Ann Wright
Ann Wright is a 29 year US Army/Army Reserves veteran who retired as a Colonel and a former US diplomat who resigned in March, 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq. She served in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia and Mongolia. In December, 2001 she was on the small team that reopened the US Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan. She is the co-author of the book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience." (www.voicesofconscience.com)
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Views Thursday, December 06, 2018 Nominee for US Ambassador to Yemen is No Friend of the Yemeni People While the press has closely followed the Senate efforts to stop US support for the Saudi war in Yemen in the wake of journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder, a December 4 Senate Foreign Affairs Committee meeting introducing Donald Trump’s nominee for Ambassador to Yemen slipped under the radar... Read more |
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Views Friday, November 23, 2018 U.S. Relations with Pakistan Hit Rock Bottom With Trump’s Tweets After I wrote the following story about my trip to Pakistan ten days ago, President Trump began tweeting about Pakistan’s lack of effort in the war on terror which triggered a tweet storm with new Pakistani Prime Minister Iran Khan. Trump told Fox News on Sunday, November 18 that Pakistan should... Read more |
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Views Saturday, February 03, 2018 Why Not Talk to North Korea Instead of Scaring Us with Nuclear Attack Warning Sirens Are you ready for nuclear attack warning sirens in your community? I live in Hawaii and the State of Hawaii decided two months ago in December 2107 to begin monthly nuclear attack warning siren drills, similar to the monthly tsunami warning sirens that are tested each month. You know what happened—... Read more |
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Views Friday, July 14, 2017 US Experts Say North Korean Leadership May Be Ruthless and Reckless, But They Are Not Crazy Despite the rhetoric from the Trump administration about military confrontation with North Korea, the common theme of many U.S. experts on North Korea is that the U.S. presidential administration MUST conduct a dialogue with North Korea—and quickly! Military confrontation is NOT an option according... Read more |
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Views Monday, June 19, 2017 Killer Drones and the Militarization of U.S. Foreign Policy The militarization of U.S. foreign policy certainly didn’t start with President Donald J. Trump; in fact, it goes back several decades. However, if Trump’s first 100 days in office are any indication, he has no intention of slowing down the trend. During a single week in April, the Trump... Read more |
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Views Saturday, May 06, 2017 How the United States Ultimately Talks with Its “Enemies” Enemies of the United States come and go, but the longer they espouse revolutionary ideals and thus defy the United States, the longer they stay enemies. Eventually, U.S. officials try other strategies, such as engagement, to undermine or win over these adversaries. Currently, the U.S. does not... Read more |
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Views Thursday, April 06, 2017 Use Latest Tragedy in Syria to End the War, Not Escalate It Four years ago, massive citizen opposition and mobilization stopped a possible U.S. military attack on the Assad government of Syria that many predicted would have made the terrible conflict even worse. Once again, we need to stop an escalation of that dreadful war and instead use this tragedy as... Read more |
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Views Friday, March 31, 2017 Trump Succumbs to Bush/Obama Perpetual War Fourteen years ago on March 19, 2003, I resigned from the U.S. government in opposition to President George W. Bush’s decision to invade and occupy Iraq, an oil-rich Arab/Muslim country that had nothing to do with the events of Sept. 11, 2001, and that the Bush Administration knew did not have... Read more |
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Views Tuesday, November 08, 2016 At Standing Rock, A Native American Woman Elder Says "This is What I Have Been Waiting for My Entire Life" This time I have been at Standing Rock, North Dakota at the Oceti Shakowin camp to stop the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) for four days during a whirlwind of national and international attention following two terrible displays of police brutality toward the water protectors. On October 27, over 100... Read more |
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Views Wednesday, November 02, 2016 Public Servants or Corporate Security?: An Open Letter to Law Enforcement and National Guard in North Dakota So you joined law enforcement or the National Guard because you wanted to uphold the law, protect innocent civilians against the bad guys, and help your community in times of need. Instead, they’re having you blockade unarmed people who are trying to hold a prayer vigil, chasing them with armored... Read more |