Always Another War

Always Another War

Afghanistan is not exactly history quite yet as there still will be a lot final adjustments on the ground as well as the usual Vietnam-syndrome war of words that inevitably follows on yet another American-engineered foreign catastrophe. But the recriminations will go nowhere as there is certainly enough mud to stick on both major political…

Israel’s Lawyer Speaks Up – Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran

Israel’s Lawyer Speaks Up – Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran

America’s foreign policy is a funny thing, except for the fact that it is no laughing matter. Given the recent sentencing of whistleblower Daniel Hale for revealing to the media that the US military’s drone program kills innocent civilians including many children 90% of the time, one has to wonder what the “humanitarian” Joe Biden…

Abby Martin Beats the Israel Lobby: Attack on Free Speech and Association Fails Court Test

Abby Martin Beats the Israel Lobby: Attack on Free Speech and Association Fails Court Test

Abby Martin’s efforts must be applauded for she has won a major victory in the struggle to maintain freedom of speech in the United States. Many Americans who follow developments overseas would concede that Israel and its supporters in the United States exercise a fairly high level of control over U.S. foreign policy in the…

Recantations Are All the Rage

Recantations Are All the Rage

Several things are happening simultaneously. Most important, Israel has lost the public opinion war in much of the world through its brutality during the recent attack on Gaza and it continues to lose ground even in the wake of a cease fire due to mass arrests of Palestinians and armed police intrusions in and around…

Jewish Groups That Aid Israel’s War Crimes Can’t Deny All Responsibility for Those Crimes

Jewish Groups That Aid Israel’s War Crimes Can’t Deny All Responsibility for Those Crimes

Here is something that can be said with great confidence. It is racist – antisemitic, if you prefer – to hold Jews, individually or collectively, accountable for Israel’s crimes. Jews are not responsible for Israel’s war crimes, even if the Israeli state presumes to implicate Jews in its crimes by falsely declaring it represents all…

Biden Doesn’t Want Rules and Order Everywhere

Biden Doesn’t Want Rules and Order Everywhere

The Israeli lobby groups in Washington will continue to make the rules. That’s what politics is all about. The phrase “rules-based international order” is being used a lot by Washington’s representatives who wish to make clear, as indicated by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, that they consider the alternative “is a world in which might…