Tag: Saudi Arabia
Ministry Declares Health Emergency in Yemen: Malaria and Dengue Fever on the Rise
The Saudi-led coalition is deliberately using cholera, malaria, and famine as weapons of war in order to break the Yemeni resistance.
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U.S. Troops Back in Saudi Arabia: What Could Go Wrong?
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.
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Join the CIA: Travel the World Passing Out Nuclear Blueprints
Why would the CIA hand out blueprints for nuclear bombs?
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Pompeo’s Tanker Narrative
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.
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Ten Questions About the Gulf War Monument Planned for Washington
Evidently, there aren’t enough war monuments in Washington yet because now they’re planning one to memorialize the Gulf War.
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Closing Military Bases, Opening a New World
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.
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When Truth-Tellers Must Hide, Societies Collapse
Nashenas, an Afghan who had to hide his identity to exercise his freedom of speech, exemplifies the dangerous trend toward squelching free speech.
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Reflections on Putin as a Leader and on the World Situation in Which He Works
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.
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Blundering American Ambassadors Unmask the War on Terror
American officials downplay how “allies” such as Turkey and Saudi Arabia support terrorists lest the US government’s support of terrorism also be exposed.
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The Triumph of Evil
Evil has achieved dominance over good so that avarice and lawlessness will escalate their destruction of truth, peoples, and life on earth.
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Why Haven’t Dead Yemenis Sparked US Outrage? Max Fisher Won’t Say.
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.
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Where Does Our Attention Belong: Kavanaugh or Yemen?
The real question before the American people is why they are stone silent while Washington enables Saudi Arabia to murder the Yemeni people.
Read MoreYemeni Children Matter
People will care if you show them what to care about and make clear that their political party identification need not conflict with caring.
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Should Al Qaeda Be Made the 51st State?
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.
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Are the 13 Demands to Qatar a ‘Geopolitical Crime’?
Viewing the Gulf Coalition’s actions against Qatar as a “Geopolitical Crime” may be useful for establishing peaceful relations.
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After General Elections, a Foreign Policy Conundrum Awaits Pakistan
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.
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New War Opponents
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.
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The Gulf Crisis Reassessed
The “13 Demands” from the coalition of states that have implemented a blockade of Qatar are incompatible with principles of international law.
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Endings and Beginnings: A Commentary on 2017 to 2018
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.
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What Is Really Going on in Saudi Arabia?
If Israel had to do all the ugly deeds it wants done in the region itself, the world would see it with blinding clarity for the pariah state that it is.
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