Non-French War Deaths Matter

Published on Let’s Try Democracy, by David Swanson, Nov 14, 2015.

We are all France. Apparently. Though we are never all Lebanon or Syria or Iraq for some reason. Or a long, long list of additional places.

We are led to believe that U.S. wars are not tolerated and cheered because of the color or culture of the people being bombed and occupied. But let a relatively tiny number of people be murdered in a white, Christian, Western-European land, with a pro-war government, and suddenly sympathy is the order of the day. Continuer la lecture de « Non-French War Deaths Matter »

A Brutal New Germany: What's Happening to My Country?

Published on Spiegel Online International, a Commentary by Markus Feldenkirchen, Nov 12, 2015.

Germany could approach the refugee crisis without surrendering its civility. But instead, the basest of anti-foreigner sentiment is taking hold in many places. If it continues, we could soon witness an atmosphere of brutality not seen in decades. Continuer la lecture de « A Brutal New Germany: What's Happening to My Country? »

White House Objections Stop ISIS War Authorization Vote

Published on Anti War, by Jason Ditz, Nov 11, 2015.

A closed briefing in the Senate today has ended with officials saying that the Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) for the ISIS war is a “nonstarter,” after White House officials, principally special envoy Brett McGurk, informing the Senate leadership that such a vote was unwelcome.   Continuer la lecture de « White House Objections Stop ISIS War Authorization Vote »

How Outside Normalcy Should an Outsider Be?

Published on Dissident Voice, by James Hoover, Nov 10, 2015.

Ben Carson is the quiet, almost somnolent, version of Donald Trump. He is, like Trump, a political outsider, but a crafty politician all the same, without the reality TV persona of Donald Trump. Carson seems to share other attributes with “the Donald” though not commonly discussed in the media.   Continuer la lecture de « How Outside Normalcy Should an Outsider Be? »