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[l] at 3/27/24 10:00pm
“Unipolar” used to mean that the United States was, at least in theory, alone in leading the world. Now “unipolar” means that the United States is alone and isolated in opposition to the world. In global affairs, a hegemon is a nation that leads because it has the consent of the other nations who believe Continue reading "Is America a Rogue Superpower?" The post Is America a Rogue Superpower? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/27/24 10:00pm
On March 14, Sen. Charles Schumer, the majority leader in the U.S. Senate, gave a major speech on the Senate floor saying the Israeli government under the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had been “too willing to tolerate the civilian toll in Gaza, which is pushing support for Israel worldwide to historic lows.” Schumer Continue reading "Gaza War Is Pushing Support for Israel to Historic Lows" The post Gaza War Is Pushing Support for Israel to Historic Lows appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/26/24 10:00pm
The book Gaza Writes Back is a collection of short stories from twenty young Gazans. Although published in 2013, the book is highly relevant today.  The stories reveal how the last five months is the culmination of a process which has been going on for decades. The title is curious: “Gaza Writes Back”.  Perhaps it Continue reading "Gazans Tell What Its Like To Live Under the Israeli Siege" The post Gazans Tell What Its Like To Live Under the Israeli Siege appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/26/24 10:00pm
According to legend, the organization I lead, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, was founded in August 1914 when a British Quaker and a German Lutheran shook hands at a railway station in Cologne. With England on the cusp of joining World War I, they pledged, We are one in Christ and can never be at war. Continue reading "Israels Conscientious Objectors Stand on the Shoulders of Giants" The post Israels Conscientious Objectors Stand on the Shoulders of Giants appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/25/24 10:00pm
Nothing can justify a genocide.  And nothing can justify providing weaponry and support for those conducting a genocide. Nevertheless, the US Senate on February 13 passed a bill that provides billions for Israel’s slaughter of tens of thousands of Palestinians.  It authorizes $14 billion dollars in military aid for Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza.  And Continue reading "Cut Off War Funds by Stopping the Congressional Discharge Petition" The post Cut Off War Funds by Stopping the Congressional Discharge Petition appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/25/24 10:00pm
Last week, Variety reported that “more than 1,000 Jewish creatives, executives and Hollywood professionals have signed an open letter denouncing Jonathan Glazer’s ‘The Zone of Interest’ Oscar speech.” The angry letter is a tight script for a real-life drama of defending Israel as it continues to methodically kill civilians no less precious than the signers’ Continue reading "Close-up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter" The post Close-up of Death Culture: 1,000 in Entertainment Biz Proclaim Support for Gaza Slaughter appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/25/24 10:00pm
Last Friday, I addressed the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). Below is the video of my statement, along with a transcript. My friend Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi also provided an Arabic translation of my comments. As an aside, Aymenn is one of the best Middle Eastern and geo-political analysts I know. You can follow him on Continue reading "An Escalatory Game for Fools and Madmen" The post An Escalatory Game for Fools and Madmen appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/25/24 7:44pm
Another 12 were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Weekly Roundup</I>: 21 Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/24/24 10:00pm
Reprinted from TomDispatch. It’s one of the stranger phenomena on this planet. By 2023, the U.S. was estimated to spend more money on its “defense budget” than the next 10 countries combined. Yes, the next 10! And yet, whether you’re talking about Korea and Vietnam in the last century, or Afghanistan, Iraq, and so many Continue reading "Cutting the Pentagon Down to Size" The post Cutting the Pentagon Down to Size appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/24/24 10:00pm
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. ~ First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution When James Madison set about to draft the Bill of Rights – the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution – he was articulating what lawyers and philosophers and judges call negative rights. A positive right grants a privilege, like a drivers Continue reading "Can Congress Ban TikTok?" The post Can Congress Ban TikTok? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/24/24 10:00pm
On July 28, 2023, a coup led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani kicked out the democratically elected government of Niger. On March 16, 2024, the coup government kicked the United States out of Niger. Niger, and a cooperative government in Niger, are important to the United States. “Niger is a strong ally of western nations, especially Continue reading "What Does the Coup in Niger Tell Us about the War in Ukraine?" The post What Does the Coup in Niger Tell Us about the War in Ukraine? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/21/24 10:00pm
I recommend readers take a very pleasant few minutes to watch Kamila Valieva skating two months before the sole positive test so you see what we are talking about. On 7 February 2022, the  Beijing Olympics was underway and drawing international attention. Under the theme “One world, One family”, the opening ceremony was spectacular. In Continue reading "How the West Upended the Worlds Best Figure Skater To Undermine Russia" The post How the West Upended the Worlds Best Figure Skater To Undermine Russia appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/21/24 10:00pm
When the foreign policy of a country as large and significant as the United States is governed by a case of cognitive dissonance, terrible things happen. These terrible things are, in fact, already taking place in the Gaza Strip, where well over 100,000 people have been killed, wounded or are missing, and an outright famine Continue reading "Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy Is Prolonging Gaza Genocide" The post Cognitive Dissonance: Perplexed US Foreign Policy Is Prolonging Gaza Genocide appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/21/24 10:00pm
If we condemn Hamas for its October 7 attacks in Israel, we’re not accused of anti-Arab bigotry. Nor should we be. Nothing could possibly justify the atrocities that Hamas committed against hundreds of civilians, who were the majority of the 1,200 people killed as a result of the attacks by Hamas forces. And nothing can Continue reading "Apologists for Israel’s Mass Murder in Gaza Fall Back on Antisemitism Claims" The post Apologists for Israel’s Mass Murder in Gaza Fall Back on Antisemitism Claims appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/20/24 10:00pm
The past five months have been clarifying. What was supposed to be hidden has been thrust into the light. What was supposed to be obscured has come sharply into focus. Liberal democracy is not what it seems. It has always defined itself in contrast to what it says it is not. Where other regimes are Continue reading "How the Western Media Helped Build the Case for Genocide in Gaza" The post How the Western Media Helped Build the Case for Genocide in Gaza appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/20/24 10:00pm
It has long been an open secret that the West has been providing Ukraine with funding, weapons, training, maintenance, targeting intelligence, intelligence on the position of Russian forces and vulnerabilities and even war-gaming. They have provided Ukraine with everything but the bodies. President Joe Biden has long insisted that American troops “are not and will Continue reading "Why is the West Suddenly Revealing That It Has Troops in Ukraine?" The post Why is the West Suddenly Revealing That It Has Troops in Ukraine? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/19/24 10:00pm
As I write this, more than 31,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza and, as Aya Batrawy reported for NPR, thousands more are “unaccounted for – either missing under the rubble, buried hastily in side streets, or decomposing in areas that can’t be safely reached.” Significant numbers of the dead are women and children, and Continue reading "Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll" The post Gaza: Blocking the Aid Trucks, Letting the Tanks Roll appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/19/24 10:00pm
President Biden used the bully pulpit of the annual State of the Union Address to describe a world that significantly differed from the picture presented just a month earlier in the Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community. Information fed to the general public is deliberately spun to sell the imperial project. In contrast, Continue reading "Bidens State of the Union Address Exposed by US Intelligence Threat Assessment" The post Bidens State of the Union Address Exposed by US Intelligence Threat Assessment appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/19/24 10:00pm
On Wednesday, March 13th, a bipartisan group of US Representatives voted to give the US president the power to remove any website, computer or mobile application, or even service provider that the president determines – without due process – is run by “a person subject to the direction of control of a foreign person or Continue reading "The TikTok Totalitarians" The post The TikTok Totalitarians appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/18/24 10:00pm
Not content with the multitude of disasters that they’ve helped set in motion over the past three years, the Biden administration now seems to have put another target in its sights: Central Europe. On Friday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken swept through Vienna and in keeping with the longstanding wishes of Brussels and Washington Continue reading "Biden and Co. Take Aim at Central Europe" The post Biden and Co. Take Aim at Central Europe appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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[l] at 3/18/24 10:00pm
In the early days of the war in Ukraine, France’s President, Emmanuel Macron, was somewhat isolated as Europe’s leading dove. But in more recent days of the war, he is somewhat isolated as the leading hawk. And even as the hawk, he seems to fly whichever way the wind blows. From the day Russia invaded Continue reading "Has Macron Become Unmoored?" The post Has Macron Become Unmoored? appeared first on Antiwar.com.

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