaust the North experienced during the Korean War".
As President Trump wages a rhetorical battle with North Korea over its nuclear program, his secretary of state says the nuclear deal with Iran will now be placed under review.
• http://www.paulcraigroberts.org, Paul Craig Robert
In my long experience in Washington, vice presidents did not make major foreign policy announcements or threaten other countries with war. Not even Dick Cheney stole this role from the weak president George W. Bush.
Recently, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham predictably but mistakenly called for greater United States military involvement in the Syrian civil war, proving they have learned nothing from our history in the Middle East.
The Happiest Dude in America"...Lindsey Graham is giddy over President Trump's new interventionist foreign policy. Wednesday on Fox and Friends he said, "I am like the happiest dude in America right now." "We have got a president and a na
The realized truth of modern history is crystal clear. Washington had no business intervening in a quarrel between two no-count wanna-be dictators (Syngman Rhee and Kim il Sung) on the Korean peninsula in June 1950, and surely has no business still s
If you really look deeply at the "moral justification" behind the recent U.S. military strike in Syria, it all comes down to this simple argument: "Those children were being hurt by chemical violence, and we just HAD to do something to stop th
From "what's so bad about getting along with Russia" to "Russia helped Syria gas civilians" and back, this Administration's Russia policy is all over the place. How can we explain such inconsistencies?
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