<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" ><channel><title>Foreign Policy Journal &#187; William Blum</title> <atom:link href="http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/author/william-blum/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com</link> <description>World news, political analysis, and opinion commentary</description> <lastBuildDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:43:25 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator> <item><title>Please tell me again &#8230; What is the war in Afghanistan about?</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/please-tell-me-again-what-is-the-war-in-afghanistan-about/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/please-tell-me-again-what-is-the-war-in-afghanistan-about/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:16:29 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14407</guid> <description><![CDATA[The only "necessity" that drew the United States to Afghanistan was the desire to establish a military presence in this land that is next door to the Caspian Sea region of Central Asia ]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/please-tell-me-again-what-is-the-war-in-afghanistan-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>12</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Problem With Iran Not Getting a Nuclear Bomb</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/the-problem-with-iran-not-getting-a-nuclear-bomb/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/the-problem-with-iran-not-getting-a-nuclear-bomb/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:57:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Israel / Palestine]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14403</guid> <description><![CDATA[Being "the only nuclear power in the Middle East" is a great card for Israel to have in its hand. Is USrael willing to go to war to hold on to that card?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/02/04/the-problem-with-iran-not-getting-a-nuclear-bomb/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Iraq. Began with big lies. Ending with big lies. Never forget.</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/04/iraq-began-with-big-lies-ending-with-big-lies-never-forget/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/04/iraq-began-with-big-lies-ending-with-big-lies-never-forget/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 08:40:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Featured]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Iraq]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=14019</guid> <description><![CDATA[Does Mr. Obama, the Peace Laureate, believe the words that come out of his mouth?]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2012/01/04/iraq-began-with-big-lies-ending-with-big-lies-never-forget/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Some thoughts that OCCUPY my mind</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/03/some-thoughts-that-occupy-my-mind/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/03/some-thoughts-that-occupy-my-mind/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 08:47:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13800</guid> <description><![CDATA[When the Vietnam War became history, and the protest signs and the bullhorns were put away, so too was the serious side of most protestors&#8217; alienation and hostility toward the government. They returned, with minimal resistance, to the restless pursuit of success, and the belief that the choice facing the world was either &#8220;capitalist democracy&#8221; [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/03/some-thoughts-that-occupy-my-mind/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The crime of making Americans aware of their own history</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/05/the-crime-of-making-americans-aware-of-their-own-history/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/05/the-crime-of-making-americans-aware-of-their-own-history/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:27:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=13332</guid> <description><![CDATA[Is history getting too close for comfort for the fragile little American heart and mind? Their schools and their favorite media have done an excellent job of keeping them ignorant of what their favorite country has done to the rest of the world, but lately some discomforting points of view have managed to find their [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/10/05/the-crime-of-making-americans-aware-of-their-own-history/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>22</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Libya and the World We Live In</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/02/libya-and-the-world-we-live-in/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/02/libya-and-the-world-we-live-in/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:21:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12936</guid> <description><![CDATA[&#8220;Why are you attacking us? Why are you killing our children? Why are you destroying our infrastructure?&#8221; – Television address by Libyan Leader Muammar Gaddafi, April 30, 2011 A few hours later, NATO hit a target in Tripoli, killing Gaddafi&#8217;s 29-year-old son, Saif al-Arab, three of Gaddafi&#8217;s grandchildren, all under twelve years of age, and [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/09/02/libya-and-the-world-we-live-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Occult World of Economics</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/the-occult-world-of-economics/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/the-occult-world-of-economics/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:53:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12631</guid> <description><![CDATA[When you read about economic issues in the news, like the crisis in Greece or the Wall Street/banking mortgage shambles, are you sometimes left befuddled by the seeming complexity, which no one appears able to untangle or explain to your satisfaction in simple English? Well, I certainly can&#8217;t explain it all myself, but I do [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/the-occult-world-of-economics/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>We came, we saw, we destroyed, we forgot</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/we-came-we-saw-we-destroyed-we-forgot/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/we-came-we-saw-we-destroyed-we-forgot/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:48:56 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12629</guid> <description><![CDATA[An updated summary of the charming record of US foreign policy. Since the end of the Second World War, the United States of America has &#8230; Attempted to overthrow more than 50 governments, most of which were democratically-elected.[1] Attempted to suppress a populist or nationalist movement in 20 countries.[2] Grossly interfered in democratic elections in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/we-came-we-saw-we-destroyed-we-forgot/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Berlin Wall — Another Cold War Myth</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/the-berlin-wall-%e2%80%94-another-cold-war-myth/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/the-berlin-wall-%e2%80%94-another-cold-war-myth/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:40:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Europe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News Analysis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Russia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12627</guid> <description><![CDATA[The Western media will soon be revving up their propaganda motors to solemnize the 50th anniversary of the erecting of the Berlin Wall, August 13, 1961. All the Cold War clichés about The Free World vs. Communist Tyranny will be trotted out and the simple tale of how the wall came to be will be [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/the-berlin-wall-%e2%80%94-another-cold-war-myth/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Arguing Libya</title><link>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/arguing-libya/</link> <comments>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/arguing-libya/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jul 2011 03:32:04 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>William Blum</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Libya]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[United States]]></category> <category><![CDATA[William Blum]]></category><guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/?p=12625</guid> <description><![CDATA[On July 9, I took part in a demonstration in front of the White House, the theme of which was &#8220;Stop Bombing Libya&#8221;. The last time I had taken part in a protest against US bombing of a foreign country, which the White House was selling as &#8220;humanitarian intervention&#8221;, as they are now, was in [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/07/29/arguing-libya/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>6</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
<!-- Served from: www.foreignpolicyjournal.com @ 2012-02-08 12:34:08 by W3 Total Cache -->
