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Monthly Archives: October 2013
Avoiding Needless Wars, Part 9: Iraq
The two reasons given for invading Iraq in 2003 were wrong: Saddam Hussein’s WMDs were illusory, as were his connections to al Qaeda. While this needless war is often attributed to an intelligence failure, we all are really at fault. Our elected officials failed to ask the questions they should have before going to war. So did our media. And so did we, the citizens who hold the ultimate power of the ballot box. The drumbeat to war hypnotized the nation, overcame rationality, and led to disaster. Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Moyers, Colin Powell, critical thinking, George W. Bush, iraq, Lukyanov, martin hellman, needless wars, nuclear risk, Phil Donahue, russia, stanford, Wilkerson
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Why Russia Resists a UN Resolution on Syria
The mainstream media has largely failed to mention one of the main reasons Russia has been resisting a UN Security Council Resolution which would allow the use of force if the US believes that Syria has failed to meet its obligations. Back in March 2011, Russia allowed UNSC Resolution 1973 which authorized “all necessary measures” to protect Libyan civilians. The West then used that resolution as the basis for air attacks leading to regime change and Gaddafi’s murder — an interpretation of the resolution with which Russia strongly disagrees. Continue reading
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Tagged libya, martin hellman, nuclear risk, russia, stanford, syria, un resolution, war and peace
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Defusing the Nuclear Threat 