Tag: Drones
The Obama Wars
by David Swanson | Jul 11, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Obama’s legacy of warmaking has largely been maintained, advanced, and imitated by bipartisan consensus and by Donald Trump.
Purposeless Death in Syria
by David Swanson | Aug 9, 2017 | Middle East, Politics, Viewpoints
Nothing is going to quickly bring peace and prosperity to Syria. But continuing to do what we know makes matters worse has to end.
The Middle East for Dummies
by David Swanson | Mar 24, 2017 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Questioning whether bombing a place can make it less violent and other assumptions underlining US foreign policy in the Middle East.
The Problem With the CIA and Drones
by David Swanson | Mar 18, 2017 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
Trump and his subordinates are using drone missiles at a faster pace even than Obama did under a program that gives the CIA power to make war.
The United States Is Innocent and Has Never Killed Anyone
by David Swanson | Feb 6, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
As Trump pursues policies of “stealing oil” and “killing families” he is adding nothing new to the United States’ record.
The War Horror Has Begun
by David Swanson | Jan 25, 2017 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
This new war horror show has passed without notice, as though it were somehow just a continuation of acceptable norms.
Why Flag Burning Matters: Drones and Our National Religion
by David Swanson | Nov 29, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Our government is breaking down the rule of law and stripping away our rights in the name of protecting us.
Michael Flynn Should Remember Truths He Blurted Out Last Year
by David Swanson | Nov 21, 2016 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Let’s hope Michael Flynn as Trump’s National Security Adviser will remember his proper criticisms of the Obama administration’s foreign policy.
The U.S. National Bird Is Now a Drone
by David Swanson | Oct 27, 2016 | Asia Pacific, Reviews, US, Viewpoints
The film National Bird about the US’s use of drone warfare presents the kind of raw truth you won’t get from the mainstream news outlets.
To American drones, do African lives matter?
by Stanley Opeyemi | Apr 1, 2016 | Africa, News & Analysis, US
How much longer can Washington’s self-defeating foreign policies endure?
The Killer Drone Lovers Have Their Movie
by David Swanson | Mar 9, 2016 | Reviews, US
If the recent spate of anti-drone movies and plays was making you feel warm thoughts about U.S....
Murder Is Washington’s Foreign Policy
by Paul Craig Roberts | Mar 9, 2016 | US, Viewpoints
The US government has become an unaccountable, lawless, criminal organization and is a danger to the entire world and its own citizens.
Do Mass Killings Bother You?
by David Swanson | Dec 4, 2015 | US, Viewpoints
Exploiting one tragedy to fuel hatred toward a large segment of the human population of earth is madness.
The Death of Mokhtar Belmokhtar Is Not the Boon Everyone Thinks It Is
by Michael Duffy | Jun 19, 2015 | Africa, News & Analysis
The world will not miss Belmokhtar, but in a perverted irony, the world, and the Saharan region in particular, may have become a more dangerous place.
Obama Kills Two Birds with One Stone
by John Chuckman | Apr 29, 2015 | US, Viewpoints
Hints of the dark place he is taking us
The Collapse of the Obama Doctrine: Yemen War as an Opportunity?
by Ramzy Baroud | Apr 10, 2015 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US
To suggest that the Obama Doctrine has been a ‘failure’ in Yemen is an understatement.
How The US Government and US Military Became Murder, Inc.
by Paul Craig Roberts | Mar 31, 2015 | Asia Pacific, Reviews, US, Viewpoints
Andrew Cockburn has written a must-read book. The title is Kill Chain: The Rise Of The High-Tech Assassins.
Law Has Been Murdered
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jan 24, 2015 | US, Viewpoints
There is no rule of law. We are ruled by the government’s agenda.
A Tale of Two Girls: Malala and Nabeela
by Sufyan bin Uzayr | Dec 18, 2014 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints
Nabeela Rahman’s case shows the dismal truth behind extrajudicial killings, torture and drone strikes.
What the Media Is Not Telling Us about Yemen: The Bloody War that Doesn’t Exist
by Ramzy Baroud | May 16, 2014 | Africa, News & Analysis, US
There is only one Yemen and one Yemeni story: that of war, western intervention, corruption, division, unemployment, terror, poverty and revolution.