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60 Words And A War Without End: The Untold Story Of The Most Dangerous Sentence In U.S. History
(17.1.2014)
Written in the frenzied, emotional days after 9/11, the Authorization for the Use of Military Force was intended to give President Bush the ability to retaliate against whoever orchestrated the attacks. But more than 12 years later, this sentence remains the primary legal justification for nearly every covert operation around the world. Here’s how it came to be, and what it’s since come to mean.
Baghdad opens to neighbors with new Iraq-Iran-Armenia bus route
The pilot program was organized by Iraq’s public transportation company, a sub-branch of the Ministry of Transportation, and left from Baghdad early Saturday morning.
The same people that got us into Iraq are now trying to start a war with Iran. #NoMiddleGround on ending endless wars.
Iraq opposes final statement from Arab leaders‘ emergency meeting
Iraq opposed on Friday a final statement released by Arab countries that were gathered for an emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia, which condemned Iran’s „interference“ in other countries‘ affairs, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a speech broadcast live on television.
Doppelgipfel in Mekka: Verbaler Mehrfachschlag gegen den Iran
Die Abschlusserklärung des Doppelgipfels kurz zusammengefasst: Eine Ablehnung iranischer Einmischung in inner-arabische Angelegenheiten sowie eine Verurteilung iranischer Angriffe.
Der Irak gab zu Protokoll, dass er gegen diese Erklärung Einspruch erhebt.
Iraq opposes final statement from Arab leaders‘ emergency meeting: live TV
Iraq opposed on Friday a final statement released by Arab countries that were gathered for an emergency meeting in Saudi Arabia, which condemned Iran’s “interference” in other countries’ affairs, Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit said in a speech broadcast live on television.
I have been criticized recently for my foreign policy record so let me repeat: I make no apologies for opposing the wars in Vietnam, Iraq, Yemen and now trying to prevent a war with Iran.
Cost of Iran war? A region engulfed in bloodletting, countless lives, many trillions $, our ntnl security undermined, ISIS/AQ strengthened, massive immigration crisis, likely confrontation btwn US & nuclear Russia or China. War without end because “victory” will remain undefined.
A Kick-Ass Tulsi Gabbard Interview On Fox News W/Tucker Carlson (5/23/19) #tulsi2020
War with Iran will be far more costly than the Iraq war. It will undermine our national security, and waste countless of lives and trillions of dollars. As president, I’ll restore the Iran nuclear deal and de-escalate tensions. Join me and say #NoIranWar!
Trump May Pardon US Troops Accused or Convicted of War Crimes
These are cases treated as controversial among some Republicans, who believe the troops were punished for “doing their jobs.” Pardoning them en masse, however, will risk military discipline, since there’s even less reason for troops to follow the rules if they figure they’ll get pardoned after the fact.
Trump’s hardline advisers are weakening his position
Nearly 17 years later, and the Trump administration is still dealing with the fallout of George W. Bush’s charge to depose Saddam Hussein. And they are still dealing with it, and most other ongoing crises, with a familiar cast of people. The key difference: President Donald Trump has not made his position „eminently clear“ and instead has left foreign policy to be loosely squabbled over by a handful of career Republican hawks.
If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran. Never threaten the United States again!
Rocket Hits Green Zone in Baghdad as Tensions Flare Between U.S. and Iran
The heavily guarded compound was already on a heightened state of alert after nonemergency personnel there and at the United States Consulate in the northern city of Erbil were ordered last week to leave.
The order came after the Trump administration announced that new intelligence indicated a heightened risk that Iranian forces or proxies were considering an imminent attack on American forces or interests in the Persian Gulf or Iraq.
Gabbard: US must not go to war with Iran
The veteran, who served two tours in Iraq, released a new video on Thursday slamming top Trump administration officials for ratcheting up tension with the country and arguing that the „U.S. must not go to war with Iran.“
If the U.S. Goes to War With Iran, Netanyahu Will Be the Prime Suspect
But while the campaign to blame Israel for the Iraq War was limited to a relatively small clique of its most vociferous critics – the most prominent of which were Professors Stephen Walt and John Mearsheimer in their book about the Israel lobby – conflagration with Iran would dramatically expand the circle of Israel-accusers. When Walt and Mearsheimer published their book a dozen years ago, Israel still enjoyed wide partisan support in Congress. Its situation today is substantially worse:
US orders embassy staff to leave Iraq immediately
The US state department ordered the pullout of employees from both the embassy in Baghdad and its consulate in Erbil, the embassy said in a statement.
It said Iran and its proxy forces in the region were targeting its citizens and American interests.
Karen Kwiatkowski Receives 17th Sam Adams Award Dec. 8th, 2018
Sam Adams award ceremony of Dec. 8, 2018 honoring Karen Kwiatkowski. Includes Col. Larry Wilkerson’s keynote, the presentation of the Sam Adams ‘Oscar’ by John Kiriakou, Karen’s acceptance speech, and Q&A. The award ceremony itself was preceded by a showing of the Rob Reiner film “Shock and Awe,” which depicts Karen’s courage in trying to expose Pentagon dishonesty before the 2003 attack on Iraq.
Skeptical U.S. Allies Resist Trump’s New Claims of Threats From Iran
As the Trump administration draws up war plans against Iran over what it says are threats to American troops and interests, a senior British military official told reporters at the Pentagon on Tuesday that he saw no increased risk from Iran or allied militias in Iraq or Syria.
A few hours later, the United States Central Command issued an unusual rebuke: The remarks from the British official — Maj. Gen. Chris Ghika, who is also the deputy commander of the American-led coalition fighting the Islamic State — run “counter to the identified credible threats available to intelligence from U.S. and allies regarding Iranian-backed forces in the region.”