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Bennis: Too Soon to Declare Victory
Commentary, August, 25 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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Despite the resolution's focus on protecting civilians, it was U.S., European and NATO officials who made the actual decisions about the use of force
Bennis: Attack on Libya May Unleash a Long War
Commentary, March, 30 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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The United States and its allies launched the war against Libya on the eighth anniversary of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Bennis: UN Declares War On Libya
Commentary, March, 20 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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Libya’s opposition movement faces a ruthless military assault.
Bennis: Don't "No-Fly" Libya
Commentary, March, 08 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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Today in Libya, civilians are being killed by a besieged and isolated dictator. Libyan warplanes have been used to attack civilians, although the vast majority of the violence has come from ground attacks.
Bennis: Egypt on the Brink - And the U.S. on the Wrong Side
Commentary, February, 11 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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Now comes the hard part. On February 7, the popular mobilization in Cairo and elsewhere seemed to have crested.
Bennis: Tunisia's Spark & Egypt's Flame: the Middle East is Rising
Commentary, February, 01 2011
Phyllis Bennis
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The Arab World plays dominoes with Empire...
Bennis: Bribing Israel: Enhancing the Swag
Commentary, November, 24 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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500,000 illegal settlers in the Occupied Territory are breaking international law just by waking up in the morning.
Bennis: One Nation: Uniting for Jobs, Not War
Commentary, October, 08 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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His always-identifiable, once-in-a-generation voice booming across the sun-drenched National Mall, the legendary actor-activist Harry Belafonte evoked the words of his long-ago friend and colleague, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Bennis: Is Mosque Hysteria Being Ginned Up to Bolster Support for the Disastrous Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq?
Commentary, August, 29 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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At its core, the controversy surrounding the proposed Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan is not about religion. It’s about war.
Bennis: Israel to Let the UN in...or Not?
Commentary, August, 11 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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What a coup for UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon! Israel just agreed it will cooperate with a UN-backed international investigation into its lethal May 31 raid on the Mavi Marmara, the ship attempting to break the siege of Gaza. Nine Turkish natio...
Bennis: The Wikileaks Afghan War Diary: More Evidence of a Failed Mission
Commentary, July, 30 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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The leaks just fill in details of what we already knew: that the Afghan War is too costly to continue.
Bennis: From Istanbul: Outrage Over a Massacre on the High Seas
Commentary, June, 02 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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By coincidence, I am in Istanbul at the moment. In Turkey, home to most of the dead and injured among the international activists, 10,000 people here in Istanbul marched from the Israeli consulate to the city's main square, while thousands more to...
Bennis: After the Karzai Visit, Who's at the Negotiating Table?
Commentary, May, 26 2010
Phyllis Bennis
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An overview of what an alternative to war in Afghanistan might look like - negotiations, what a concept...
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: 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: 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: 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: December 2008
Commentary, December, 30 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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Analysis explaining Israeli violations of international law, US complicity, and what should be done now.
Bennis: The meaning of Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between US and Iraq
Commentary, December, 05 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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The first problem in examining the SOFA text is that we cannot yet be sure exactly what the text says. The Iraqi parliament is debating one version, that has been translated informally to English for the international press. But we do not yet ha...
Bennis: Economic Power & Military
Commentary, October, 19 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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As its economic power wanes, does the US lean harder on the military?
Bennis: US Militarism Rising as Elections Loom
Commentary, September, 24 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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As we prepare for the post-election and post-inauguration periods we know, whoever wins, four more years of protest, mobilization, and political pressure will be required.
Bennis: U.S. Strategy In Middle East Under New Pressure: Talks, At Least About Talking, Take Hold
Commentary, July, 25 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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Maliki's endorsement of Obama's withdrawal plan is probably worth all of his trade union, women's organizations and Democratic governors' endorsements together. And it is hardly surprising. Maliki faces growing pressure in the run-up to this fal...
Bennis: U.S. Trying To "Legalize" Permanent Occupation Of Iraq; Shifting Discourse On Israel-Palestine
Commentary, June, 18 2008
Phyllis Bennis
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In recent weeks the Bush administration has intensified its longstanding effort to make the U.S. occupation of Iraq permanent. First choice is to coerce the U.S.-backed Iraqi government to sign an ostensibly "bilateral" agreement - what the White...
