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      Mother of Ukraine war civilian casualty at funeral

      Putin Is a War Criminal. Full Stop. And So Are Many US Leaders Never Held to Account

      There is a strong bipartisan push in Congress to hold Putin to account for his horrific actions. And yet – the hypocrisy of the U.S. and its allies is astounding.

      Peter G. Prontzos
      Mar 24, 2023

      It’s true – Russian president Vladimir Putin is a war criminal. As I wrote when the conflict with Ukraine began: “the attack on Ukraine was a clear violation of international law, and there is absolutely no excuse for this invasion.”

      In fact, launching a war of aggression is the most serious crime under international law. As the Nuremberg tribunal stated in the aftermath of the Second World War:

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      Dick Cheney Paved the Way for Trump and the Capitol Insurrection

      Cheney championed the use of torture by the U.S. government, and never recanted. Deliberate, in-your-face disregard for international human rights laws and norms has become a signature of the GOP. Cheney honed it to a fine art.

      Juan Cole
      Jan 08, 2022

      Former Vice President Dick Cheney accompanied his daughter, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY), to the Capitol on Thursday to join the moment of silence in commemoration of the Jan. 6 insurrection. They were the only Republicans to attend.

      The elder Cheney was quoted as saying of the Republican House leadership, "It's not leadership that resembles any of the folks I knew when I was here for 10 years." He released a statement saying, "I am deeply disappointed at the failure of many members of my party to recognize the grave nature of the January 6 attacks and the ongoing threat to our nation."

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      Twenty years after 9/11

      Twenty Years After 9/11, 'The Only Way to Effectively Counter Terror Is to End War'

      Anti-war voices reflect on two decades of the misguided hubris, failed policies, war profiteering, suffering, and death that resulted from the 2001 attacks.

      Brett Wilkins
      Sep 11, 2021

      As the United States on Saturday commemorates the 20th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks with plenty of patriotic zeal but perhaps too little introspection, peace advocates have marked the occasion by reflecting on the costs and bloody consequences of the so-called "Global War on Terror" as they reaffirmed that the best safeguard against further terrorism--as many warned at the time--is ending war and respecting human rights.

      "The U.S. response to 9/11 was corrupted by a toxic soup of revenge, imperialist ambitions, war profiteering, systematic brainwashing, and sheer stupidity."
      --Medea Benjamin, CodePink

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