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“We” – to be precise, U.S. policymakers and their quasi-private-sector, tax-nourished enablers-beneficiaries – must not police the world, become directly involved in wars, covertly assist belligerents, or act as arms merchants and bankers. The central government can’t be a benign policeman, even if its intentions were as stated (which they may be): international rules-based order … Continue reading “Don’t Police the World”

During October at least 41 people were killed, and 28 more were wounded. Americans were among the casualties. Last month, 45 people were killed and 12 were wounded. The main fighting this month occurred between Turkish forces and Kurdistan Workers’ Party (P.K.K.) guerrillas across northern Iraq. At least 23 guerrillas wered killed and four were … Continue reading “Iraq Monthly Roundup: 41 Killed in October”

For three weeks, President Biden has played a key role in backing Israel’s war crimes while touting himself as a compassionate advocate of restraint. That pretense is lethal nonsense as Israel persists with mass killing of civilians in Gaza. The same crucial standards that fully condemned Hamas’s murders of Israeli civilians on Oct. 7 should … Continue reading “Biden Is a Genocide Denier and the ‘Enabler in Chief’ for Israel’s Ongoing War Crimes”

Advocates of a less interventionist U.S. foreign policy are understandably eager to identify and work with potential political and ideological allies.  That desire causes them to reach out to promising prospects among both liberals and conservatives under the more general banner of foreign policy “restrainers.”  In some cases, the outreach has achieved significant results.  Analysts … Continue reading “Some Alleged Restrainers Are Just Selective Ultra-Hawks”

Reprinted from Consortium News with the author’s permission. Israel’s systematic and wanton destruction of Gaza has raised long-standing issues of its political and legal culpability over the treatment of Palestinians to a new level of seriousness. It obviously poses familiar issues of Israeli war crimes, and Amnesty International had already clearly designated it as such … Continue reading “The ‘Genocide Moment’”

Can the president fight any war he wishes? Can Congress fund any war it chooses? Are there constitutional and legal requirements that must first be met before war is waged? Can the United States legally attack an ally? These questions should be critical to a public debate over the U.S. military involvement in Ukraine and … Continue reading “Biden, War, and the Constitution”

The Hamas-Israel War is inflaming tensions within and around Israel. It could escalate across the region. Or is escalation the actual objective? On October 8, 2023, after the first one day into the Hamas−Israel War, Prime Minister Netanyahu appointed ex-military commander Gal Hirsch to coordinate the cross-governmental response to missing Israeli citizen; that is, civilians … Continue reading “From Hamas-Israel War to Regional Escalation with Iran”

“(Tutsis) are cockroaches. We will kill you.” Arabs are like “drugged cockroaches in a bottle.” The first quote was a line repeated frequently by the Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, a Rwandan radio station, which is largely blamed for inciting hatred towards the Tutsi people. The second is by former Israeli army Chief-of-Staff, Gen. … Continue reading “‘Human Animals’: The Sordid Language Behind Israel’s Genocide in Gaza”

This article was extended and updated on 11/10/23, including to reflect the latest tolls of death and destruction in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. Intifada On October 7th, a large group of armed Hamas fighters broke out of the Gaza Strip to launch an unprecedented attack – by air, land, and sea – … Continue reading “Netanyahu’s Support for Hamas Backfired”

The multi-year battle by local Atlanta and national activists to stop construction of the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center – labeled “Cop City” by opponents – has entered a new phase. On August 14, ABC News reported that “#StopCopCity protesters had collected more than enough signatures to move its referendum campaign forward in an effort to get … Continue reading “When Speech Is ‘Terrorism’: The Legal and Political Assault on Stop Cop City”