"There is not a single case since 1941 when the coups, political assassinations, election fraud, black propaganda, blackmail, kidnapping, brutal counter-insurgency campaigns, U.S. sanctioned massacres, torture in global black sites, proxy wars or military interventions carried out by the United States resulted in the establishment of a democratic government."
"Rise of virulent proto-fascist movement which is hardly limited to the United States."
"The U.S. could have chosen hot war, but could also have chosen peace."
"For example, buried in the DOD 2020 budget is $150 million for research into putting missile defense assets in space to attack enemy nuclear missiles in the boost phase. If the U.S. or another nation does deploy weapons in space, it would be the first country to do so and likely would be a disaster for strategic stability."
"The late political scientist Kenneth Waltz argued that nuclear weapons can generally be a good thing because fear of the cataclysmic consequences of a war breaking out can make resort to war less likely. But that always has been a minority view."
The Persian Gulf has been the lynchpin of US foreign policy. "To all intents and purposes," a former senior Defense Department official observed...
"No country was willing to sell or even donate medical equipment to Iran to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic for fear of Trump reprisals, making the outbreak significantly worse. In the end, the World Health Organization stepped in to supply them, one reason Washington has pulled all funding from the group. "
"Our multilateral world order has been deliberately constructed on the principles of militarised security and hence to encourage investments in weapons and war instead of the well-being of people and planet. This is a truism tragically exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic. We must change this. "
"The plan essentially formalizes the Israeli apartheid state it is the natural denouement of the Zionists project.]
"When a nation is guilty of military aggression, it is not those who prosecuted the war who should be honored, it is those who tried to stop it."
Half the Earth’s population of mammals, birds, fish and reptiles has already disappeared in the past 40 years.
The occupation of the Palestinian territory may be one of the most well-documented situations,... with...experts alleging that violations of international humanitarian and human rights law have occurred.
