Video: Oxford Union Debate Against Military Intervention to Promote Democracy admin, October 9, 2024January 13, 2025 This House Would Fight for Democracy, Liberty & the Rule of Law Abroad, April 8, 2023 [11 mins., Prof. Stephen Zunes’ impassioned argument against John Bolton.] Continue Reading
The Lingering Effects of Iraq War Lies admin, April 5, 2024August 8, 2024 [The Progressive March 27, 2023] Twenty years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the country remains unstable, with one of the most corrupt and dysfunctional governments in the world… Continue Reading
Harry Reid’s Hawkish Foreign Policy admin, January 3, 2022August 14, 2024 The death of former Democratic Senate leader Harry Reid of Nevada has brought forth praise for his parliamentary skills, which helped make possible some critically important legislation, as well as preventing the passage of a number of seriously problematic bills. However, on the foreign policy front, it should be noted that Reid not only failed to challenge dangerous Republican initiatives that violated fundamental principles of international law and human rights, he was often among their most prominent supporters. Continue Reading
WBAI: Colin Powell’s Legacy admin, October 18, 2021March 15, 2024 18 October 2021: Item is no longer available. See Biden and Other Democrats Helped then Secretary of StateColin Powell Spread George W. Bush’s Iraq Lies about WMDs. Continue Reading
WORT: 9/11 Anniversary admin, September 9, 2021March 16, 2024 9 September 2021: Recording is no longer available. [Find best related links.] Continue Reading
INTERVIEW: Biden’s Sponsorship of the Invasion of Iraq admin, March 12, 2020August 14, 2024 Skip to Minute 29:30 for interview Stephen Zunes talks about Joe Biden’s shameful history helping to advocate for the invasion of Iraq in 2002 and 2003. Continue Reading
Worth the Price? Joe Biden and the Launch of the Iraq War admin, February 21, 2020August 14, 2024 A 19-Minute documentary featuring a contribution by Dr. Stephen Zunes. Continue Reading
Interview: Today’s US-Iran Crisis Is Rooted in the Decision to Invade Iraq admin, January 19, 2020May 22, 2024 The ramifications of the illegal, unnecessary and predictably tragic U.S. decision to invade Iraq are still with us. This includes the ongoing crisis with Iran, which brought us perilously close to all-out war in early January, resulted in the tragic downing of a civilian airliner and remains in a hair-trigger situation. Continue Reading
Interview: Proof that Soleimani killed hundreds of Americans is “groundless” admin, January 10, 2020August 14, 2024 According to our next guest– the claim that Soleimani and the Iranian government are somehow responsible for the deaths of “hundreds of Americans” in Iraq—which has been repeated by Republicans, some Democrats and the mainstream media—appears to be groundless. Our guest today is STEPHEN ZUNES, a professor of politics and coordinator of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of San Francisco. He’s written a new piece for The Progressive Magazine saying there is zero evidence that Soleimani killed hundreds of Americans…. Continue Reading
Biden’s Support of Iraq War Shows How He Would Run the White House admin, November 12, 2019August 14, 2024 Supporters of presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden are probably hoping that Democratic voters will see his key role in pushing through the Iraq War authorization as simply a “mistake” which should not be a factor in the 2020 presidential race. Indeed, Biden now claims that, “From the moment [the invasion] started … I was opposed to the effort, and I was outspoken as much as anyone at all in the Congress” despite his statements at the time and subsequently that he supported Bush’s decision to invade even after inspectors returned and no “weapons of mass destruction” were found. Not only was Biden one of the most important Democratic supporters of the Iraq War, but that support says much about the kind of president he would be. Continue Reading
Biden Has Defended US Allies’ Use of Lethal Force Against Civilians admin, November 4, 2019August 14, 2024 On an October evening in 2002, while quietly embroidering on the porch of her home in Nablus in the West Bank, 60-year-old Shaden Abu Hijleh was shot and killed by Israeli occupation forces. A grandmother and community activist involved in promoting the arts, women’s and children’s advocacy, serving the needy and nonviolent resistance to the occupation, she had no links to any violent or extremist organizations. No protests or other violent disturbances were taking place nearby, and her killing is widely believed to have been a targeted assassination. Continue Reading
History Shows Hypocrisy of US Outrage Over Chemical Weapons in Syria admin, April 24, 2018August 14, 2024 Truthout April 24, 2018: There are serious legal and strategic concerns regarding the decision by the U.S., along with France and Great Britain, to bomb Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons in Douma… Continue Reading
Possible Iraqi retaliation to Trump immigration restrictions admin, January 30, 2017June 10, 2024 [This item’s no longer available.] Iraq’s parliament has voted in favor of demanding the government respond in kind to the US visa ban on Iraqi nationals. Continue Reading
The Five Lamest Excuses for Hillary Clinton’s Vote to Invade Iraq admin, January 26, 2016August 14, 2024 Clinton supporters want Democratic voters to forgive their candidate’s support for the most disastrous foreign policy decision in decades. They shouldn’t. Continue Reading
Interview: WNUR-FM (audio) admin, August 21, 2013July 8, 2024 WNUR-FM Chicago Dr. Stephen Zunes discusses the Bradley Manning verdict beginning at the 15:30 minute mark Continue Reading
Don’t Blame the Iraq Debacle on the Israel Lobby admin, March 29, 2013August 15, 2024 Given the enormous tragedy of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, the war’s tenth anniversary has inevitably raised the question of ?why?? As many of us predicted in the lead-up to the war, the official rationales for the U.S. invasion of Iraq?namely, that Iraq possessed ?weapons of mass destruction? and had operational ties to al-Qaeda?were false. And the corrupt, inept, and repressive sectarian government the United States helped establish in Baghdad has undermined any pretense that the war was about democracy. Continue Reading
10 years after the Iraq invasion, Washington still hasn’t learned admin, March 27, 2013July 13, 2024 This month marks the 10th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, which has resulted in the deaths of up to half a million Iraqis, mostly civilians, and the displacement of millions of others. Continue Reading
Behind the Headlines: the CIA and Post 9/11 National Security with NY Times Reporter Eric Schmitt (audio) admin, November 22, 2012August 15, 2024 NPR/The Commonwealth Club Continue Reading
On Foreign Policy Debate; Yifat Susskind on Iraq War’s Toxic Legacy (audio) admin, October 26, 2012August 15, 2024 Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting Continue Reading