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Kathy Kelly
There are numerous, obvious solutions to problems in Afghanistan which NATO countries could actually consider, or even attempt, if the alliance was actually there to help improve the quality of life for Afghan people.
End the Occupation
Four days after the ceasefire took effect in Gaza late this summer, Israel announced it would expropriate 1,000 acres of Palestinian land in the Bethlehem district of the West Bank. Gone unchallenged, Israel’s most recent land confiscation order threatens the economic and cultural survival of five Palestinian villages – Wadi Foquin, Husan, Nahalin, Surif, and Jab’a.
Three eyewitnesses to Mike Brown murder stand by original accounts of his surrender
Tiffany Mitchell, Piaget Crenshaw, and Dorian
Johnson have each stated since the day Mike Brown was killed that they saw him surrender to Darren Wilson with his hands in the air.
Friend of our enemy is no friend.
“…it was the CIA that began backing fundamentalist Islamists in Iraq, Syria, Chechnya, Uzbekistan, Bosnia, and other “secular” states, including more recently, Libya and Egypt. I
Obama is not on our side.
Barack Obama is not on our side. The man is a war criminal and a corporate tool who should be jailed for his crimes. Anyone who believes otherwise is in denial.
Only Eight in U.S. Congress Willing to Support the People of Gaza
Where is the “Iron Dome” to protect the people in Gaza?
Why are their lives not worth as much as Israeli lives?
Boycott, Divest and Sanction Israel until the land grabs and murders end
“Until Israel stops the killing, ends the occupations and observe the rule of law…, we must Boycott products and companies, Divest (target corporations), and Impose Sanctions to deprive Israel of funding while they commit war crimes.”
Debunking the myths about Gaza
To personalize this for a moment, imagine a bully sitting on a smaller child, and every time someone objects to the fact that the bully is beating the smaller child with an iron rod, the bully exclaims, “Well, he tried to slap me, so I was forced to defend myself.” No, you can’t claim that you’re beating the smaller child with an iron rod in self-defense, especially when you can end the entire confrontation simply by getting off him. Back to the political reality, Norman Finkelstein put it best: “The refrain that Israel has the right to self-defense is a red herring: the real question is, does Israel have the right to use force to maintain an illegal occupation? The answer is no.”
Dec. 2023 Mission creep: 56 American wars…
America is fighting at least 53 unprovoked and avoidable corporate wars (economic and military aggression ranging from sanctions to contractors, troops, mercenaries and bombs) in Afghanistan, Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, China, Comoros, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Gaza, Gulf of Guinea, Haiti, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, North Korea, Pakistan, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Russia, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Venezuela, the West Bank, Yemen and Zimbabwe.)
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