All Views Articles for 2013-08-28

Wednesday, August 28, 2013
John Atcheson
Manning and Snowden: Necessary Heroes
Most of the debate around Manning and Snowden focuses on what they did and whether they are heroes, traitors, or something in between. And that’s exactly the way our leaders want it.
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Pepe Escobar
Obama Set for Holy Tomahawk War
The ''responsibility to protect'' (R2P) doctrine invoked to legitimize the 2011 war on Libya has just transmogrified into ''responsibility to attack'' (R2A) Syria. Just because the Obama...
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Gary Younge
The Rev King Didn't Dream of Better People; He Dreamed of a Better System
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Seumas Milne
An Attack on Syria Will Only Spread the War and Killing
Instead of removing the chemical weapon threat, another western assault on the Arab world risks escalation and backlash
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Victor Bremson
War is Obsolete: Don’t Bomb Syria
We are about to bomb Syria and we shouldn't. It is pretty clear that Syria and the Middle East continue to be a mess. There are lots of conflicting issues in play; religion, oil, geopolitical,...
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Michael Mandel
UN Cannot Foster Peace When US Sidesteps It for War
On the illegitimate 'Kosovo Model' for military intervention
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Ray McGovern
In Syria, the Other Target Is Iran
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Peter Hart
Heading to War with Syria and the US Media
Horrific scenes of dead and injured civilians in Syria have been a part of the conflict there over the past several years, but the reports of a chemical attack of some sort last week in the Damascus...
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Robert Fisk
Does Obama Know He’s Fighting on al-Qa’ida’s Side?
‘All for one and one for all’ should be the battle cry if the West goes to war against Assad’s Syrian regime
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Norman Solomon
What the Assault on Whistleblowers Has to Do With War on Syria
Without whistleblowers, the mainline media outlets are more transfixed than ever with telling the official story. And at a time like this, the official story is all about spinning for war on Syria.
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Marjorie Cohn, Jeanne Mirer
Killing Civilians to Protect Civilians in Syria
The drums of war are beating again. The Obama administration will reportedly launch a military strike to punish Syria’s Assad government for its alleged use of chemical weapons.
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