Iran is a thousand miles away from Israel. And unlike the Palestinians, Iran doesn’t claim Israeli land. So why does Shiite Iran arm Sunni Palestinians, when their enemies are Sunni? The Palestinians are predominately Sunni Muslim, which is the Arab group that...
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News Roundup 9/4/19
US News Activists look to push Democrats to hold Israel and ICE to the same standards on family separation. [Link] Iran France is working on a proposal to Iran that would offer Iran a $15 billion line of credit if Iran returns to compliance with the nuclear agreement....
News Roundup 9/3/19
US News Two former New York police officers got only probation for raping an 18-year-old girl. The officers detained the girl for drugs, then claimed she had consensual sex with them. [Link] James Bovard explains why mandatory gun buyback will not work in the US....
8/30/19 Danny Sjursen on the Hidden Cost of America’s Endless Wars and How Trump Could End Them
Danny Sjursen explains why staying in Afghanistan, even indefinitely, won't make any difference in its eventual outcome. Right now the U.S. military is only enforcing the Kabul government's grip on a small part of the country, and if they leave, either the Taliban...
Time To Liberate Afghanistan
After 18 years of war in Afghanistan– America’s longest – US and Taliban negotiators are said to be close to an agreement that may see the withdrawal of many of the 14,000 US soldiers in that remote nation. That’s the official version. President Donald Trump keeps...
Kurdish NGO Report Details Turkish Support For ISIS
There has long been talk of the role that Turkey had to play in the facilitation and even covert support for elements of Daesh (IS, ISIS, Islamic State). Many state actors have leveled accusations against Turkey, for which no-one seems to have - at least to public...
8/30/19 Jim Bronke on Joe Biden’s Role in the Iraq War and the Media’s Refusal to Cover It
Scott interviews Jim Bronke about Joe Biden's role, as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in militating for the invasion of Iraq in 2002. He deliberately stacked hearings meant to examine the potential threat of Iraqi WMD with war hawks that he knew...
News Roundup 8/28/19
US News The US approves $3.3 billion in missile sales to Japan. [Link] Thailand will receive 120 armored vehicles from the US by the end of 2020. [Link] Afghanistan The Taliban say Trump's remarks about not being in a hurry to remove troops from Afghanistan slowed...
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