TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
Months of disquieting and needless escalation between the United States and Russia over Syria and the Asia-Pacific theater quickened feverishly to near outright hostility over the past 48 hours, and — considering semantics from both ends suggestive of antebellum blame-casting — it’s past time to pay attention. Indeed, though a few analysts still dismissively liken Read More…
Hillary Clinton has known since at least 2014 the governments of Saudi Arabia and Qatar provide “clandestine financial and logistic support” to the Islamic State and other radical Islamic groups — but, rather than call for a halt of arms sales and support, Clinton only heralded the need to “bring pressure” on the Saudi government. Wikileaks has Read More…
October 7, 2016 marks the 15th anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan by US-led NATO forces. 15 years since the bombs began raining down on the country. 15 years of drone strikes and civilian massacres, detainees and prison torture, insurgency and bombings, warlords and druglords and CIA kickbacks. 15 years of death. 15 Read More…
Officials doubted Saudi military could target Houthi militants without hurting civilians or destroying infrastructure, Reuters reports. As the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia comes under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the Gulf nation’s weekend bombing campaign in Yemen, a Reuters exclusive published Monday reveals that the Obama administration approved a $1.3 billion Read More…
Renowned journalist Glenn Greenwald recently tweeted the three rules of American exceptionalism: Greenwald’s astute observations were presumably made in response to Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent remarks that both Russia and Syria should face war crimes investigations for their recent attacks on Syrian civilians. “Russia and the regime owe the world more than an explanation about Read More…
The US has resisted previous attempts to hold its ally—or itself—accountable for the civilian slaughter in Yemen. The United States, which is supplying arms and other assistance to Saudi Arabia in its war on Yemen, has “initiated an immediate review” of its support for the kingdom in the wake of airstrikes on Saturday that reportedly killed at Read More…