September 9, 2021: Recording is no longer available.
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Middle East Overview
WMNF: US and Afghanistan
2 September 2021: Recording is no longer available.
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Interview: KPFA Talkies and Sunday Show, US and Afghanistan
KPFA and Pacifica Radio affiliates, August 31, 2021
A bomb kills Marines and Afghans trying to flee the Taliban—and the bomber was NOT Taliban. Lessons from the past, analysis of the present, and a peer into the future with Stephen Zunes. Hosted by Kris Welch (starting at 9:45). See also Tazeen Hasan: Afghanistan
Tazeen Hasan: Afghanistan
August 20, 2021 [Recording is no longer available]
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CGTN Asia Today: Afghanistan
August 19, 2021 [Recording is no longer available]
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Interview, Media Sanctuary: U.S. and Afghanistan
MediaSanctuary.org, August 18, 2021
Prof. Stephen Zunes Shares Analysis of Afghanistan War, Withdrawal and History.
Radio: U.S. and Afghanistan
Radio Islam International, 17 August 2021: “U.S. Government Still Trying to Come to Terms with How Quickly Taliban Took Over Afghanistan.”
US Policy Toward Afghanistan Was a Recipe for Collapse From the Start
Truthout August 17, 2021: The rapid fall of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan and takeover by Taliban extremists has stunned the world. President Biden has nevertheless defended his decision to withdraw…
Radio: US and Afghanistan
Pacifica Radio Flashpoints, 16 August 2021:
US and Afghanistan: Leaving is never easy…
US and Afghanistan: Leaving is never easy…
Have ‘Human Shields’ Accusations Become an Excuse for War Crimes?
The Progressive, June 17, 2021. The implications for U.S. policy are concerning. The House-passed resolution in July 2014, absolved Israel for responsibility for the large-scale civilian casualties…
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United States’ Imperial Foreign Policy Is the Deadly Enemy of Progress at Home
Jacobin June 14, 2021: The US military spends trillions on death abroad that could be spent on improving life back home…
Interview: Gaza/Israel! CalMatters!
KPFA FM Radio, June 2, 2021: Zunes’s analysis of the past, present and future of Gaza/Israel
Professor Stephen Zunes on Gaza, the US, and Israel
Tikkun: “The extreme disproportionate firepower of the Israelis is really staggering. We’re looking at a 20:1 ratio just in terms of casualties… the U.S. bears special responsibility…”
Commentary: Panetta out of touch with constituents in his support for Netanyahu
The Californian: Commentary: As the ceasefire takes hold ending the fighting between Hamas and Israel, central coast voters are raising questions over controversial statements he made.
From Aleppo to Gaza: A Handy Guide for Defending War Crimes
Foreign Policy In Focus May 26, 2021: The U.S. strident defense of Israel’s recent military onslaught on the Gaza Strip… sounds remarkably similar to that to defend the Assad regime in Syria during their bloody attacks on Aleppo, Idlib, and other rebel-held areas… here’s a summary — based on real articles, interviews, and statements — in which apologists for war crimes can insert the appropriate words at the appropriate spot, depending on which government’s atrocities they are defending…
Israel/Palestine Conflict and U.S. Policy
ParallaxViews.podbean.com: We explore recent events involving Israeli airstrikes, the Sheikh Jarrah district of East Jerusalem, Hamas, Gaza, and U.S. foreign policy [and] dive into the Israeli airstrike that took down an Associated Press building… the misuse of antisemitism to stifle criticism… the generational gap… racism and settler-colonialism, and more.
125 Democrats Say Military Aid to Israel Shouldn’t Depend on Human Rights Record
Truthout, May 3, 2021, by Stephen Zunes [ source]
In an apparent response to growing calls for making US aid to the Netanyahu government conditional on Israeli adherence to human rights law, 330 members of the US House of Representatives signed a letter late last month insisting that the $3.8 billion in annual military aid the United States provides Israel remain unconditional.
If Biden Wants to Protect Troops, He Should Bring Them Home — Not Bomb Syria
Truthout, March 2, 2021, by Stephen Zunes [source]
The US has bombed Syria more than 20,000 times over the past eight years, so last week’s attack on a border post in northeastern Syria, which killed 22 militiamen and apparently no civilians, may not seem surprising to some… it is nevertheless disappointing that President Biden appears determined to continue the failed policies of his predecessors… Some members of Congress challenged Biden’s authority to order such an attack, which contravenes both international law and the US Constitution.
Biden Bombs Iran-Backed Militias in Syria
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When a Ceasefire is Not Enough
Sojourners Magazine: The war between Armenia and Azerbaijan was an avoidable tragedy. The disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region has been populated since at least the second century B.C.E. by Armenians, one of the world’s oldest Christian civilizations. The Muslim Azeris and others have lived there and in neighboring areas for centuries as well, and the region was ethnically mixed (albeit majority Armenian) when the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991…