Durbin: The decision to go to war can only be made by Congress From Sen. Dick Durban's office: WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today called on the Senate to pass a bipartisan joint war powers resolution to end unauthorized U.S. military...
Fifteen years ago today, the US launched its "shock and awe" attack against Iraq. The war was based on lies and propaganda, it cost trillions, and it left perhaps a million dead. To date no one has been punished for this disaster. Have we learned our lesson not to...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal has distinguished itself for promoting pro-Saudi and pro-Emirati propaganda about the war on Yemen, gushing over Mohammed bin Salman, and for credulous reporting on the war and the humanitarian...
"Public Troubled by Deep State" is the headline that the Monmouth University Polling Institute tags to its recent poll. Polling about the term "Deep State" is problematical, because as the polling report says: "Few Americans (13%) are very...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 19, 2018 CONTACT: Sarah Peck, 202-228-1174; Miryam Lipper, 202-365-2176 Kaine Statement On U.S. Involvement In Conflict In Yemen & Sanders-Lee-Murphy Resolution WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Tim Kaine, a member of the...
Former Russian spy-turned-UK-spy Sergei Skripal was apparently poisoned earlier this month in the UK. British Prime Minister Theresa May wasted no time in blaming the Russian government and its president, Vladimir Putin personally. Although signatories of the Chemical...
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy 2018 conference March 2, 2018 at the National Press ClubThe Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs,...
Every now and again I look over my dad’s letters from World War II. He was attached to an armored headquarters company that didn’t go overseas, but he had friends who did serve in Europe during and after the Battle of the Bulge in late 1944. Also, he had two brothers,...
Four Hours in My Lai is a 1989 television documentary made by Yorkshire Television concerning the 1968 My Lai Massacre by the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War. The film includes interviews with soldiers at the massacre, and the later trials of those involved. The film...
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy 2018 conference March 2, 2018 at the National Press ClubThe Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs,...
