As it relates to Syria: is it 2013 all over again?
Once again, the US military is ramping up the rate of air strikes against Syria. Some outlets have reported this as something along the lines of “Trump starts war with …
US withdrawal from New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants is wrong move
On September 19, 2016 all 193 Member States of the United Nations – including the United States – met at the Summit for Refugees and Migrants, and unanimously adopted the …
In support of independence referenda
Within days of one another voters in Iraqi Kurdistan and Catalonia went to the polls, or attempted to go to the polls, to vote in secession referenda. Nearly 92% of …
On the Syrian ceasefire
Near the end of February, after five years of civil war, a ceasefire quietly took affect in Syria. However the ceasefire is not meant to stop all fighting in the …
Should refugees be surveilled, refused or interned?
In the days after the attacks in Paris, France that were claimed by The Islamic State, Antiwar.com reports, “there has been a growing backlash against refugees, particularly among US Republicans.”
Solving the refugee crisis
Nearly half of the Syrian population has been displaced by the ongoing civil war in that country. Many of those able to flee the country have attempted to reach Europe. …
Hoax video urges real debate
In the 1997 hit movie, Wag the Dog, a filmmaker is hired to create a fake war in Albania to distract the public from a Presidential sex scandal in the …
US Inches Closer and Closer to War in Syria
How foolish do the Pentagon warmakers, Beltway mediates, and politicos think we are? It has been less than a decade since they pounded the war drums against Iraq, bombarding a …