No Shelter from the Drones of Infinite Justice or the Bacteria of Enduring Freedom
“There is police action every day in the United States in various localities. They don’t call an airplane to bomb the place.”
Read MoreWilliam Blum is an author, historian, and renowned critic of U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of numerous books, including "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II" and "Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower".
Posted by William Blum | Jul 4, 2012 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints |
“There is police action every day in the United States in various localities. They don’t call an airplane to bomb the place.”
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Jul 4, 2012 | US, Viewpoints |
I’m sure most Americans are mighty proud of the fact that Julian Assange is so frightened of falling into the custody of the United States that he had to seek sanctuary in the embassy of Ecuador, a tiny and poor Third World country, without any way of knowing how it would turn out.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | May 3, 2012 | Middle East, Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
It’s a textbook case of how the American media is at its worst when it comes to US foreign policy and particularly when an Officially Designated Enemy (ODE) is involved.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | May 3, 2012 | US, Viewpoints |
On April 23, speaking at the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC, President Barack Obama told his assembled audience that as president “I’ve done my utmost … to prevent and end atrocities”.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Mar 8, 2012 | US, Viewpoints |
For exposing embarrassing and less-than-honorable behavior, Bradley Manning of the United States Army and Julian Assange of Wikileaks may spend most of their remaining days in a modern dungeon
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Feb 4, 2012 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints |
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
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Feb 4, 2012 | Middle East, Palestine, US, Viewpoints |
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?
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Jan 4, 2012 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints |
Does Mr. Obama, the Peace Laureate, believe the words that come out of his mouth?
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Dec 3, 2011 | US, Viewpoints |
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’ alienation and hostility toward the government. They returned, with minimal...
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Oct 5, 2011 | Europe, US, Viewpoints |
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...
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