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US Intervention In Syria is A Mission Creep with Roots in CIA Led 1953 Iranian Coup D’état
Our interest in access to and exploitation of the regions oil is a generations long mission creep, and it is a mission that we must abort.
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The Repetition Compulsion for War — and How It Might Fail This Time
For advocates of militarism and empire by any other name, the specter of democratic constraint looms as an ominous threat.
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Syrian Refugees in Jordan Decry American Plans to Attack
With the Obama administration pressing Congress to approve its plans to attack the Syrian government, Abu Ghazi and his family are not convinced the strikes will bring anything but …
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Cornel West and the Fight to Save the Black Prophetic Tradition
“The most pernicious development is the incorporation of the black prophetic tradition into the Obama imperial project,” Cornel West tells Chris Hedges.
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The Hill to the Rescue on Syria? Don’t Hold Your Breath
In an announcement that surprised virtually everyone, the president told his countrymen and the world that he was putting on hold the much anticipated U.S. attack against Syria.
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Could Online Giant Avaaz Help Us Stop the US Bombing of Syria?
The NAYS are multiplying, but the YAYS are pulling out their big guns. Could online organizing giant Avaaz help us stop the US bombing of Syria? Sign this petition …
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Another War Is Not the Answer
Where we are now in a potential war with Syria; why entering a war would be illegal, immoral and imprudent; and what we should do instead, according to David …
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The Syrian Catastrophe
Though the world dodged a bullet with the British parliamentary vote Thursday against going to war, it also brought with it great dangers, notably that of complacency, today being …
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Fresh Hell When Congress Returns
Dave Johnson takes a look at the latest excuses for why Congress remains in a hopeless deadlock.
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Obama’s Political Capital and the Slippery Slope of Syria
“Time and again we have seen domestic agendas succumb to military adventures abroad — both because the military-industrial-congressional complex drains money that might otherwise be used for domestic goals,” …