Cold War Two During Cold War One those of us in the American radical left were often placed in the position where we had to defend the Soviet Union because the US government was using…
Category: Iraq
Outside of Israel and its organized supporters in the major Zionist organizations, world public opinion and most experts in international law see the Jewish State’s invasion of Gaza and its systematic attack on civilians and basic infrastructure as a crime against humanity. The purpose of this essay is 4-fold: 1. To identify the nature of the crime – the genocidal character of the armed assault and the sequence leading up to it; 2. To identify the direct perpetrators of the war crimes and their domestic and international accomplices; 3. To explain the ties binding leaders, policymakers, propagandists, accomplices and followers, including their ideologies, material interests and organizational structure which make these crimes not only possible, but met so far with impunity and 4. To identify the larger imperial interests with which Israel allies with the US, and in pursuit of which, the Gaza assault is a horrifying dress rehearsal.
The consequence of Washington’s reckless and irresponsible political and military interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria has been to unleash evil. The various sects that lived in peace under the rule of Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, and Assad are butchering one another, and a new group, ISIS, is in the process of creating a new state out of parts of Iraq and Syria. The turmoil brought into the Middle East by the Bush and Obama regimes has meant death and displacement for millions and untold future deaths. As I write 40,000 Iraqis are stranded on a mountain top without water awaiting death at the hands of ISIS, a creation of US meddling.
By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.—Psalms 137:1 Heads of the IDF Southern and Northern Commands reached the headlines on August 11, 2014. The first acknowledged…
“Putin in difficult position over Ukraine: Analyst” Press TV has conducted an interview with Brian Becker, with the ANSWER Coalition, from Washington, about the Ukrainian government’s violent crackdown in its eastern regions, which has caused a humanitarian crisis….
A Dispatch from the Israeli Occupied Land of Palestine (Part I) http://www.4thmedia.org/2014/07/a-dispatch-from-the-israeli-occupied-land-of-palestine-part-i/ July 15 2014 Day Three: Placing the besieged Arab community of East Jerusalem in a chokehold On my first morning at the hotel…
The consequence of Washington’s reckless and irresponsible political and military interventions in Iraq, Libya, and Syria has been to unleash evil. The various sects that lived in peace under the rule of Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi,…
Israel PM fears war crime charges: Analyst For a video presentation, please visit the Press TV: http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2014/08/09/374680/israel-pm-fears-war-crime-charges/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is afraid of a possible international lawsuit by Palestinians against the…
The ‘two-state solution’ is perennially misunderstood. The solution envisaged has nothing to do with a possible spatio-political division of Israel-Palestine and the ending of the Occupation. Rather it is a public relations device to quell…
Israeli missiles and artillery shells began striking Gaza again Friday, after a 72-hour ceasefire with Hamas, the Islamist ruling party in Gaza, ended at 8 a.m. local time. Hamas fired a barrage of about 40…