Tag: terrorism

Fifty legislators recently sent a letter to President Joe Biden requesting him to overhaul U.S. counterterrorism policy to center human rights and the protection of civilians.

"Thus far, Biden administration actions raise sobering questions about its commitment to ending the so-called 'War on Terror.'"

Millions starve. Millions die yearly from preventable diseases. Millions die as a consequence of wars. Compared with these numbers, the total count of terrorist victims is vanishingly small.

Collectively, recognizing the terrible legacy of 9/11, we must agree: To counter terror, abolish war.

Street violence offends the vast majority, and extremism doubles down the downside.

Any political blacklist that has a million names of “suspected terrorists” is a caricature of a police state run amok.

If the Biden administration really wants to stop fueling chaos and terrorism in the world, it must radically transform the CIA.

“We have met the enemy and he is us.”

What President Trump is actually proposing simply removes the most visible aspect – the troops – while continuing the bombing of eight countries and secret counter terrorism operations across almost half the globe.

After the arrest of an aide to Juan Guaido this week, revelations came about that the U.S. and Guaido were plotting a terror campaign against Venezuela, with mercenaries trained in Colombia from surrounding nations and funded by $1 billion in assets the U.S. seized from Venezuela.