By Alison Weir. Counterpunch – The American Legion, founded in 1919, is the nation’s largest wartime veterans’ assistance organization.According to its mission statement, the Legion is committed to “devotion to our fellow servicemembers and veterans.” Yet, Legion honchos are actively hostile to veterans of the USS Liberty – the most decorated ship since World War II. […]
By Philip Giraldi. UNZ – In the real world diplomacy is most often successful when two sides represent parties that can each speak with one voice and that have clearly defined objectives that they seek to attain within the framework of a final agreement. This perhaps explains why so many United States’ negotiations worldwide, often […]
It’s time we ask a different question. By Sohaib Sultan. TIME – As a leader in the Muslim community, just about every time a crazy Muslim or group of Muslims do something insane in the world, I am asked or prominently hear this question being asked, “Why aren’t Muslims condemning this?!” The latest example of […]
Our note: Rahm Emanuel, a dual Israeli citizen (his father was in a terrorist group) who volunteered with the Israeli military during the first Gulf War, is known as a money man for the Democratic Party. He has just announced his support for Hillary Clinton for President. Does he hope he’ll end up number two on her […]
By Andrew Levine. Counterpunch – For as long as the word has been used to describe a type of political theory and practice, philosophers have been quibbling over precisely what liberalism is. As one would expect after more than two hundred years, suggestions abound. However there is general agreement on at least one point: its core […]
AFP – Israel spies on the United States more than any other ally does and these activities have reached an alarming level, Newsweek magazine reported Tuesday. The main targets are US industrial and technical secrets, the weekly said, quoting classified briefings on legislation that would make it easier for Israeli citizens to get visas to enter […]
Ideologues across the political spectrum stand between Americans and a constitutionally modest approach to foreign affairs. By Philip Giraldi. Some years back I would have described myself as a conservative Republican. My understanding of what that meant was shaped by two leading conservatives of that era, during my college years William F. Buckley, and somewhat […]
By Philip Giraldi. UNZ – The fundamental problem with Senator Rand Paul is that it is difficult to discern what he actually stands for. Or if he stands for anything at all. His defenders, and there are many in that category who rightly hope for a shake-up in American politics, often suggest that he will […]
Haaretz – Without money, a phone or identity papers, Fadel Tamimi’s 14-year-old son was thrown out of an Israeli army jeep, in the dead of night, 15 kilometers away from home, after being interrogated. By Gideon Levy and Alex Levac. If a man falls from a plane in the middle of the night God alone can raise […]
Haaretz – The Israeli embassy in London has condemned a Methodist Church report on the case for and against boycotting Israel, according to the Church Times website.While the briefing paper does not recommend that the Methodist Church join the Boycott, Disinvestment and Sanctions movement, it was condemned by the embassy as an attempt to “legitimize […]
