The US has been dropping bombs, sanctioning and refusing to assist the reconstruction of earthquake shattered, civil war torn Syria for nine years. The US jumped into the 2011 Syrian civil war in September, 2014, with bombs instead of peace proposals. Why? America saw...
My senator Tammy Duckworth joined 85 other senators to defeat repeal of the 2001 AUMF used to attack Afghanistan in the wake of the 911 attacks. Only 9 decent senators voted “No More” to senseless and endless war without Senate approval as required by the...
The UK has a novel way to help Ukraine in their lost cause to retain Crimea and the Donbas from Russia. Get ready for this: depleted uranium shells. These ‘tank killers’ will be provided along with the Brits’ Challenger 2 tanks.Problem is these tank...
As Ukraine sinks into collapse from Russia’s invasion the US provoked, the death and destruction has made no dent on Uncle Sam’s inhumane conscience.A year ago when NATO member Turkey neared a 15 point negotiated settlement, the US and UK each sent a top...
Twenty years ago, March 19, 2003, the US launched likely the most vicious criminal war in its long history of senseless warfare and regime change. America attacked Iraq, not just with no evidence supporting invasion, but manufactured lies. Hundreds of thousands were...
My IL Senator Tammy Duckworth signed on to a bi-partisan letter to President Biden promoting possible US F-16's to fight in our proxy war against Russia destroying Ukraine. "After speaking with US, Ukrainian, and foreign leaders working to support Ukraine at the...
A seismic shift in world power politics occurred March 10. But the US government and its compliant corporate media largely yawned, ignored it and moved on.Five days ago Iran and Saudi Arabia announced they were reestablishing diplomatic relations, ending their 7 year...
The Russo Ukraine war has brought up a concept sorely lacking in the American vocabulary: Proxy War.Most folks are familiar with the word proxy. Ask and they might respond “Oh yes, like when I sign over my right to vote stock shares to another who votes as my...
The US first imposed an economic embargo against Cuba on October 19, 1960, and made it largely airtight on February 7, 1962.After virtually controlling Cuba for 62 years upon grabbing it from Spain in the 1898 war, the US simply could not accept revolutionary leader...
We in the peace community dialogue with a number of progressives who are all in for weaponizing Ukraine till it repels Russia from the Donbas and Crimea. They oppose any negotiations till Russia vacates both areas, ceasing all military action. They oversimplify the...
