Category: war – general

Independence from America

The US, always a questionable friend, could, if Trump wins, become our greatest threat.

War crimes have no justification, whoever commits them.

Governments attend to imaginary threats, while neglecting real ones.

How a chemical weapons attack in Syria spawned a shameful series of conspiracy theories

A note on the poison gas attack at Khan Sheikhoun, Syria

Why is the government so quick to bomb, yet so slow to act on climate change?

The US bombing of a hospital in Afghanistan is just one symptom of comprehensive military failure

If you join foreign conflicts you’re prosecuted as a terrorist, however just your cause.

The US calls on other nations to abide by the treaties it violates.

Some dead children are mourned; others are dehumanised.

Drone warfare can be used to thwart democratic movements, anywhere.

My letter to Media Lens over the issue of the massacre at Srebrenica.

The right-wing denial of the genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda is bad enough; the new left-wing denial is even worse.

Let’s divert the money spent on arms to addressing the real strategic threat.

Could the First World War have been stopped?

Guantanamo Bay is killing people thousands of miles away.

The unaccountable people who launched the Iraq war have learnt nothing from it.

When will Bush and Brown acknowledge that there is already a nuclear power in the Middle East?

By signing up to Bush’s missile defence programme, the British government shows it doesn’t give a damn about either peace or democracy

For how much longer will BAE be allowed to run its own secret service and overrule the armed forces?