U.S./NATO War in Afghanistan: Articles
I decided to post some articles about the U.S.’s war in Afghanistan. “US eyes private guards for bases in Afghanistan” by Richard Lardner (The Associated Press, July 26, 2009). An AP news article about...
View ArticleArticles and thoughts on torture, Afghanistan and the environment
I haven’t written about current events lately so I thought I would take the time out to write some of my thoughts and post some good articles about the latest events. TORTURE: On Friday, October 16,...
View ArticleGoldman Sachs, the economy, torture, human rights, and war – a collection of...
Here’s Part 2: TORTURE/HUMAN RIGHTS/WAR: When it comes to torture, war and human rights, the United States recently unveiled its extended Afghanistan prison at Bagram airbase. Clara Gutteridge, an...
View ArticleCrimes of war and the need for justice
It is essentially common knowledge that Iraq posed no imminent threat to the United States. Iraq possessed no stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction and had no connection to al-Qaeda or 9/11, thus,...
View ArticleSpeech: “Imperialism, racism, and torture”
This is the text of a speech I gave at a panel Stanford Says No to War hosted called “It’s All About U.S.: Questioning U.S. Militarism”. This speech was given on May 26th, 2010 and is the last speech I...
View ArticleTime to prosecute Dick Cheney
Lately, former Vice President Dick Cheney has been doing a massive publicity tour for his memoir. The book focuses on his long career in politics, including the infamous decisions he made (i.e., war...
View ArticleObama’s first-term record of militarism
The long and drawn out 2012 presidential election is finally over and President Barack Obama was reelected. Shortly after he was reelected, Obama launched another drone strike in Yemen — a harbinger of...
View ArticleSecret “white paper” justifies assassinating American citizens — entrenching...
On Monday, NBC News reported on a leaked Department of Justice “white paper” summarizing memos that make the Obama administration’s legal case for targeted killing of U.S. citizens suspected of links...
View ArticleObama’s speech on drones and Gitmo is a repackaging of permanent war
Recently, President Barack Obama gave a speech about his counterterrorism strategy at National Defense University. In it, he justified his targeted killing policy and drone strikes of suspected...
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