In Washington, War Is Peace

The Intercept has an article on the “U.S. Institute of Peace,” a government agency founded in 1984 supposedly dedicated to promoting “nonviolent resolution of conflicts”: author Lee Fang is shocked – shocked! – that USIP chairman Stephen J. Hadley, a former national security advisor to George W. Bush, wants to arm Ukraine so as to … Continue reading “In Washington, War Is Peace”

132 Killed across Iraq as Airstrikes Continue

At least 132 were killed and 25 were killed in the violence: A Yazidi woman who escaped her militant captor told the media that her three children were poisoned after being taken to Syria. In Baghdad, a bomb killed three people and wounded 11 more. Mortars killed three people and wounded another, including a woman … Continue reading “132 Killed across Iraq as Airstrikes Continue”