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Biden’s Absurd War in Yemen Continues

The Biden administration must want to demonstrate how absurd the ongoing illegal war in Yemen is by using strategic bombers to attack Houthi targets:

The U.S. military conducted airstrikes in Yemen against the Iranian-backed Houthis, targeting five underground weapons storage sites, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in a statement late Wednesday. The strikes were carried out by B-2 Spirit bombers, marking the first use of these strategic stealth bombers against the Houthis.

The war that the U.S. has been waging in Yemen since January has been an extravagant waste of military resources. The U.S. has been burning through a limited supply of expensive munitions in a failed attempt to compel the Houthis to halt their attacks on shipping. Now it is wasting even more resources to send B-2s across the world to blow up weapons caches. Our government has impressive firepower at its disposal, but it is frequently employed in the service of brain-dead policies like the one the administration is pursuing in Yemen right now.

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Lindsey Graham to Ukraine: ‘Draft Younger Men!’

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

As Ukraine continues to be destroyed in the US proxy war with Russia, some Ukrainian lawmakers are reporting that US politicians, including Sen. Lindsey Graham, are furiously pressuring Kiev to draft younger and younger men to the front lines. They are fighting Russia down to the last Ukrainian. Also today: Netanyahu’s Likud Party is promoting post-war settlements in Gaza as US troops arrive to fight in Israel’s wars with its neighbors.

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Recognizing Our Common Humanity: An Interview With Sari Nusseibeh

“Palestinians cannot hope to get a fair deal in negotiations with Israelis,” claims philosopher Sari Nusseibeh in response to Israel’s desire to become an Empire in the Middle East. The former President of Al-Quds University in Jerusalem, Nusseibeh is well-known for having had a major role in the Arab-Israeli peace process. Considered a Palestinian moderate, Nusseibeh was deeply invested in some of the organizing during the first intifada, and he was also the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) representative in Jerusalem from 2001-2002. Some of Nusseibeh’s positions, however, were unpopular with the Palestinian populace. For example, his suggestion for Palestinians to drop the demand for a full right of return drew so much outrage that Al-Awda network petitioned for Yasser Arafat to relieve Nusseibeh of his position as the PLO’s representative in Jerusalem. In addition to his peace efforts, Nusseibeh has published widely, especially on topics such as Islamic philosophy and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Together, these factors contributed to Nusseibeh previously being recognized as one of the world’s most influential intellectuals. Recently, I had the chance to interview Nusseibeh. While understandably pessimistic due to both perpetual Israeli escalation across the Middle East and the current genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, Nusseibeh nevertheless delivers indispensable insight on topics such as student advocacy, the two-state solution, and the peace process. To eventually achieve peace, Nusseibeh claims, we must recognize our common humanity.

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Conflicts of Interest: White House Told Aid Groups That the US Will Not Curb Arms Transfers to Israel

On COI #692, Kyle Anzalone discusses the latest on Israel’s wars.

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Bob Woodward Badly Misquotes Russian FM Lavrov in His New Book

I emailed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward regarding his new book War:

Dear Bob,

You have misquoted Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on page 88 of your new book, and significantly altered the meaning of his statement.

Lavrov’s full quote was: “Those who mechanically repeat the points made in Bucharest and insist that ‘third countries’ have no right to express their position on the issue of NATO enlargement are playing with fire. I am convinced that they cannot be unaware of this.” Statement by Sergey Lavrov, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, at the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, December 2, 2021.

Here is your version from page 88 of War, to compare to the original above: “‘Third countries’ — meaning, the United States — ‘have no right to express their position on the issue of NATO enlargement and are playing with fire,’ Lavrov warned, ‘I am convinced that they cannot be aware of this.’”

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Zelensky Unveils ‘Victory Plan’: ‘Gimme Money and Fight Russia!’

On today’s Ron Paul Liberty Report:

Ukraine’s “President” Vladimir Zelensky has unveiled his big “Victory Plan” and it’s more like reheated leftovers: “Let us in NATO, give us more weapons, let us attack Russia.” Is this the end for “Project Ukraine”? Also today: Biden gets “tough” wish Israel: “you have 30 days to stop starving the Palestinians!”

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