November 15, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The party may escalate on the southern border with Israel, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it will reach the level of bombing cities. The speech last week of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah left many in Lebanon and beyond relieved, as he defended his organization’s limited engagement in the Gaza …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
La «liberté», la «démocratie» et un «ordre fondé sur des règles» sont les principes que prétendent guider les gouvernements occidentaux autoproclamés «civilisés». Le soi-disant «leader du monde libre» affirme que son administration respecte le droit international humanitaire et s’oppose à toutes les formes de racisme et de discrimination. Cette rhétorique …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia
The Object of War From the moment in early April when Russian forces on the perimeter of Kiev began to withdraw to new positions in eastern Ukraine, western war propagandists have been trumpeting what they characterized as Russia’s “humiliating defeat”. As one who recognized as early as February 28th that …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
In war, territory is the arena, not the fight. For those who have followed my commentary on this war for any length of time, I beg you to excuse me for yet again returning to a topic that has been a recurring theme for me. I feel compelled to do …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia
Here it is from an old college buddy and confidante of mine, J D. This former progressive talk radio host and socialist thinker nailed it with his commentary on things ‘ Das Capital’: “If they straightforwardly called it ‘ Moneyism’ instead of a $64,000 dollar word whose meaning is a …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
We have both been reporting on and protesting against U.S. war crimes for many years, and against identical crimes committed by U.S. allies and proxies like Israel and Saudi Arabia: illegal uses of military force to try to remove enemy governments or “regimes”; hostile military occupations; disproportionate military violence justified …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
No water,no medicine,no fuel,no food,no hope ,that is the daily reality of life for Gazans suffering under these unbearable, intolerable vicious unwarranted attacks. All of the above facts are crimes against humanity and war crimes under the 4th Geneva convention. Article 18 refers specifically to the safe guarding of hospitals …
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November 15, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
The southern arena: The IDF integrated maneuver in the Gaza Strip continued. It focused onthe Shati refugee camp and the Rantisi Children’s Hospital, where the IDF exposed a basementused by Hamas terrorist operatives and where Israeli hostages may have been held. Hamasstill claims its operatives are inflicting losses on the …
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November 14, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
There is no more humming and hawing in Washington and Tel Aviv, as more weapons, battle plans, troops, and allies are amassed to deepen the war on Gaza and destroy the Palestinian resistance. Thirty days after Operation Al-Aqsa Flood destroyed Israel’s psychological deterrence, Washington and Tel Aviv continue to take …
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November 14, 2023 Eurasia, Middle Orient
While Israel has dropped the equivalent of two nuclear bombs on Gaza – and mulls over the prospect of deploying an actual one – normalized Arab regimes are quietly protecting their commitment to support Tel Aviv over Tehran. “The world cannot see another Hiroshima. If the world sees 100,000 people …
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