Andy Corbley

In a recent letter written to Secretary of State Pompeo, a number of Congressmen led by Eliot Engel (D–NY) and Michael McCaul (R–TX) expressed their "deep concern" as "strong supporters of the Syrian people" that various countries are attempting to normalize relations with the secular dictator of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. This they say is unacceptable … Continue reading “Congress Will Say Anything About Syria These Days”

In a war-ravaged Afghanistan, where last year more tax money was paid in bribery throughout the government than was made in taxes, a team of remarkable young women have created a very cheap, open-source ventilator based on a model from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to help their country’s Covid-19 response as cases top 35,000 … Continue reading “Afghan Kid Geniuses Show the World Afghanistan Is a Country Not a War”

In a letter sent to Sec. of State Mike Pompeo, Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Eliot Engel (D-NY) described his incredulity at President Trump’s decision to withhold over $100 million dollars in foreign aid to both the World Health Organization (WHO), and its partner the Pan American Health Organization, (PAHO). President Trump has … Continue reading “US Sanctions Foster Venezuela’s Need for Aid To Fight COVID-19”

The U.S. House of Representatives, after several months of hearing testimony on the potential abuse of executive power within the Trump administration, voted along party lines, with the Democratic majority succeeding in impeaching the President of the United States for just the 3rd time in the nation’s history. Taking charge after Barack Obama, analysts wobbled … Continue reading “How Would a Pence Oval Office Look on the World Stage?”

Senators Marco Rubio (R – FL) and Bob Menendez (D – NJ) have introduced a reauthorization of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act that passed in 2014 and was then reauthorized in 2016. The bill led to targeted sanctions on the regime of current Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. The reauthorization would … Continue reading “Even While Guaido Faces Yet Another Scandal, US Moves to Reauthorize Sanctions”

As the late-summer date of August 20th passes stateside, very few Americans will recognize the significance of it in our nation’s history. It marks the 66th anniversary of a sinister turn in the history of American foreign policy, and while neocons and hawks of all sorts will tell you history started on September 12th 2001, … Continue reading “America’s Interventionist Middle East Policy Started 66 Years Ago”

The Merriam-Webster definition for genocide is "the deliberate and systematic destruction of a race, political or cultural group". The inheritors of the once-Ottoman now-Turkish state responsible for the Armenian Genocide still dispute the genocidal charges even 100 years after the events. Genocide can be a culturally defining event. The Gallic peoples of France, after suffering … Continue reading “How Does the War on Terror Stack Up to Some of History’s Most Infamous Genocides?”