Time to Break the Silence on Palestine

|Michelle Alexander, New York times| Many of King’s strongest allies urged him to remain silent about the war or at least to soft-pedal any criticism ... Read more »

The Wall, The Endless War, and the Troops Who Pay

|Gerry Condon, Common Dreams| Neither Trump nor the rest of the Establishment appear to give a damn about the men and women whom they praise ... Read more »

With Eye on Iran, US Steps Up Presence in Iraq

|M. K. BHADRAKUMAR, Indian Punchline| The Saudi establishment daily Asarq Al-Awsat has reported that the American troops are being redeployed to Iraq from Syria Read more »

The Memo That Helped Kill a Half Million People in Syria

|Daniel Lazare, Consortium News| A memo sent to Hillary Clinton that WikiLeaks made public in 2016 has not gotten the attention it deserves ... Read more »

“Sykes-Picot On Acid”: US Considering Syria Partition Plan Amidst Troop Exit

|The Duran| The US doesn’t want pro-Turkish forces to slaughter the Kurds, but neither does the US want the Kurds to strike a deal with Assad. Read more »

Bases, Bases, Everywhere … Except in the Pentagon’s Report

|Nick Turse, Counterpunch| U.S. military is withdrawing (or not) from its base at al-Tanf ... the place that the Syrian government long claimed was a training ground for Islamic State (ISIS) fighters. Read more »

COSI Condemns the Actions of “Group of Lima” Against Venezuela

The recent statements by the Group of Lima are violations of the most elementary principles of international law ... Read more »

Bolton Threatens Syria: US Troop Withdrawal “On Hold”

|Stephen Lendman, Global Research| The prospect of Washington turning a page for peace in Syria is highly unlikely ... Read more »