Attacking Iran Will Not Repeat History: It Will Destroy the Future
If history ever repeats itself, it does so only when we fail to learn its important lessons. Israel might be prepared to take such chances, but why should the rest of the world?
Articles by Ramzy Baroud
Palestine: Those Who Inspired Us in 2011
Mustafa Tamimi was a 28-year-old resident of the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. His meticulously trimmed beard served as the centerpiece of his handsome face.
Embellishing the Iraq War: Moral Victory and Selective Body Counts
Someone ought to let mainstream news producers know that the nearly 4,500 US soldiers killed in the Iraq war were not the only victims.
On Freedom and Imperialism: Arab Spring and the Intellectual Divide
The so-called ‘Arab Spring’ is creating an intellectual divide that threatens any sensible understanding of the turmoil engulfing several Arab countries.
Gaza Boats Seized, But ‘Freedom Waves’ Will Continue
“Despite this Israeli aggression, we will keep coming, wave after wave, by air, sea, and land, to challenge Israel’s illegal policies towards Gaza and all of Palestine,” said Huwaida Arraf, a spokeswoman for the Gaza flotilla activists. “Our movement will not stop or be stopped until Palestine is free.”
Iraq War Declared Over, but War Party Persists
In a White House Statement on October 21, US President Barack Obama pledged that his country would finally withdraw forces from Iraq.
“After nearly nine years, America’s war in Iraq will be over,” he said.
Providing some context to Obama’s announcement, a CBSNews.com report published on the same day stated, “The war in Iraq has meant the death of more than 4,400 U.S. troops and come at a cost of more than $700 billion.”
The US media is now failing to process any facts aside from the losses suffered by the US, who wrought war and destruction on a country in urgent need of peace and humanitarian assistance. For over a decade prior to the war, Iraq was reeling under US-led UN sanctions, which left the country’s infrastructure in a state of near collapse.