Jack A. Smith is editor of the Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter and is former editor of the (U.S.) Guardian Newsweekly. He may be reached at jacdon@earthlink.net.
Afghanistan War May End By 2024… Maybe
Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration. …
Behind the U.S.-North Korea Conflict
Since the end of the Korean War 60 years ago, North Korea has repeatedly put forward virtually the same four proposals to the United States.…
U.S./Israel Lose Twice in the U.N.
The UN General Assembly has delivered two major defeats to Israel in the last two weeks. The governments of the U.S. and Israel are furious.…
Obama’s War Record
When Sen. Barack Obama ran for the presidency in 2008, many wishful-thinking Democratic voters viewed him as a peace candidate.…
Obama and Romney: Similar Views on Foreign/Military Policy
Despite the sharp charges and counter-charges about foreign/military and national security policy, there are no important differences on such matters between President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney.…
War With Iran: Will They or Won’t They?
A main reason for the Obama Administration’s ever-tightening economic sanctions is to bring about regime-change in Iran to situate a client regime in Tehran. If this doesn’t work, the threat…
The U.S. and Iraq After the War
Obama’s interpretation of the war President Obama bid farewell to the Iraq war after nearly nine years of conflict in a Nov. 14 speech to troops of the 82nd Airborne…
Afghan War Remains Endless, While Obama’s Iraq Plan Fails
The 10th anniversary of Washington’s invasion, occupation, and seemingly endless war in Afghanistan was observed Oct. 7, but despite President Barack Obama’s pledge to terminate the U.S. “combat mission” by…
The True Cost of America’s Wars
During his speech on Afghanistan June 22, President Obama revealed that “Over the last decade, we have spent a trillion dollars on war.” He knew this was a deceptive understatement,…
Obama’s Foreign Policy Objectives
You’ve seen the headlines in the last weeks and days: The Arab uprisings, the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Washington’s efforts to keep troops in Afghanistan and Iraq beyond pullout…
The U.S.-NATO War Against Libya
Washington Responds to Geopolitical Crisis For over three months, repressive Arab monarchies and dictatorships in the Middle East and North Africa have been experiencing a continuing series democratic uprisings by…
BRIC Becomes BRICS: Changes on the Geopolitical Chessboard
The world’s four main emerging economic powers, known by the acronym BRIC — standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China — now refer to themselves as BRICS. The capital “S”…
Obama and American Global Leadership
In the history of U.S. foreign policy, the insistence upon "American global leadership" has been articulated and defended by every occupant of the White House since the end of World…
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Quid Pro Quo Diplomacy in US-Myanmar Relations
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No Bear Market In Gold
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Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington, D.C.
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As scandals deepen, Obama, his party, and Republicans will militarily intervene in Syria
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Afghanistan War May End By 2024… Maybe
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A Scientific Theory of the WTC 7 Collapse
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The Myth of the U.N. Creation of Israel
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Bush Convicted of War Crimes in Absentia
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Ron Paul: Propagandist or Prophet?
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Famous Amos: Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington, D.C.
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