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Bennis: Ending the US War in Afghanistan
Znet Article, March, 08 2010
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The recent civilian casualties demonstrate, for any who doubted it, that this is a war against a vast population of Afghanistan, and the only way to stop killing civilians is to stop the killing. That means to stop all offensive actions and withd...
Bennis: Afghanistan: This War Won't Work
Znet Article, February, 06 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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Obama's announced troops escalation will not bring security to Afghans, it won't turn Afghanistan into a democracy, and it won't make the US safer.
Bennis: Haiti Again
Znet Article, January, 21 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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There's a special kind of horror that comes from watching a human catastrophe escalate in front of our eyes, knowing that for most of us sending money is the only useful thing we can do. I remember seeing the terror of the Rwandan genocide explode...
Bennis: Haiti, Afghanistan, Yemen, and Obama
Commentary, January, 19 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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Catastrophe in Haiti, escalation in Afghanistan, new threats against Yemen, Israeli siege of Gaza tightens...and Obama's been in office a year now. Yikes.
Bennis: US no business in the middle of Afghan civil war
Video, December, 18 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Obama said that there was no military solution, but that's all he's really offering. A three part interview...
Bennis: President Obama's Afghanistan Escalation Speech: An Assessment
Commentary, December, 04 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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There was one way in which President Obama's escalation speech brought significant relief to the 59% of people in this country, as well as the overwhelming majorities of people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, the Middle East and elsewhere who oppose the...
Bennis: Reprise? Obama and Afghanistan
Commentary, December, 01 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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The president had a difficult decision to make. The war had been raging for a long time. The US and its far-away enemies had fought to a stalemate - but people just kept dying. Most of them were local civilians, but plenty of US and coalition troo...
Bennis: Can Talks with Iran Lead to Obama's 'World without Nuclear Weapons'?
Znet Article, November, 12 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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In one key conflict area-Iran-President Barack Obama appears to be keeping, at least for the moment, his campaign commitment to engage rather than threaten, to use diplomacy rather than force. As talks with Iran go forward, hope continues to rise ...
Bennis: The Midwest, the Mideast, and a New Book on Afghanistan
Commentary, November, 03 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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The dangers of another, even greater, U.S. escalation in Afghanistan are rising; the continuing war in Iraq is exploding anew; the possibilities-but-still-dangers in U.S. engagement with Iran remain hopeful but tense; and U.S. diplomatic engagemen...
Bennis: The Iranian Elections and the U.S. Response
Video, June, 27 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Phyllis Bennis of the Institute for Policy Studies talks about what the U.S. should and should not be saying in the aftermath of the Iranian elections.
Bennis: Netanyahu Speaks: The Israel-Palestine Ball Remains in Obama's Court
Commentary, June, 17 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu threw a rhetorical bone to President Obama in his much anticipated speech on June 14, when he used the term "Palestinian state." But he conceded nothing of substance, reiterating Israel's continuing reject...
Bennis: Changing the Discourse: First Step toward Changing the Policy?
Commentary, June, 05 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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President Barack Obama's much-anticipated Cairo speech reflected a significant shift away from the ideological framework of militarism and unilateralism that shaped the Bush administration's war-based policy towards the Arab and Muslim worlds. His...
Bennis: Netanyahu At The White House: Not Yet Change We Can Believe In
Commentary, May, 21 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Overall, yesterday's White House meeting between President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has to be seen as a draw. As former U.S. ambassador to Israel and Obama adviser Daniel Kurtzer noted before the meeting, "for dif...
Bennis: Netanyahu Visits The White House
Commentary, May, 16 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Obama, who has strongly supported the idea of a two-state solution since his campaign, has yet to articulate whether or not he is actually prepared to spend some of his massive political capital to exert serious pressure on Israel towards that end...
Bennis: Contested Terrain: Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Plan and the Peace Movement
Commentary, March, 09 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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The meaning of President Obama's Iraq withdrawal speech, and its influence on real U.S. policy in Iraq, will not be determined solely by his actual words. The import of the speech - and whether its promises become real - will be determined by a fl...
Bennis: Obama To Announce Iraq Troop Withdrawal
Commentary, February, 27 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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President Obama is about to order the beginning of the end of the U.S. war and occupation of Iraq...
Bennis: Israel: Rise of the Right
Commentary, February, 14 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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The timing of the December-January Israeli assault on Gaza had everything to do with the Israeli elections (well, almost everything — there was that little item of finishing the military attack before Barack Obama's inauguration.).
Bennis: The Gaza Crisis
Zmag Article, February, 01 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Analyzing Israel's latest illegal invasion
Bennis: The Next Step: Organising After Obama
Video, January, 26 2009
Phyllis Bennis
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Laura Flanders talks to Phyllis Bennis and Judith LeBlanc at the Obama Inauguration
