Articles by Saul Landau
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Take Syria Seriously–And Stay Out
Saul Landau – Foreign Policy in Focus,
10 Jun 2013
Obama’s spin language on Syria referring to the use of chemical weapons (calling it a “red line” and “game changer)” sounds like a moral imperative, but it overlooks key facts: the U.S. military used phosphorous bombs in attacks on Fallujah during the Iraq War, and U.S. Air Force planes dropped tons of Agent Orange on Vietnam.
→ read full article54 Years of Stupidity and Counting – Cuba Policy: Fruitless, Mean and Cruel
Saul Landau and Nelson P. Valdés - CounterPunch,
6 May 2013
In their 54-year-old effort to bring down Cuba’s revolutionary government and restore obedience in our Caribbean neighbor, U.S. officials have compiled a spectacular record of failure, overshadowed only by the determination to persist in their pursuit of wrongheaded polices, further damaging U.S. interests.
→ read full articleTo Libya with God on Our Side
Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes – Information Clearing House,
11 Apr 2011
Grabbing other people’s land and interfering in their affairs became as American as apple pie before the annexation of Texas, and “Manifest Destiny” as the engine of U.S. foreign policy. In 17th Century inspirational moments God sent His chosen from England to found the “city on a hill” (Boston). He had dispatched other select British subjects to settle “the promised land” (Virginia). According to John L. O’Sullivan in 1839, God intended “the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.”
→ read full articleTHE PENTAGON’S APPETITE IS KILLING US
Saul Landau - ZNet,
6 Mar 2010
"The perpetual menacings of danger oblige the government to be always prepared to repel it; its armies must be numerous enough for instant defense. The continual necessity for their services enhances the importance of the soldier, and proportionally degrades the condition of the citizen. The military state becomes elevated above the civil. The inhabitants of […]
→ read full articleMAGICAL REALISM — A COUP IN HONDURAS, SO 20TH CENTURY!
Saul Landau and Nelson Valdes – Znet,
26 Jan 2010
"I don’t see why we need to stand by and watch a country go Communist because of the irresponsibility of its own people." — Henry Kissinger, June 26, 1970 [referring to Chile/Salvador Allende] "I’ve heard many in this room say that they will not recognize the elections in Honduras. … What does that mean in […]
→ read full articleFIDEL
Saul Landau,
28 Oct 2009
After Fidel Castro’s abdominal surgery in the summer of 2006, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice assured Cubans in Bush’s name: "You must know that you have no greater friend than the United States of America." This great pal showed amity by not allowing Cubans to see relatives and limiting the amount of remittances their families […]
→ read full articleTHE STATE THAT TOLERATES NO CRITICISM – HOW ISRAEL GIVES JEWS A BAD NAME
Saul Landau,
16 Mar 2009
Most Jews I know get little pleasure from the existence of Israel; just the opposite. They feel disgusted by the behavior of their tribal kin toward Palestinians. This antipathy doesn’t concern Israel’s right to exist, a phony argument still maintained by hard line Zionists. Israel exists, period. Most of the world recognizes that. Anyone wanting […]
→ read full articleFAREWELL, MONROE DOCTRINE
Philip Brenner and Saul Landau,
4 Feb 2009
President Barack Obama could swiftly improve U.S. relations with Latin America by announcing the death of the Monroe Doctrine and then presiding over its funeral. Such a statement would cost him little domestically and win him praise and appreciation throughout Latin America and much of the world. Most Americans don’t know the details of this […]
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