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Drone Warfare Reveals Failure to Imagine Geography
The USu2019s dependency on drone warfare reveals a laziness in properly imagining geography.
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Is Broad Opposition to War on Syria an Opportunity to End American Empire Responsibly?
Are we witnessing the beginning of a transformation of US foreign policy? With groundswell public opposition to a war with Syria, Flowers and Zeese see such signs and recommend …
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Bill Moyers: Let Us Now Praise Common Sense
Bill Moyers says that the White House, Congress and the punditry of the Beltway may ultimately be grateful to a public that weighed in on a potential military strike …
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Giving New Meaning to the Day After 9/11: Why Saying No to Syria Matters
Once again, we find ourselves at the day after 9/11, and this time America stands alone.
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From One Nobel Peace Laureate To Another: Open Letter to President Barack Obama
There is no doubt that the use of chemical arms is immoral and to be condemned, but your government has no moral authority whatsoever to justify an intervention.
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The New Goliath
Whatever Congress decides to do about bombing Syria, the United States is still trapped by a historic contradiction of its own invention.
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The US Has No Credibility Dealing With Chemical Weapons
The US bypassed a chance to support a region-wide chemical weapons disarmament agreement in the Middle East when it was proposed by Syria a decade ago, points out Stephen …
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Congress Will Return to Debate Syrian Mission
While resolute that he has the power and authority to strike, Obama will wait for Congressional approval, urging members to put aside partisan differences to address this
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The Kurds: Opportunity and Peril
For almost a century, the Kurdsu2014one of the worldu2019s largest ethnic groups without its own stateu2014have been deceived and double-crossed, their language and culture suppressed, their villages burned and …
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War on Syria: Twenty Pounds of Stupid in a Ten-Pound Bag
William Rivers Pitt has a novel idea: instead of attacking Syria, how about we don't attack Syria?