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A brief review of some of the foreign policy pledges in Labour’s 2015 General...
On Monday 12 April, the Labour Party, which is one of the two major parties in British politics, released their manifesto for May’s General Election. The remit of this blog is to cover issues around...
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A complicating factor in Libya: Libyans.
This little snippet from Stars and Stripes magazine, on ‘what went wrong’ in post-regime change Libya: While the U.S. was eager to hand off much of the post-intervention responsibility to the Europeans...
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Reuters on how U.S. backed rebel groups in Syria are fighting alongside ‘Al...
As here: Hardline Islamists fighting side-by-side with groups backed by the United States have made gains in northern Syria in recent weeks while showing rare unity, which some fear may be short-lived...
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Ken Roth keeps on digging?
Ken Roth has now conceded that the video he said was of carnage caused by Syrian regime barrel bombing in Aleppo, was actually of carnage caused by Israeli regime bombing in Gaza. As here: I stand...
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The knives are out for Seymour Hersh again.
The London Review of Books have recently published a long investigative piece by the legendary reporter Seymour Hersh. The article is about the killing of Osama Bin Laden in 2011, in which Hersh...
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Seymour Hersh’s Bin Laden Story: The ‘Debunkings’ Begin.
On May 10th 2015, the London Review of books published a lengthy article by Seymour Hersh, which challenges the Obama administration’s account of the killing of Osama Bin Laden. Essentially, Hersh...
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New poll of Syrian public opinion.
The poll was carried out by Opinion Research Business in July. As ever, caveats should apply to the results. About the difficulties of accurate polling in war zones and authoritarian states. About the...
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Shock finding from Opinion Research Business poll: Iraqis don’t want us to...
From a poll of Iraqi public opinion, carried out in July 2015: 56% of Iraqis strongly or somewhat oppose airstrikes being carried out by coalition forces, as compared to 44% who strongly or somewhat...
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Preventing a massacre – of France’s economic interests in Africa.
When NATO started bombing Libya in March 2011, the justification given was that bombing was essential to protect civilians. More specifically, it was essential to prevent the Libyan armed forces...
View ArticleAfghanistan, the Uncountry.
Below is an excerpt from the International Criminal Court’s 2016 preliminary examination report on potential war crimes in Afghanistan. Needless to say, it’s findings are shocking, particularly when it...
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