TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
TRAVELING THE WORLD, WRITING WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW.
To the vast majority of Americans, the Syrian crisis (as well as the state of affairs in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, etc.) is merely a distant blip on a cluttered radar screen. Competing with issues affecting an individual’s daily life-like wages, taxes, and free trade, that small portion of the American population who hasn’t completely zoned Read More…
Asked to explain difference between Saudi airstrikes in Yemen and Russian airstrikes in Syria, State Department spokesperson struggles to answer. A State Department official on Tuesday struggled to answer why the U.S. has condemned Russian bombings in Syria for causing civilian deaths while simultaneously aiding the Saudi Arabia-led campaign in Yemen, which has done the Read More…
Officials doubted Saudi military could target Houthi militants without hurting civilians or destroying infrastructure, Reuters reports. As the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia comes under renewed scrutiny in the wake of the Gulf nation’s weekend bombing campaign in Yemen, a Reuters exclusive published Monday reveals that the Obama administration approved a $1.3 billion Read More…
Renowned journalist Glenn Greenwald recently tweeted the three rules of American exceptionalism: Greenwald’s astute observations were presumably made in response to Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent remarks that both Russia and Syria should face war crimes investigations for their recent attacks on Syrian civilians. “Russia and the regime owe the world more than an explanation about Read More…
The US has resisted previous attempts to hold its ally—or itself—accountable for the civilian slaughter in Yemen. The United States, which is supplying arms and other assistance to Saudi Arabia in its war on Yemen, has “initiated an immediate review” of its support for the kingdom in the wake of airstrikes on Saturday that reportedly killed at Read More…
Saudi Arabia‘s atrocious war in Yemen is further proof of the consequences of the dangerous and fragile petrodollar system guiding US-Saudi relations as well as US foreign policy in the Middle East. Since last March, Saudi Arabia has been fighting a truly appalling war in Yemen in order to prevent the country’s government from changing Read More…