Fearing a widening war, U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and special envoy Amos Hochstein, have fanned out across the Middle East in a concentrated push to prevent it. Perhaps the greatest fear is that, knowing they will not apply their leverage to stop a wider war once it starts, the United States … Continue reading "Is Hezbollah Preventing a Widening War?"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war James Fenimore Cooper: Selections on peace and war ==== James Fenimore CooperSatanstoeor,The Littlepage ManuscriptsA Tale of the Colony Every age has its old and its last wars…. *** The things I saw on this occasion have had a material […]
Long before South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023 over its genocidal war on Gaza, its iconic anti-apartheid leader, Nelson Mandela, who came to embody the struggle for justice worldwide; stated, “Palestine was the greatest moral issue of our time.” Three decades have passed since … Continue reading "Palestine: The Greatest Moral Issue of Our Time"
There are multiple indications that members of the foreign policy establishment are increasingly worried that the American people are growing weary of Washington’s strategic overextension and the excessive costs in treasure and blood that role imposes. Elites show their nervousness through desperate attempts to preserve the policy status quo. One recent example was the effort … Continue reading "The Foreign Policy Blob’s Desperate Attempt To Preserve NATO"
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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts French writers on war and peace Balzac: Mass executions: Has Europe ever ceased from wars? Honoré de Balzac: Selling war munitions to the devil himself if he has money ==== Honoré de BalzacA Bachelor’s Establishment(Un Ménage de garçon)Translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley Issoudun has repeatedly refused to […]
zerohedge.com Jim Bovard: Biden Says Vote For Me Or Hitler Wins Authored by Jim Bovard, “Endless hysteria will keep you free,” said none of the Founding Fathers. But President Joe Biden missed that message before his absurdly overheated speech last Friday near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Biden draped himself in Revolutionary War virtue as he demanded […]
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author’s permission. What will historians say decades or centuries from now when the U.S. empire collapses into ruin? How will they explain it? Consider the United States in the big picture. I see a country with unique strengths. Two wide oceans protecting us. A long secure border with Canada. … Continue reading "The Madness of Threat Inflation"
On January 13, the people of Taiwan, officially designated the Republic of China (ROC), will elect a new President and unicameral legislature known as the Legislative Yuan. The election hinges on the question of Taiwan’s policy toward the Mainland, the Peoples Republic of China (PRC). That policy will have a profound impact on East Asia … Continue reading "An American Appeals to Taiwan: Don’t Vote To Be Ukraine 2.0"
In both Gaza and Ukraine, the United States has followed a policy of allowing a war to continue – in the former case through its Security Council veto and in the latter by blocking negotiations – while attempting to limit a widening war. In Gaza, attempts to prevent a wider war have focused first on … Continue reading "Pressing the Triggers That Could Lead to Two Wider Wars"
