Category: Opinions and Debates

The persecution of Omar Khadr

America and Obama Hit Bottom: Pressuring Child Soldier to Plead Guilty to Murder Violates International Law and Basic Common Decency By Dave Lindorff, Oct. 25, 2010 As the author of The Case for Impeachment (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), I never…

War monger in charge of Nobel Peace Prize

Nobel’s Pro-Military Agenda and the Future World Order By Yoichi Shimatsu, New America Media, Oct. 18, 2010 In its most recent selections of peace laureates Barack Obama and Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Peace Prize Committee has been pushing the strategic…

War crimes are war crimes

A boy wounded in Gaza City is taken to hospital during Israel’ “Operation Cast Lead” attack on Gaza. Photo: metro.co.uk Israel is relieved not to be the only war criminal The voice of joy, the voice of rejoicing is heard…

The Shaming of America

By Robert Fisk, The Independent, Oct. 24, 2010 As usual, the Arabs knew. They knew all about the mass torture, the promiscuous shooting of civilians, the outrageous use of air power against family homes, the vicious American and British mercenaries,…

NGOs compromised

The Soros Syndrome By Alexander Cockburn, Counterpunch, Oct. 8-10, 2010 George Soros announced a few weeks ago that he is giving $100 million to Human Rights Watch—conditional on the organization to find a matching $100 million a year from other…

War resisters, vets and gov’t hypocrisy

On Harper’s hatred for the troops, and the medicalization of trauma By Dr. J, Your Heart’s on the Left, Oct. 4, 2010 Despite admitting the Iraq War was “absolutely an error”, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper once again refused to…