Why Oppose a New War?
It will take a mighty effort by the antiwar forces to stop this war.
Read MoreJack A. Smith is editor of the Hudson Valley Activist Newsletter and may be reached at [email protected].
Posted by Jack A. Smith | Sep 6, 2013 | Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
It will take a mighty effort by the antiwar forces to stop this war.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Aug 8, 2013 | Essays, US |
What is really happening in Egypt? Are the latest developments a progressive step forward or a regressive step backward for the millions of Egyptians seeking political change primarily through prolonged mass mobilizations in the streets?
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Jul 30, 2013 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints |
If President Obama can so easily transform stalemate into victory, what harm will come from converting an armistice into a peace treaty?
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Jun 25, 2013 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
Obama has transferred the brunt of U.S. foreign/military policy away from the Middle East and the war on terrorism and toward Asia to better manipulate the conditions of China’s inevitable return to big power status.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | May 21, 2013 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US |
Hamid Karzai has let the Pentagon’s cat out of the bag — to the displeasure of the Obama Administration.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Apr 3, 2013 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US |
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.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Dec 11, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
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.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Oct 17, 2012 | Asia Pacific, Middle East, News & Analysis, US |
When Sen. Barack Obama ran for the presidency in 2008, many wishful-thinking Democratic voters viewed him as a peace candidate.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Oct 6, 2012 | Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, US |
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.
Read MorePosted by Jack A. Smith | Feb 28, 2012 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Palestine, US |
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 of military action is obviously implicit in President Obama’s mantra about how “No option is off the table.”
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