“The Afghan War, which inaugurated a wave of western attacks in Asia and North Africa 20 years ago, will prove in its last act the futility and destruction of ‘humanitarian intervention’.”
Warfare
Of course, all war-related deaths are tragic. But the discrepancy in casualties highlights the problem of media discourses which present the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as “complex”.
Source Direct: Israel-Palestine: Simplicity & Complexity
Reporting of the Middle East has always been a study in the art of euphemism as propaganda. So perhaps it’s little wonder that people have a jaundiced idea of what’s at stake.
Source Direct: Palestine – Euphemism as Propaganda
There are two inferences that almost everybody agrees on: firstly, that the Taliban has won and will likely exploit the power vacuum for their own barbaric purposes; secondly, that America’s decision to leave is nonetheless the best for all concerned.
Source Direct: Afghanistan – Failed States and Rogue States
There are legitimate reasons to be sceptical of Brexit, but one of the silliest claims is that isolationism stems from nostalgia for Empire or even “neo-colonialism”. This violates the first law of all political tactics, which is to know your enemy.
Source Direct: British Neo-Imperialism: Know Your Enemy
The Trump bogeyman has allowed new space for revisionism about recent foreign policy failures. George W Bush has been effectively rehabilitated, specifically by the liberal press. Some are even wondering: was the Iraq War really so bad?
Source Direct: Bellicose Journalist
“No matter how dire the crisis has become, [the Saudi coalition] have been able to count on the uncritical political and military support of the UK government. That support must end, and so must have the arms sales that have done so much damage.”
Source Direct: The World’s Other Worst Disaster?
” As in the 2003 global anti-war protests, internationalism from below contrasts sharply with an international conspiracy of powerful states and their clients.”
Analysis: As the world protests the slaughter of Yemen, Scotland has a special responsibility
“When you make the gun, put the bullet in the chamber, then point the barrel while another man pulls the trigger, who is responsible for the shooting? By any reasonable definition the UK is at war with the people of Yemen.”
David Jamieson: As Covid-19 heaps more dead in Yemen, its time for the UK to stop aiding carnage
“The Israeli state intends to continue the attack on Palestinian rights and sovereignty because it wants to and because it can. The Palestinians’ only allies in the world will be those for whom this is no justification at all.”