Preparing for the Next Memorial Day
In the aftermath of the Memorial Day military parades and with a new administration looming on the horizon, a critical task for the coming year is to build a renewed, more vibrant, interracial, and multi-generational peace movement that will pressure the next administration.
All wars are illegal, so what do we do about it?
We can replace war with mediation, conflict resolution and adjudication. We can legalize peace.
Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq
The lessons of two failed wars...
The ultra-costly, underwhelming F-35 fighter
Lockheed Martin remains top gun in the Pentagon's cockpit.
Attempt to close Al-Jazeera is an attack on freedom of expression, UN says
The channel has become part of Qatar’s grand strategy, and asking them to close it down is like asking Switzerland to close its banks.
The enemy of my enemy is my…?
The Saudi-American-Iranian-Russian-Qatari-Syrian conundrum.
U.S. Cold War with China: First stop, Equatorial Guinea
Officials are hyping the threat of a potential Chinese naval base facing the Atlantic to get yet more funding for military operations.
Mulligan in Afghanistan
Trump applies the rules of his golf game to foreign policy.
10 reasons Trump should not strengthen U.S.-Saudi ties
If the Trump administration truly wants to find a way out of the wars in the Middle East and make the United States safer from terrorists, it would do well to stop arming, aiding and abetting the ruthless Saudi regime.
US-backed Rafah massacre: Calls for immediate suspension of Israeli aid after 45 civilians killed
International outrage mounts as images of the Rafah bombing reveal horrific civilian casualties, prompting demands for the U.S. to cease military support for Israel.