Tag: Saudi Arabia
Why Haven’t Dead Yemenis Sparked US Outrage? Max F...
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Oct 22, 2018 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 0 |
The Gulf Crisis Reassessed
Posted by Richard Falk | Mar 14, 2018 | Essays, Middle East, Politics | 0 |
Qatar-Iran Economic Relations Will Improve, Contra...
Posted by Jordan Abu-Sirriya | Oct 27, 2017 | Economy, Essays, Middle East | 0 |
Trumped Up Diplomacy in the Middle East
Posted by Richard Falk | May 22, 2017 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US | 2 |
Film Review: Cries from Syria
Posted by Jeremy R. Hammond | Mar 11, 2017 | Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints | 9 |
The Story of Trump’s Perilous Iran Escalation
by Dan Steinbock | Jan 14, 2020 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
The Trump assassination of major general Qasem Soleimani reflects regime change efforts that have taken a perilous turn.
Ministry Declares Health Emergency in Yemen: Malaria and Dengue Fever on the Rise
by Jakob Reimann | Nov 15, 2019 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
The Saudi-led coalition is deliberately using cholera, malaria, and famine as weapons of war in order to break the Yemeni resistance.
U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong?
by David Swanson | Jul 22, 2019 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
I’m not aware of a foreign terrorist threat against the US in which the stated motivation was anything other than opposition to US military imperialism.
Join the CIA: Travel the World Passing Out Nuclear Blueprints
by David Swanson | Jul 11, 2019 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Why would the CIA hand out blueprints for nuclear bombs?
Pompeo’s Tanker Narrative
by Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich | Jun 17, 2019 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Iran had no motive for the recent attack on civilian vessels in the Gulf of Oman, but the US has motives to falsely blame Iran for it.
Ten Questions About the Gulf War Monument Planned for Washington
by David Swanson | May 31, 2019 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Evidently, there aren’t enough war monuments in Washington yet because now they’re planning one to memorialize the Gulf War.
Closing Military Bases, Opening a New World
by David Swanson | May 3, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The US has built an empire of military bases around the globe, but the good news is that popular activism can get bases shut down.
When Truth-Tellers Must Hide, Societies Collapse
by Wahab Raofi | Apr 16, 2019 | Asia Pacific, Culture, Viewpoints
Nashenas, an Afghan who had to hide his identity to exercise his freedom of speech, exemplifies the dangerous trend toward squelching free speech.
Reflections on Putin as a Leader and on the World Situation in Which He Works
by John Chuckman | Mar 8, 2019 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Russia’s democracy may be imperfect, but America’s has transformed into plutocracy in which the state’s resources are committed the advancement of empire.
Blundering American Ambassadors Unmask the War on Terror
by David Boyajian | Nov 16, 2018 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
American officials downplay how “allies” such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia support terrorists lest the US government’s support of terrorism also be exposed.
The Triumph of Evil
by Paul Craig Roberts | Oct 25, 2018 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Evil has achieved dominance over good so that avarice and lawlessness will escalate their destruction of truth, peoples, and life on earth.
Why Haven’t Dead Yemenis Sparked US Outrage? Max Fisher Won’t Say.
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Oct 22, 2018 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
Max Fisher in the New York Times purports to explain why thousands of dead Yemenis haven’t sparked US outrage. Instead, he goes out of his way not to.
Where Does Our Attention Belong: Kavanaugh or Yemen?
by Paul Craig Roberts | Sep 29, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The real question before the American people is why they are stone silent while Washington enables Saudi Arabia to murder the Yemeni people.
Yemeni Children Matter
by David Swanson | Aug 14, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
People will care if you show them what to care about and make clear that their political party identification need not conflict with caring.
Should Al Qaeda Be Made the 51st State?
by David Swanson | Aug 9, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Bringing back the Russian menace is not working. Al Qaeda is the answer. If there were no Al Qaeda, the US government would have to invent one.
Are the 13 Demands to Qatar a ‘Geopolitical Crime’?
by Richard Falk | Jul 12, 2018 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics
Viewing the Gulf Coalition’s actions against Qatar as a “Geopolitical Crime” may be useful for establishing peaceful relations.
After General Elections, a Foreign Policy Conundrum Awaits Pakistan
by Sarah Sikandar | Jul 3, 2018 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, Politics
The new government will need to come braced with a well-thought strategy to deal with extremism and an intelligent foreign policy to avert global isolation.
New War Opponents
by David Swanson | May 21, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
While the left’s anti-war activism evaporated upon Obama’s election and remains disappointingly absent under Trump, on the brighter side, there are large, well-funded organizations beginning to edge toward opposition at least to certain wars.
The Gulf Crisis Reassessed
by Richard Falk | Mar 14, 2018 | Essays, Middle East, Politics
The “13 Demands” from the coalition of states that have implemented a blockade of Qatar are incompatible with principles of international law.
Endings and Beginnings: A Commentary on 2017 to 2018
by Richard Falk | Jan 4, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The UN as constituted by its Charter gives control of global policymaking to the richest and strongest states, while the president of the world’s superpower poses an apocalyptic threat.