Just Foreign Policy News, October 11, 2013 End shutdown = protect Pentagon cuts; Syria analysts had Pentagon conflicts of interest Help your friends sign up to receive the Just Foreign Policy News Do you know someone who might want to receive the Just Foreign Policy News by email? You can send them this link that…
Just Foreign Policy News, October 9, 2013 Won’t More Pentagon $ Kill Jobs? UN sued on Haiti cholera; Palestinians return to Burka Go Straight to "Actions and Featured Articles" Help your friends sign up to receive the Just Foreign Policy News Do you know someone who might want to receive the Just Foreign Policy News…
We have just a week left to help Burlington, Vermont kill the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the biggest taxpayer ripoff in human history. On Monday, October 7, the Burlington City Council will vote on a binding resolution that would block F-35 warplanes from being based at Burlington International Airport, which is owned by the city. If…
I’ve forgotten most of the Arabic I once knew. All I can remember now are a few colorful phrases, like "aktar maliki min il malik" – more royalist than the King. Suppose that you decided that you wanted to scaremonger Iran’s nuclear program. An obvious question presents itself: exactly how much should you scaremonger it?…
In international diplomacy, gestures matter. This is particularly true for efforts to promote real diplomacy between the United States and Iran. For three decades, the United States has mostly pursued an "Iran cooties" policy. We can’t meet with Iranian leaders, because someone might interpret that to mean that we think that the Iranian government is…
WCIA-TV (with video): Former lawmaker joins anti-war vigil http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/former-lawmaker-joins-anti-war-vigil/d/story/aDMALnphSUCrqV8m6ANYng WICD-TV (video): Some In CU Say: Don’t Strike Syria http://www.wicd15.com/news/top-stories/stories/some-cu-say-dont-strike-syria-8315.shtml WAND-TV (video): Residents urge lawmakers to vote against attacks on Syria http://www.wandtv.com/category/182814/video?clipId=9289985 News-Gazette: Candlelight vigil held over proposed strikes against Syria http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2013-09-09/candlelight-vigil-held-over-proposed-strikes-against-syria.html News-Gazette photo gallery: Vigil Against Bombing Syria: 9/9/13 http://www.news-gazette.com/multimedia/photogallery/2013-09-09/vigil-against-bombing-syria-9913 WILL-AM: At Rally, Fmr. Rep….
Just Foreign Policy News, September 11, 2013 JFP 9/11: War Push Paused as Obama Tries Diplomacy with Russia Help your friends sign up to receive the Just Foreign Policy News Do you know someone who might want to receive the Just Foreign Policy News by email? You can send them this link: https://www.justforeignpolicy.org/daily-news-signup Follow the…
We are within reach of doing something unprecedented: stopping a U.S. war before it starts by means of a Congressional vote. We have public opinion our side including a majority of Democrats, a majority of Republicans, and a majority of Independents. We have MoveOn, CREDO, VoteVets, and Win Without War, among many other groups, active on the left;…
The office of Rep. Scott Rigell (VA-02) is circulating the following letter on Congressional war powers. It closes at noon Wednesday, August 28. Urge your Representative to sign the Rigell letter by calling the Congressional switchboard, 202-225-3121. There is a Roll Call article about this letter here: Get Authorization for Syria, House Lawmakers Say Dear Mr. President, We strongly…
On Sunday, Republican Sen. Bob Corker and Rep. Eliot Engel – a Democrat who voted for the Iraq war – told Fox News that President Obama should strike Syria first and get Congressional approval afterwards. That’s not how the U.S. Constitution says it should go. That’s not how the War Powers Resolution (which, despite the name "resolution," is binding U.S. law) says it…