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The American Cult of Bombing
William J. Astore analyzes the fallacies behind the U.S. drive to wage war from the air.
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When “surgical” is applied to bombing in today’s age of lasers, GPS, and other precision-guidance technologies, it only obscures the very real human carnage being produced by all these American-made bombs and missiles.
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This country’s propensity for believing that its ability to rain hellfire from the sky provides a winning methodology for its wars has proven to be a fantasy of our age.
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US Congress Moves to Challenge Trump Over Weapons Sale to Saudi Arabia
Written by Middle East Monitor The Antimedia
The Bill appears to be the first in a series of proposed resolutions announced last week that would require votes on each of the arms sales that make up the $8.1 billion weapons package to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan, which was announced by the Trump admiration in May.
Trump circumvented Congress by declaring a national emergency on the grounds of a security threat from Iran.
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Iran’s foreign minister warns US ‘cannot expect to stay safe’
Javad Zarif says only way to reduce tensions is to stop economic war against Tehran
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Javad Zarif (right) was speaking after talks with the German foreign minister, Heiko Maas. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
Iran’s foreign minister has warned the US it “cannot expect to stay safe” after launching what he described as an economic war against Tehran.
Speaking alongside the German foreign minister in Tehran on Monday, Javad Zarif said Iran would not start a war but “whoever starts a war with us will not be the one who finishes it”.
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Manufacturing War With Russia
The demonization of Putin and Russia was designed to poison bilateral relations, boost U.S. war industry profits and make détente impossible
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In Media’s Looking Glass, US Doesn’t Threaten Iran But Merely Responds to Iranian Threats
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