- — Vladimir Putin vs. the International Criminal Court
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at 3/28/23 10:00pmOn March 17, the International Criminal Court issued a warrant of arrest for Russian President Vladimir Putin as a war criminal for allegedly deporting and transferring children from Ukraine to Russia. The Nuremburg Tribunal declared that To initiate a war of aggression is not only an international crime; it is the supreme international crime, differing Continue reading "Vladimir Putin vs. the International Criminal Court" The post Vladimir Putin vs. the International Criminal Court appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.- — Iraq, Afghanistan, and Now Ukraine: Reductio ab Absurdum
- at 3/28/23 10:00pmThe recent 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 has caused me to reflect on the two years (2007-08) that I worked as a field-level civilian advisor in Iraq followed by six years in Afghanistan (2009-14) and to correlate this experience to the current proxy war the US is funding and shadow Continue reading "Iraq, Afghanistan, and Now Ukraine: Reductio ab Absurdum" The post Iraq, Afghanistan, and Now Ukraine: <I>Reductio ab Absurdum</I> appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — We Don’t Have To Choose Between Nuclear Madmen
- at 3/27/23 10:00pmThe announcement by Vladimir Putin over the weekend that Russia will deploy tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus marked a further escalation of potentially cataclysmic tensions over the war in neighboring Ukraine. As the Associated Press reported, Putin said the move was triggered by Britain’s decision this past week to provide Ukraine with armor-piercing rounds containing Continue reading "We Dont Have To Choose Between Nuclear Madmen" The post We Dont Have To Choose Between Nuclear Madmen appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — The Best Way To Protect US Troops in Syria
- at 3/27/23 10:00pmLast week saw a sharp increase in attacks on US troops occupying northeastern Syria, with a drone strike against a US base blamed on pro-Iran forces and a US counter-strike said to have killed at least 19 people. After the US retaliation, another strike by pro-Iran forces hit a number of US sites in Syria. Continue reading "The Best Way To Protect US Troops in Syria" The post The Best Way To Protect US Troops in Syria appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — The Ukraine War Enters the 2024 US Presidential Election Stage Right
- at 3/27/23 10:00pmOpposition to Joe Biden’s proxy war to destroy Russia has entered the 2024 US Presidential election – from stage Right. And the growing anti-interventionist sentiment among grass roots conservatives and libertarians is alarming Establishment warhawks on both left and right. They are furious. Their anger boiled over when Tucker Carlson asked likely GOP presidential candidates Continue reading "The Ukraine War Enters the 2024 US Presidential Election Stage Right" The post The Ukraine War Enters the 2024 US Presidential Election Stage Right appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — The Banality of Biden’s ‘Exceptional’ Elite Advisers
- at 3/26/23 10:00pmDanger: President Joe Biden’s sophomores running U.S. foreign policy today live in a dream world on the verge of becoming a nightmare. The nightmare – military confrontation with both Russia and China – now looms. It is scary enough that Biden seems to be out of it. Scarier still is the reality that his advisers Continue reading "The Banality of Bidens Exceptional Elite Advisers" The post The Banality of Bidens Exceptional Elite Advisers appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — America Hangs From a Cross of Iron
- at 3/26/23 10:00pmOriginally posted at TomDispatch. Just in case you were wondering where your tax dollars went in this century, consider the American war, now 20 years old, in Iraq (and after 2014 in Syria as well). Neta Crawford of the invaluable Costs of War Project has just released her latest summary of what that invasion and Continue reading "America Hangs From a Cross of Iron" The post America Hangs From a Cross of Iron appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — The Myth of a Stronger NATO
- at 3/26/23 10:00pmPutin badly miscalculated, the US often claims, and his invasion of Ukraine has made NATO stronger and more united than ever. He thought NATO would fracture and divide. Instead, NATO is more united and more unified than ever – than ever before, Biden said on February 21. I would argue NATO is stronger than it’s Continue reading "The Myth of a Stronger NATO" The post The Myth of a Stronger NATO appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Killed
- at 3/26/23 9:51pmFive others were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Daily Roundup</I>: Six Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — The Holy Land and Us: BBC Nakba Series Obscures Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
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at 3/23/23 10:00pmThe BBC’s The Holy Land and Us, a two-part exploration of Israel’s founding that concluded this week, has been what pundits like to call “brave television. The first episode featured testimony of a notorious massacre by a Zionist militia of more than 100 Palestinians, many of them women and children, in early 1948, weeks before Continue reading "The Holy Land and Us: BBC Nakba Series Obscures Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine" The post The Holy Land and Us: BBC Nakba Series Obscures Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine appeared first on Antiwar.com Original. - — Why the Hell Is the US Occupying Syria?
- at 3/22/23 10:00pmIn early March, Syrias foreign ministry condemned a surprise visit by Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley to an army base in northeast Syria, with Syrian media dubbing it “illegal” and a “flagrant violation of the sovereignty and integrity of Syrian territory, adding that the US ought to “immediately” cease support Continue reading "Why the Hell Is the US Occupying Syria?" The post Why the Hell Is the US Occupying Syria? appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — The Military-Intelligentsia Complex: How Higher Education Enables US Militarism
- at 3/22/23 10:00pmThroughout history, most academics have been the witting or unwitting servants of power. Socrates was accused of failing to honor the gods of Athens and corrupting the youth with his ideas. He was canceled in the ultimate way: sentenced to die. Aristotle, by contrast, tutored the young Alexander the Great, future King of Macedonia, which Continue reading "The Military-Intelligentsia Complex: How Higher Education Enables US Militarism" The post The Military-Intelligentsia Complex: How Higher Education Enables US Militarism appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Epitaph for a ‘Cake Walk’: An Iraq Case Study
- at 3/21/23 10:00pmNOTE: The following is “back-story” to yesterday’s post, which I was tempted to title “All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Attack on Iraq and Now Want to Forget. I do encourage you to give that posting a look before reading what follows. The attack was launched 20 years ago today. In late February Continue reading "Epitaph for a Cake Walk: An Iraq Case Study" The post Epitaph for a Cake Walk: An Iraq Case Study appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Iraq War Anniversary: Never Back Down on the Only Important Fact
- at 3/21/23 10:00pmIn March of 2003, the United States launched an illegal war of aggression against Iraq. The US regime promoted that illegal war of aggression, starting well in advance, through the manufacture and repetition of falsehoods for the purpose of cultivating fear over non-existent threats, and loathing over nonexistent connections between the Iraqi regime an the Continue reading "Iraq War Anniversary: Never Back Down on the Only Important Fact" The post Iraq War Anniversary: Never Back Down on the Only Important Fact appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Reapers and Red Lines: The Downing of an American Drone
- at 3/21/23 10:00pmOn March 14, A Russian jet collided with a US drone, leading to the downing of the drone in the Black Sea. The US says that the drone was flying in international airspace when two Russian Su-27 fighter jets made nineteen high-speed passes near the drone before dumping jet fuel on it in an attempt Continue reading "Reapers and Red Lines: The Downing of an American Drone" The post Reapers and Red Lines: The Downing of an American Drone appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Learning Little from the Iraq War
- at 3/20/23 10:00pmReprinted from Bracing Views with the authors permission. Military invasions don’t produce democracies who knew? Whether in Afghanistan or Iraq, somehow the U.S. government worked to convince itself and the American people that democracy could be exported at rifle point. Not surprisingly, military invasions spread what they usually do: death, destruction and chaos while Continue reading "Learning Little from the Iraq War" The post Learning Little from the Iraq War appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Don’t Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq
- at 3/20/23 10:00pmTwenty years ago on this coming weekend, I was in Mongolia as the Deputy US Ambassador. After writing a Dissent Cable in early March 2003 on the pending US war on Iraq to my boss Secretary of State Colin Powell, I made the decision to resign from the US government as it was poised to Continue reading "Dont Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq" The post Dont Let The Media Cheerlead Us Into More Wars Like It Did in Iraq appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Iraq War II 20 Years Later
- at 3/19/23 10:00pmWell it seems like only yesterday, though it was half a lifetime ago. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and their men and women, especially the neoconservatives, knowingly and deliberately lied this country into starting an aggressive war against Iraq – a war they pretended was a preemptive attack against a nation that could never have Continue reading "Iraq War II 20 Years Later" The post Iraq War II 20 Years Later appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Iraq War II – 20 Years Later
- at 3/19/23 10:00pmWell it seems like only yesterday, though it was half a lifetime ago. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and their men and women, especially the neoconservatives, knowingly and deliberately lied this country into starting an aggressive war against Iraq – a war they pretended was a preemptive attack against a nation that could never have Continue reading "Iraq War II – 20 Years Later" The post Iraq War II – 20 Years Later appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, Will the Media’s Complicity Be Flushed Down the Memory Hole?
- at 3/19/23 10:00pmAll wars are fought twice, the first time on the battlefield, the second time in memory. VietThanhNguyen As mainstream U.S. media outlets pause to remember the US invasion of Iraq, it’s clear that there’s a lot they hope we’ll forget – first and foremost, the media’s own active complicity in whipping up public support for Continue reading "20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, Will the Medias Complicity Be Flushed Down the Memory Hole?" The post 20 Years After the Invasion of Iraq, Will the Medias Complicity Be Flushed Down the Memory Hole? appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
- — Iraq 20 Years: The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates
- at 3/19/23 10:00pmA New York Times Magazine article in July 2020 focused on then Secretary of State Powell and his U.N. speech of Feb. 5, 2003 and the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) upon which it is largely based. A lot of the detail in the article may have been new to many readers, but not to Veteran Continue reading "Iraq 20 Years: The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates" The post Iraq 20 Years: The Uses and Abuses of National Intelligence Estimates appeared first on Antiwar.com Original.
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