Tag: George W. Bush
The Radical Underuse of Impeachment
Dec 20, 2019 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
Impeachable offenses the US Congress ignores include launching the endless wars, imprisoning without trial, torturing, and mass warrentless spying.
Read MoreWhat the U.S. House’s Impeachment Inquiry Wouldn’t Ask Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
Dec 4, 2019 | News & Analysis, Asia Pacific, Politics, US
It is disgraceful that the US State Department continues to play diplomatic word games to avoid describing the Armenian genocide as genocide.
Read MoreThe Obama Wars
Jul 11, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Obama’s legacy of warmaking has largely been maintained, advanced, and imitated by bipartisan consensus and by Donald Trump.
Read MoreThe Democrats Are Self-Destructing
Mar 29, 2019 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Democrats are all too willing to ingore the crimes of Democratic presidents while insisting on propagating the evidenceless Russiagate conspiracy theory.
Read MoreWhy It’s Ilhan Omar’s Critics Who Are Fueling Anti-Semitism
Feb 14, 2019 | Middle East, News & Analysis, Politics, US
By falsely accusing Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of anti-Semitism, her critics are feeding into the very racist stereotype they claim to be challenging.
Read MoreFrom Central America to Syria: The Conspiracy against Refugees
Dec 6, 2018 | Viewpoints, Americas, Middle East, Politics, US
Refugees escaping to the US or Europe are perceived as the invaders, rather than the US and its allies who’ve helped cause the reasons for their flight.
Read MoreWhat Vox Gets Wrong with Its “11 biggest myths about Israel-Palestine”
Sep 29, 2018 | News & Analysis, Featured, Palestine, Politics, US
Vox gets some things right in its “11 biggest myths about Israel-Palestine” feature, but in the end leaves readers even more misinformed.
Read MoreLISTEN: The US as Obstacle to Peace in Palestine
Sep 26, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
Scott Horton interviews me about how the US government is the greatest obstacle to peace between Israelis and Palestinians and how to realize a just peace.
Read MoreIs There Enough of America Left To Be Saved?
Aug 10, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
As the United States is the Constitution, destroying the Constitution by rejecting habeas corpus, due process, and free speech destroys the United States.
Read MoreTrump Administration Reiterates US Backing of Israel’s Illegal Gaza Blockade
Jul 20, 2018 | News & Analysis, Palestine, Politics
The US has long supported Israel’s illegal Gaza blockade, a policy of collectively punishing the civilian population of Gaza for living under Hamas’s rule.
Read MoreTrumperial Presidency
Jun 4, 2018 | News & Analysis, Politics, US
How did we get to the point that the US Executive Branch maintains that the president can pardon himself for his crimes and the Congress goes along with it?
Read MoreAmnesty International Is Barking Up the Wrong Tree
Jan 15, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Why doesn’t Amnesty International address the reckless and irresponsible acts of the US government that are violating the rights of people in numerous countries and pushing the world into nuclear war?
Read MoreAnother Step Toward Armageddon
Jan 11, 2018 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
The US military/security complex needs an enemy sufficient to justify its vast budget and power, and the Western media has accommodated that selfish and dangerous need.
Read MoreHow the US Became a Warmonger Police State
Sep 22, 2017 | Viewpoints, Reviews, US
The hoax “war on terror” has turned America into a Gestapo state that’s a threat not just to American civil liberty, but to life on earth.
Read MoreUS Path to War on North Korea Is Well Worn
Sep 15, 2017 | News & Analysis, Asia Pacific, Politics
The US has a long history of deliberately provoking wars, with horrendous human consequences, but this time the stakes might be even higher.
Read MoreOn “Conspiracy Theory”
Aug 26, 2017 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
Americans are a thoroughly brainwashed people who believe that any explanation that differs from the officially-blessed one is a conspiracy theory.
Read MoreProsecuting Famine Creation
Aug 5, 2017 | Viewpoints, Politics, US
How can we go about prosecuting weapons dealers and war makers for their violations of human rights?
Read MoreU.S. War Justification Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Jun 28, 2017 | US, Politics, Viewpoints
Belief in war lies is an addiction, and people get hooked not so much because of the quality of the lies, but a predisposition to believe them.
Read MoreA Fresh Approach to North Korea and U.S. Relations is Needed Now
Mar 31, 2017 | News & Analysis, Asia Pacific, Politics, US
North Korea presents the Trump administration with an opportunity to enact real policy change that unlike previous policy will serve US national interests.
Read MoreThe Middle East for Dummies
Mar 24, 2017 | Viewpoints, Middle East, Politics, US
Questioning whether bombing a place can make it less violent and other assumptions underlining US foreign policy in the Middle East.
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