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Tom Hayden on Obama’s Afghanistan : Needles and Haystacks
US Troops Stuck in Afghan Sands.‘In everyday language, Obama’s proposals for Afghanistan and Pakistan can be described as either out of the frying pan and into the fire, or attacking needles by burning down haystacks.’By Tom Hayden / January 6, … Continue reading
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Blum on America’s ‘Stability Operations’ Around the World
The Anti-Empire ReportBy William Blum / January 2, 2009 America’s other glorious war The Pentagon pushes hard for a large increase in troops for Afghanistan. Barack Obama has been calling for the same since well before the November election. Listen … Continue reading
‘Terrorist’ : A Word That Comes After ‘Arab’
“Arab terrorist,” played by Albert Moses in a Nescafe commercial. Since the classic definition of “terrorism” is the use of violence against civilians to achieve a political goal, Israel would seem to be inviting an objective analysis that it has … Continue reading
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow : The Politics of Gaza and Beyond
The SS Free Gaza and the SS Liberty, with human rights workers and supplies from the Free Gaza Movement successfully landed in Gaza early the evening of Aug. 23, 2008, breaking the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip: has been … Continue reading
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Tagged Ecumenism, Gaza, Hamas, Israel, Peace Movement, U.S. Foreign Policy
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US, Russia, China Refuse to Sign Cluster Treaty
Just a reminder: this is what cluster bomblets do to people.Cluster Bomb Treaty and The World’s Unfinished BusinessBy Ramzy Baroud / December 13, 2008 The United States, Russia and China are sending a terrible message to the rest of the … Continue reading
Report: US Hegemony in Latin America Is Over
Failure to engage with Latin America in more constructive ways than in the past will continue the alienation that has resulted from bad policy and destructive action since the interference in Chile in the early 1970s. As our friend Karen … Continue reading
Promoting Diplomacy with Iran
The Rag Blog has long advocated diplomacy over aggression with respect to relations with Iran. More than a year ago, we posted about the Iran Pledge of Resistance. We maintain a link to the pledge in our sidebar. The Rag … Continue reading
US Says Iraq SOFA* Discussions Are Complete
From whence does this arrogance arise? Why do citizens and, more especially, the government of the United States believe that they can dictate to anyone else around the world the conditions of discussion? Why has the humility so necessary for … Continue reading
Much Work to Do to Bring Peace to the Middle East
MIDEAST: For Peace, the U.S. Will Have to ChangeBy Cherrie Heywood / November 5, 2008 RAMALLAH, West Bank – Barack Obama has been elected U.S. President at a time when the number of extremists has risen dramatically since the U.S. … Continue reading
The Problem Is US Interventionist Foreign Policy
Interventionism, Not Muslims, Is the ProblemBy Jacob G. Hornberger / October 27, 2008 One of the popular post-9/11 sentiments has been the one that holds that Muslims are bent on conquering the world. The notion is that Muslims hate Christianity … Continue reading
