October 3, 2024 New York – I was with the Israeli army in 1982 when it invaded Lebanon and battled a new resistance militia, Hezbollah. Ten years later, I was in Afghanistan with a new Muslim resistance movement, Taliban. Both groups have been demonized by western and Israeli media and […]
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September 26, 2024 Few people know that Lebanon was once part of Syria. It was detached from Syria by Imperial France and made into a nominally Maronite Christian nation. Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims and Druzes were also encompassed in this newly engineered country of 6 million. Then came 100,000 Palestinian […]
September 16, 2024 A furore has erupted in North America over reports that Russia will expand its armed forces of 1.32 million by a new 180,000 men. This will bring Russia close to China’s armed forces of about 2 million active soldiers. The pro-war right in the US and Europe […]
