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May 1, 2025
If the U.S. and international community are serious about this intervention and havingany kind of political success (and less war) in Afghanistan, it should call a Loya Jirga, or a“grand assembly". Read the full article here The Huffington Post.The announcement about the Afghan Presidential runoff is as unfortunate as the…
May 1, 2025
Tune into my segment with Max Boot and Jeremy Schahill on Lou Dobbs.
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Shoot ’em, whack ’em, bomb ’em. Are we not tired of this type of approach? It’s like a perpetual sequel of The Terminator. Let’s face it, President Obama gave a fairly strong speech. No, it wasn’t great. However, this is not because…
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Remember when your mother told you to put on clean underwear when you travel? Well my advice is to just ‘forgettaboutit” and take the Brittney Spears route — go without. Thanks to twenty-three year old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, not only will your…
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. In a time of economic hardship you can bet your bippy that everyone out there could use a little extra cash. Sorry though, you will not be getting any. No, don’t be silly, it is not because the big banks are getting…
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Closure of the West Bank, the opening of a new synagogue in Palestinian territories and, according to Peace Now, over 50,000 new housing and hotel starts [in East Jerusalem] continue to stress relations between the US and Israel. It is no secret…
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post. Faisal Shahzad’s, now famous for his Times Square car bombing attempt, recently had his resume posted across the Internet. According to the document, he has “keen perception” and is a “good team player, and accomplished result-oriented employee.” As I read it, I…
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The Huffington Post This time Israel’s government has gone too far. The storming of a civilian flotilla carrying 700 humanitarian activists and 10,000 tons of aid, in international waters, at night and in the dark, is reprehensible. It was no secret to anyone that this…
May 1, 2025
This article was originally posted on The WIP (Women’s International Perspective) Israel’s May 31, 2010 attack on the Freedom Flotilla in international waters garnered nothing more than global condemnation. The assault on six ships with approximately 700 activists carrying 10,000 tons of aid to the besieged Gaza strip is a shocking…
May 1, 2025
As I sit here and write on July 4th, I wonder how all my friends, both civilian and military are faring in Afghanistan and Iraq. It feels unfair that they are there and I am not with them. Supporting them and talking about the desire to leave while not knowing…
Tricia’s Take: THINKING BEYOND WAR AND VIOLENCE
May 1, 2025
My Interview on In the Arena hosted by Eliot Spitzer
Tricia DeGennaro and James Rubin say an attack on a Kabul luxury hotel may complicate negotiations with the Taliban….on CNNMay 1, 2025
America’s New Diplomacy: Ambassadors turn into Activists
US Ambassador to Syria, Robert Ford, got together with his French counterpart and decided to take a trip down to…May 1, 2025
Governments Wake Up! Your policies are failing.
The idiom “the calm before the storm” signifies a quiet period before great excitement or activity. In case our leaders…May 1, 2025
Today’s Take – Muddle in the Middle East, GOP Gods and more…
The Muddled Middle East We start today with the news that one more repressive government, this time in Libya, is…May 1, 2025
Today’s Take – As the World Turns
This week’s earthquake is all but a distant memory. After covering it incessantly for several hours, showing the horror of…May 1, 2025
Today’s Take: Media Mayhem and Hurricane Irene
Hurricane Irene made its way up the US coast silencing out the entire country from external issues for more than…May 1, 2025
Today’s Take – Israel: Determined to remain at war
The Israel government has definitely made it clear that it has no intention to initiate withdrawal from the occupied West…May 1, 2025
Today’s Take: Ten years after 9/11: Will we ever get beyond war?
It is often hard to gauge how a person will react during a crisis let alone one like September 11th.…May 1, 2025
Israeli Isolation and Palestinian Pockets at the UN
Palestinian officials are poised to request that the United Nations recognize them as a State. It is very similar to…May 1, 2025
War, Weapons, and Secretary Clinton on Eggs and Tomatoes in Syria
US Condemns Attack on Envoy in Syria reports Al Jazeera. “More violence!” I thought. Apparently Secretary of State Hillary Clinton shared my…May 1, 2025
The Saudi Ambassador, Iran, America and more war.
US officials broke up an alleged assassination attempt which supposedly targeted the Saudi Ambassador right here in the good ‘ol…May 1, 2025
US Response to Gaddafi’s Death Sets Bad Precedent
“We came, we saw, he died,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in one of the most flippant and least…