In North Africa and Ukraine, April has not been a good month for the American Empire.AlgeriaPresident Abdelaziz Bouteflika, an ally of the U.S., stepped down after 20 years in power, bowing to pressure from weeks of demonstrations led by young people looking for a...
It was a bad week for two former puppets of the American Empire.In Ukraine, former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili was chased out of his apartment onto the roof where he threatened to jump. Police arrested him, but Saakashvili's supporters surrounded the police...
A number of years ago I was at an antiwar protest in St. Petersburg, FL where one of my fellow protesters was holding a sign that said, "The U.S. military is killing innocent people in Iraq."Within moments, a person who said he was in the Army began...
Below are foreign policy highlights and lowlights from the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency.THE GOODTrump said: "Russia … this is fake news put out by the media ... I'm here today to tell you the whole Russian thing, that's a ruse.""It's going to be...
In the final days of his presidency, Barack Obama deployed 3,500 US troops, 87 tanks and 144 Bradley fighting vehicles to Poland, and 330 Marines to Norway. He also signed "milestone" agreements with Estonia and Lithuania enabling a broad...
When I heard about Colin Kaepernick’s refusal to stand for the national anthem, I jumped up and started cheering him on as if he were running for a game-winning touchdown.Finally, someone in the public spotlight was taking a significant stand on behalf of people of...
Days after endorsing Hillary Clinton for president, Mike Morell, former acting director of the CIA, said the U.S. should covertly kill Russians and Iranians in Syria, and that the US should bomb Syrian government offices, aircraft and presidential guard positions.Here...
What happened in Paris is not right, just inevitableSince 2011, France has been militarily involved in five countries – four of which have a predominantly Muslim population:Syria (2015, 87% Muslim)Iraq (2014, 99% Muslim) Mali (2014, 90% Muslim) Central African...
The following graphic illustrates that many of those who want regime change in Syria are fighting each other.
Paris killings wrong, but inevitable due to France’s militarismFollowing the killing of 12 people at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris, nearly 4 million people marched in anti-terrorism rallies in France, making it the largest action in the country's history.Too bad...
