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Turning Back From the Point of No Return

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Any attack on Iran would have dire consequences and enormously destabilize the Middle East.…

New York Times Spins UN Report on Gaza Suffering

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According to Bronner's formula, it is not a fact that Israel is prohibited under international law from engaging in attacks on and collective punishment of civilians, but merely an argument – as though this were somehow debatable.…

Deconstructing the Official Narrative on the U.S. Withdrawal from Iraq

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Iraq is back in the news, at least for a moment. The occasion is “A truly historic end to seven years of war”, in the words of Lt. Col Mark Beiger, quoted in the Washington Post, referring to the final withdrawal of “combat” troops from the country. It’s a cause…

A Rejoinder to Kim Petersen’s ‘The Legitimacy of Boycotting as a Tactic’

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It's highly disappointing to me to see to the lengths Kim Petersen was willing to go to in his attempt to falsely characterize me as intellectually dishonest.…

Erasing Iraq Author Mike Otterman: The U.S. Has Inflicted ‘Sociocide’ on Iraq

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Erasing Iraq: The Human Costs of Carnage, a new book by Mike Otterman, Richard Hil, and Paul Wilson (available from the AET Book Club), sets out to deconstruct the narrative of the United States as the benign guardian of Iraqi interests by presenting an account of the tragedy of…

On Refusing Apology for the Nuking of Civilians

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Japan on Friday marked the 65th anniversary of the nuclear bomb attack on Hiroshima. U.S. Ambassador John V. Roos attended the annual ceremony that marks the event. It was the first time a U.S. official had done so. The New York Times explains the reason: Until Friday, American officials had…