All Views Articles for 2013-08-28
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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. Read more |
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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... Read more |
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Gary Younge The Rev King Didn't Dream of Better People; He Dreamed of a Better System Read more |
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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 Read more |
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Victor Bremson War is Obsolete: Don’t Bomb Syria We are about to bomb Syria and we shouldn't. It is pretty clear that Syria and the Middle East continue to be a mess.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,... Read more |
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Michael Mandel UN Cannot Foster Peace When US Sidesteps It for War On the illegitimate 'Kosovo Model' for military intervention Read more |
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Ray McGovern In Syria, the Other Target Is Iran Read more |
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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... Read more |
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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 Read more |
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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. Read more |
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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. Read more |