Tag Archives: Syria
Nick Turse> Nuclear Terror in the Middle East, Lethality Beyond the Pale
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Israel, Iran, and the Nuclear Freight Train “That the spread of nuclear weapons, whatever the country, is a danger to us all is obvious. Who exactly will use such weapons next and where remains unknown. But there is no reason to believe that, sooner or later, nuclear weapons — which have now […]
[Video] Glenn Greenwald> Debating Bill Maher on Muslims, Islam and US foreign policy
The HBO host has become a leading advocate of the view that Islam is uniquely violent and threatening. Does that hold up under critical scrutiny? Glenn Greenwald guardian.co.uk Saturday 11 May 2013 09.25 EDT [Video below] From l to r: Glenn Greenwald, Joy Reid, Charles Cooke, Bill Maher on HBO’s “Real Time”, May 11, 2013 Photograph: screen […]
Phyllis Bennis> Syria’s Chemical Weapons…Iraq Redux?
The “democracy” that ten years of US war and occupation left behind in Iraq. Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies May 3, 2013 Posted by Portside on May 4, 2013 Phyllis Bennis Facebook News from the Middle East is growing more dire by the day. And unfortunately, most of the news from our own officials and influential […]
Coleen Rowley> Are Human Rights Becoming a Tool of US “Smart Power”?
Are Human Rights Becoming a Tool of US “Smart Power”? Revisiting Coleen Rowley’s article on the use of human rights and the myth of humanitarian intervention. Editor’s Note: ”Liberals still stand and salute good old liberal words like Opposition, Rebellion, Humanitarianism, and Democracy – without recognition that these labels have been controverted by neocons and […]
William Boardman> Our Syrian War
Our Syrian War In deepening Syrian quagmire, U.S. seeks both allies and enemies By William Boardman 27 March 13 Reader Supported News Syrian rebels attend a training session conducted by US intelligence officers in Maaret Ikhwan, near Idlib, Syria. (photo: Muhammed Muheisen/AP) o Declaration of War Needed, Times Makes Official Announcement There were no official […]
Thomas Hedges> Access Skews Coverage of Syrian War
Access Skews Coverage of Syrian War By Thomas Hedges, Center for Study of Responsive Law Mar 8, 2013 truthdig.com The attacks are a reminder that the civil war in Syria is not a romantic democratic uprising, although one could get that impression from accounts in mainstream media outlets. That’s because American newspapers largely use photographs and quotations […]
Mission Unaccomplished> Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History
Mission Unaccomplished Why the Invasion of Iraq Was the Single Worst Foreign Policy Decision in American History “By 2009, of course, it should all have been so obvious. We were no longer inside the neocon dream of unrivaled global superpowerdom, just mired in what happened to it. We were a chicken factory in the desert […]
Patrick Cockburn> Descent Into Holy War> Syria
What is Really Happening in Syria Descent Into Holy War “I have now been in Damascus for 10 days, and every day I am struck by the fact that the situation in areas of Syria I have visited is wholly different from the picture given to the world both by foreign leaders and by the […]
Ziabari Interviews Johnstone> Sanctions are a form of warfare used by the U.S. and allies
Sanctions are a form of warfare used by the U.S. and allies The Franco-American journalist Diana Johnstone muses over the evolution of Western policy. The ideals of the French Revolution were slowly replaced by a moral humanitarianism that makes it possible to switch from the defense of oppressed peoples to the apologia for colonization. At […]
War Is A Crime> Syria News – Dec 13
Syria News – Dec 13 By bartolo - Posted on 12 December 2012 WarIsACrime.org ‘Friends of Syria’ Recognize Syrian Opposition, Assad Fires Scud Missiles at Rebels – VOA Russia Criticizes U.S. Recognition of Syrian Opposition – NationalJournal.com France says not ready to arm Syrian opposition – Yahoo! News Canada tells Syrian opposition it won’t be recognized until […]
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