Tag: Libya
Top 100 Reasons Not to Bomb Iran
Posted by David Swanson | May 2, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints | 2 |
The Trials of Africa and the Real Dr. King They Wa...
Posted by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 25, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints | 1 |
Could Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam So...
Posted by Hanne Nabintu Herland | Feb 10, 2017 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics | 32 |
Who Killed Oscar and Valeria: The Inconvenient History of the Refugee Crisis
by Ramzy Baroud | Jul 20, 2019 | Africa, Americas, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The supposedly random ‘violence’ and drug wars in El Salvador must be seen within the political context of misguided American interventionism.
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.
Obama: Front Man for Washington’s Imperialism
by Paul Craig Roberts | Jul 9, 2019 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
Obama was very much aware that he was fronting for the ruling establishment as he waged mass atrocities to enforce Washington’s hegemony over the world.
Exporting Dictators
by David Swanson | Apr 12, 2019 | Americas, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Washington sure does support a lot of dictators for a government that likes to talk so much about expanding democracy.
From Central America to Syria: The Conspiracy against Refugees
by Ramzy Baroud | Dec 6, 2018 | Americas, Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
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.
Lest We Forget, One of Washington’s Greatest Crimes: the NATO Intervention in Libya
by William Blum | Sep 29, 2018 | Europe, Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Muammar Gaddafi warned the US and its NATO partners that overthrowing him would result in a flood of refugees and emigrants into Europe. They didn’t listen.
Europe’s Iron Curtain: The Refugee Crisis is about to Worsen
by Ramzy Baroud | Jul 10, 2018 | Africa, Europe, Politics, Viewpoints
As long as Europe continues to approach the refugee crisis without addressing its root causes, the crisis will continue to grow.
End the Wars to Halt the Refugee Crisis
by Ramzy Baroud | Jun 19, 2018 | Africa, Europe, Middle East, Politics, Viewpoints
If European politicians continue to ignore the root causes of the problem, the refugee crisis is going to persist unabated.
Top 100 Reasons Not to Bomb Iran
by David Swanson | May 2, 2018 | Middle East, Politics, US, Viewpoints
“If bombing nations made people better off and created human rights, earth would be a paradise by now”, and ninety-nine other reasons for the US and its partners not to bomb Iran…
“Fake news” is fake news.
by William Blum | Feb 12, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The main problem with the media today, as earlier, is what is left out of articles dealing with controversial issues.
The Trials of Africa and the Real Dr. King They Want Us to Forget
by Ramzy Baroud | Jan 25, 2018 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The legacy of Dr. King, as presented in mainstream media, has become about the whitewashing of a racist, militaristic and materialistic system, although King himself championed the exact opposite.
Trump’s National Security Speech
by Paul Craig Roberts | Dec 20, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The American people, regardless of who they elect, have no voice, no input, no representation. An oligarchy rules, and Trump has become nothing more than its mouthpiece.
Fake News a US Media Specialty
by Paul Craig Roberts | Aug 9, 2017 | Economy, US, Viewpoints
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ last job report and the mainstream media’s coverage of it is a good example of fake news.
U.S. War Justification Is in the Eye of the Beholder
by David Swanson | Jun 28, 2017 | Politics, US, 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.
Could Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam Solve the Libya Crisis?
by Hanne Nabintu Herland | Feb 10, 2017 | Africa, News & Analysis, Politics
US President Donald Trump has a unique chance to fix the mess in Libya by backing Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam as head of state.
The Uncomfortable Truth: Are We Hating Donald Trump for the Wrong Reasons?
by Ramzy Baroud | Feb 10, 2017 | Politics, US, Viewpoints
The hypocrisy of criticizing Trump on the axiomatic assumption that that the warmakers who preceded him were peacemakers is simply too much to bear.
The Western Demonization of Muslims
by Hanne Nabintu Herland | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East, Politics, Viewpoints
The foreign policy of the US and its Western allies is premised in large part upon prejudices against people of different race, ethnicity, or religion.
Hillary’s War Crime
by Paul Craig Roberts | Oct 24, 2016 | Africa, Politics, US, Viewpoints
Hillary Clinton was a key architect of the disastrous NATO intervention in Libya and is a war criminal under international law.
Damned Nations, Cursed Arms Trade
by David Swanson | Oct 4, 2016 | Africa, Middle East, Reviews, Viewpoints
Samantha Nutt in her book Damned Nations describes a root cause of war that the wealthy of the world could easily eliminate.
War to ‘stop’ war: Libya’s ‘Operation Odyssey Lightning’
by Ramzy Baroud | Aug 20, 2016 | Africa, Politics, US, Viewpoints
The Obama Doctrine is Ravaging the Middle East