Monthly Archives: July 2021

JULY 27, 2021 The Continuing Horror of CIA’s Torture and Abuse BY MELVIN GOODMAN Photograph Source: Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Billings – Public Domain Nearly two decades ago, the Central Intelligence Agency began its sadistic program of torture and … Continue reading →

JULY 9, 2021 Interventionism Gave Us Afghanistan and Iraq BY JACOB G. HORNBERGER Reagan envoy Donald Rumsfeld shaking hands with U.S. partner and ally Saddam Hussein in Baghdad in 1983. As the Pentagon and the CIA proceed apace with their withdrawal … Continue reading →

Does military power matter? Lessons from American withdrawal from Afghanistan July 20, 2021, 9:23 AM IST  Bhartendu Kumar Singh in Voices, World,  TOI  Bhartendu Kumar Singh The author is in the Indian Defence Accounts Service. According to Mao, ‘power flows from the barrel … Continue reading →

JULY 9, 2021 America- Led NATO in Afghanistan: Crimes against Humanity Call for Accountability BY MAHBOOB A. KHAWAJA “We Are Going to Lose the War in Afghanistan and it will Help Bankrupt us. One of our major strategic blunders in Afghanistan … Continue reading →

JULY 9, 2021 Donald Rumsfeld: RIP (With Maybe a Bit More P Now He’s Gone) BY VICTOR GROSSMAN Don’t speak ill of the dead, they say, but if I were to choose candidates for a Hall of Evil Fame, I’d have … Continue reading →

OCTOBER 11, 2007 The Failed Legacy of Interventionism BY JACOB G. HORNBERGER The New Hampshire Union Leader recently attacked Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul’s noninterventionist foreign-policy views, making the standard pro-empire, pro-intervention arguments that have come to characterize the conservative movement. … Continue reading →

JULY 9, 2021 Good Riddance to Bad Rummy BY SUSAN BLOCK They say that history is written by the winners. But what if you wage a war that nobody wins? That’s the Iraq War (also the Afghan war). Everybody lost (except maybe Iran and Israel) and … Continue reading →

JULY 9, 2021 The People vs. Mahmoud Abbas: Are the Palestinian Authority’s Days Numbered? BY RAMZY BAROUD Photograph Source: U.S. Department of State – Public Domain “The Palestinian Authority’s days are numbered”. This assertion has been oft repeated recently, especially after … Continue reading →

JULY 5, 2021 The Twilight of Zionism BY DANIEL BEAUMONT The price was high but the Palestinians had the attention of the world press again in May. It took an eleven-day bombardment of Gaza and assaults of various forms on Palestinians … Continue reading →