“US officials,” Nahal Toosi, Lara Seligman, and Paul McLeary write at Politico, “are worried that violence in Israel’s neighbors will spiral into a larger regional war.” More specifically, they’re worried that such a war will result in US casualties among US troops across the region.
Back on the Brian Wilson Show for the “Two and Only” Weekly podcast — You can listen by clicking here – where there are a bunch of other options for listening or downloading. https://brianwilsonwrites.substack.com/p/the-two-and-only-brian-wilson-… From Brian’s substack: Never Let A Good Crisis…etc. Talk show legend Brian Wilson and the Swamp’s “Least Wanted”, James Bovard, together […]
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Maurice Baring: Selections on war Maurice Baring: August, 1918 Maurice Baring: The Dying Reservist Maurice Baring: The greater fools are you who seek the wars Maurice Baring: Unalterable horror, misery, pain and suffering which is caused by modern war Maurice Baring: The Wounded
Joe Biden’s approach to international issues increasingly resembles George W. Bush’s disastrous foreign policy. One key tendency in common is that both men view complex world affairs in dangerously simplistic terms as an existential struggle between good and evil. In Bush’s case, the bitter fruit of that perspective became apparent with the seemingly endless armed … Continue reading "Biden Revives Axis of Evil Propaganda Ploy"
At one time, the ‘Arab-Israeli Conflict’ was Arab and Israeli. Over many years, however, it was rebranded. The media is now telling us it is a ‘Hamas-Israeli conflict.’ But what went wrong? Israel simply became too powerful.
Reprinted with permission from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft. The president’s Oval Office address on U.S. support for Ukraine and Israel was long on ideological declarations and short on real justifications for his administration’s policies. Repeating nostrums from the height of the unipolar moment, Biden insisted that the U.S. must support both ongoing wars … Continue reading "Biden’s American Bedtime Story Falls Flat"
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts British writers on peace and war Maurice Baring: Selections on war ==== Maurice BaringThe Dying Reservist I shall not see the faces of my friends,Nor hear the songs the rested reapers singAfter the labors of the harvesting,In those dark nights before the summer ends;Nor see the floods of spring, the melting snow,Nor in the autumn twilight hear the stirOf reedy marshes, when the wild ducks whirAnd circle black against the afterglow.My mother died; she shall not have to weep;My wife will find another home; my child,Too young, wi
Labels are central to the politics of media. And no label has been more powerful than “terrorist.” A single standard of language should accompany a consistent standard of human rights, which the world desperately needs. “If thought corrupts language,” George Orwell wrote, “language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and … Continue reading "Hamas Is a Terrorist Organization. So Is the Israeli Government."
President Joe Biden announced last week that the United States would be funding – and possibly fighting – three wars in three different parts of the world at the same time. It is an ambitious foreign policy for a president who doesn’t even seem to be able to express a coherent thought without the help … Continue reading "Biden Election Strategy: ‘Let’s Fight Three Wars at Once!’"
On June 13, 2023, taking questions from war correspondents at the Kremlin, Putin confirmed what had already been reported: that Russia and Ukraine had “reached an agreement in Istanbul.” Peace was possible. The tentative agreement would see Russia withdraw to its prewar position in exchange for a Ukrainian promise to give up its NATO aspirations. But at … Continue reading "The Mounting Evidence That the US Blocked Peace in Ukraine"
