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Military Aid

Can Colombia and the FARC Make Peace?

Daniel Wagner | Posted 05.22.2013 | World
Daniel Wagner

The nearly half century of war between the government of Colombia and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) that left over half a million Colombians dead and three million displaced may finally be coming to an end.

Ten New Year's Resolutions for U.S. Policy Towards Latin America

Lisa Haugaard | Posted 03.06.2013 | World
Lisa Haugaard

If we could keep these resolutions, 2013 would be a banner year for U.S.-Latin American relations.

Rabbis Support Protestant Leaders' Call To End Unconditional Military Aid To Israel

Rabbi Alissa Wise | Posted 12.22.2012 | Religion
Rabbi Alissa Wise

We regret that some Jewish organizations opted to disengage from their Christian colleagues on this painful issue that is of such deep concern to both faith communities.

'Stability' Trumps Democracy in Egypt

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.23.2012 | World
Medea Benjamin

In the case of U.S. relations with Egypt, under Obama just as much as George W. Bush, those actions have been firmly in support of dictatorship and repressive -- but pro-American -- rule.

Will The Holy Cow Of Aid To Israel Survive The Dull Blade Of Across-the-Board Budget Cuts?

Josh Ruebner | Posted 02.19.2012 | Politics
Josh Ruebner

With the super committee's failure necessitating cuts across-the-board to reduce the deficit, Israel and its supporters in Congress should be forced to share the pain.

Military Foreign Policy

Sen. Fritz Hollings | Posted 11.22.2011 | Politics
Sen. Fritz Hollings

We are so blinded by our military that we continue to prove Osama's case with troops in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Kuwait, Iraq, Egypt, the Persian Gulf, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and drone-killing in Libya, Yemen, and Somalia.

Like It or Not, the US and Pakistan Need Each Other

Reza Aslan | Posted 09.10.2011 | World
Reza Aslan

Right now, the anger and mistrust between the US and Pakistan is palpable. One could even argue that it is justified. But problematic as this relationship may be, it cannot be abandoned.

Tackling Corruption in the Global Arms Trade: the UN Arms Trade Treaty

Tobias Bock | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Tobias Bock

The unregulated conventional arms market is costing lives every day. In many cases, as a result of bribery and corruption, weapons destined for governments end up in the hands of criminals or dictators.

Republicans and Democrats Agree: Cut Aid for Poor People, Not Israel

Medea Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Medea Benjamin

As Republicans and Democrats propose cuts in programs that actually benefit their constituents, they agree there's one area of the budget that's not to be touched: the annual $3 billion subsidy taxpayers provide to the Israeli military.

Military Aid to Egypt: A Critical Link

Haim Malka | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Haim Malka

Calls in Washington to suspend military aid to Egypt are fueling an already blazing fire. Although a serious review of the $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Egypt is long overdue, raising the threat in the midst of a burning crisis is dangerous.

Call on Obama: Tell Mubarak to Leave Now

Jim Wallis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Jim Wallis

By all journalistic reports, it was the Egyptian government of President Hosni Mubarak that sent thousands of armed thugs into Tahrir Square and the streets of Cairo yesterday to bring violence to what had been a peaceful and nonviolent protest for democracy. Some think many of those who were attacking the protesters were police in plain clothes. Others are believed to have been hired and bused in to foment violence with machetes, clubs, and razors -- some riding in on horses and camels into the peaceful crowds. A call for peace now must mean a call for Mubarak's immediate resignation.

Bribing Israel: Enhancing the Swag

Phyllis Bennis | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Phyllis Bennis

What does Israel have to give up for the $3 billion worth of F-35 Joint Strike Fighters? A one-time-only 90-day partial settlement moratorium in the West Bank, not including Occupied Arab East Jerusalem.

Gaza Flotilla Raid May Not Change U.S. Policy Towards Israel

The Associated Press | By BARRY SCHWEID | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Amid the uproar over Israel's deadly raid on the flotilla bringing aid to the Gaza Strip, it's important to note what is not happen...

Dollar vs. Dollar: U.S. Consumers Battle U.S. Taxpayers in Global Drug War

Sanjeev Bery | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Sanjeev Bery

Americans pay large sums of money to people who grow, process, ship, smuggle, and deliver drugs to the U.S, but they also pay to fight, and kill those we hired to provide the drugs to begin with.

Rockets to Markets

Iqbal Z. Quadir | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Iqbal Z. Quadir

Military action or aid to governments may be unavoidable in the short run, but unless coupled with commercial opportunities for people on the ground, they're unlikely to be cost-effective and efficacious in the long run.

Coup! U.S. Military Support for Honduras

Frida Berrigan | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Frida Berrigan

In the last ten years the United States has delivered $18.41 million in weapons and defense articles to Honduras through the foreign military sales program.

India-US Military Partnership Enters Next Phase

Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

By Jason Overdorf | GlobalPost NEW DELHI -- With India's new government firmly in place, a top U.S. envoy landed in New Delhi Wednesday to discuss ...

Russia Threatens American Hegemony with Fighter Jets to Lebanon

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

After suffering serious losses during the 2006 summer war with Israel, Hezbollah reportedly increased its weapons arsenal three-fold, though they should have disarmed.