Do we have a shortage of female heroes in this country? Are virtuous women that scarce? Or is it simply that Women's History Month, by eliminating women from the conversation who don't fit the narrative of the State Department and the Pentagon, failed to achieve its goal? Why would Secretary of State Antony Blinken post his admiration for a group of women who have killed (estimating conservatively) millions of people? Why wouldn't he instead promote women like Jeannette Rankin and the ideas for which she stood? Probably because she would have defied and vehemently opposed every foreign...
The Villains of Women’s History Month
Since 1987, March has been officially celebrated as Women's History Month, when the National Women's History Project successfully petitioned Congress to pass Pub. L. 100-9. And our chief diplomat, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, made sure to show his support by posting a picture of a few women who he believes make "our global and local communities stronger in service of generations to come." This, of course, includes the three women who previously held his position: Madeleine Albright, Condoleezza Rice, and Hillary Clinton. UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright would become the first female...
What the Yemeni People Need From Us Right Now
Accountability. This, according to Kate Kizer and Scott Paul, is the solution Yemenis need. We're supposed to believe that the same people who have contributed to the atrocities inflicted upon the people of Yemen, led by the Saudis and the United Arab Emirates, with direct support from the United States, are going to police themselves. We're supposed to believe that any congressional War Powers Resolutions are a waste of our resources. Kate Kizer is a senior non-resident fellow at the Center for International Policy, a foreign policy think tank which has historically promoted peace, while...
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