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UK’s Complicity in Israeli Crimes

Surprise! Surprise! Rejecting apartheid label for economic, security and technological ties Related Keir Starmer’s complicity in oppression at home and abroad تم تخصيص جزءً صغيراً في المقال الآتي للإجابة على سبب تأييد بريطانيا الفصل العنصري

Invasion Portrayed as ‘Intelligence Failure’

Another of the BBC’s failures I would say. 20 years on and the Corporation feels it must repeat a lie. The intelligence argument is an argument that reinforces the belief among many that the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. The BBC is actually reinforces a lie. It is an argument to justify past and present British involvements in wars and conflicts: “our intention has always been the intention of a good player that supports ‘democracy’ and ‘freedoms’ all over the world.” Removing geopolitics, the political economy and American hegemony and ‘imperial’ functioning , help provide a narrow picture that reinforces the belief in the government and the ideology behind  interventions, ‘regime change’, aid, etc. The fact is that Britain is a junior player and has material and geopolitical interests with the US, the decisive power. A criminal needs an alibi . That is what happened prior the invasion of Iraq. Previous criminal actions also required alibis. Think of British support of Saddam in Th

The Architects of the Iraq War: Where Are They Now?

Unlike Putin, in the current global power relations they are not considered war criminals because they belong to the ‘democratic, free world’. “The men and women who launched this catastrophic, criminal war have paid no price over the past two decades. On the contrary, they’ve been showered with promotions and cash. There are two ways to look at this. The following list doesn’t include anything about the Iraqis who’ve died since 2003. Partly, this is because it’s traditional for the U.S. media to pay no attention to the lives of foreigners.” For context one should read Howard Zinn Peter Gowan Ellen Meiksins Wood David Keen Andrew Bacevich