Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Paul Pillar capably sums up why supporting the war on Yemen is not in America’s interest: Neither does the administration’s policy toward the Yemeni war accord with a realist perspective of where U.S....
34 Backpacks – An Ongoing Commemoration of Yemeni Children Killed on August 9
Felton Davis, who coordinates a weekly vigil in NYC calling for an end to the U.S. war against Yemen, sent us a letter written by Yemen’s Minister of Education which names the students and teachers who were killed when a Saudi warplane fired a 500 lb. bomb, made...
Hearing on the Draft and Draft Registration, Thursday, 9/20/2018 in Los Angeles
The "National Commission on Military, National and Public Service" has announced that the final event in its year-long series of "informal" open-mike public hearings on whether registration for a military draft should be ended or extended will be...
The Trump Administration’s Cruel Collective Punishment of the Iranian People
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.USA Today published a very extensive report on conditions inside Iran this week. Here is a description of the response to the reimposition of U.S. sanctions:Still, despite rhetoric from the Trump administration and some...
The Torture of Assange: A Blight on the US Justice System
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been forced to spend nearly 3,000 days in solitary confinement in the Ecuadorian embassy in London. His crime? He isn't charged with anything. But the neocons and warmongers in the US government want to put him in a box – or worse...
William J. Astore on ‘Civilian Casualty Incidents’
Tuesday night, as I was watching the PBS News Hour, I snapped to attention as I heard a new euphemism for murdered innocents from bombing: “civilian casualty incidents.”A PBS reporter used it, unthinkingly I believe, repeating bureaucratic jargon about all...
Intel Vets: Support for Brennan Is Not Unanimous
TO: The MediaFROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for SanitySUBJECT: Support for Brennan Far From “Unanimous”As former members of the intelligence community, we feel compelled to add our voice to the public debate surrounding President Trump’s...
UN Sees War Crimes In Yemen… But Mattis Vows Continued War Support
A new UN report found possible war crimes committed in the three-plus Saudi-led war on Yemen. While the US has backed the war from the beginning, providing weapons and targeting, the Pentagon claims that its involvement is saving lives rather than taking them....
The Saudi Coalition’s Callous Disregard for Yemeni Lives
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The New York Times also calls for a halt to U.S. support for the war on Yemen:Saudi Arabia and its allies seem to have little compunction about slaughtering children as long as more bombs can be bought, so it’s up to...
South Korea Seeks Peace With North: Will US Sanction Seoul?
Are the neocons running circles around President Trump? His Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, has opposed the president's moves to open dialogue with North Korea from the get-go. Now he has managed to scuttle a visit to Pyongyang by showing Trump a letter from a North...


