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UN human rights chief: Trump’s attacks on press ‘close to incitement of violence’
Exclusive: Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, who steps down this month, says US president’s rhetoric echoes that of the worst eras of the 20th...
Jay Murdock
Aug 13, 20186 min read
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‘It felt like the heavens were falling’: Afghans reel from Moab impact
Locals describe the moment the ‘mother of all bombs’ was dropped, as critics question the wisdom of deploying the weapon By Sune Engel...
Jay Murdock
Apr 14, 20174 min read
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The bombing of Afghanistan shows the US is led by a one-man wild card
First Syria, now Afghanistan – obscene and pointless bombings. But Donald Trump has tasted the sweet cup of war and no one seems able to...
Jay Murdock
Apr 14, 20172 min read
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The Reality Show Presidency Goes to War
Why Trump Was Able to Sucker the World on Syria By NEAL GABLER | APRIL 12, 2017 It is pretty amazing how quickly the media and suck-up...
Jay Murdock
Apr 13, 20176 min read
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US missile strike in Syria: morally right but done for the wrong reasons?
Newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic urge caution over attack and express doubts Donald Trump had thought through its implications...
Jay Murdock
Apr 10, 20175 min read
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Trump officials broadcast president’s plan for Syria: wait for global response
HR McMaster, Nikki Haley and Rex Tillerson defend president’s missile strikes, emphasizing Russia’s role in ‘the solution’ and new...
Jay Murdock
Apr 9, 20175 min read
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Donald Trump has jumped into a quagmire with his eyes shut
The president has just swaggered his way into the single most complex civil war in living memory – and he does so with little credibility...
Jay Murdock
Apr 7, 20174 min read
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Trump’s senseless Syria strikes accomplish nothing
The US bombing of a Syrian airfield is flip-floppery at its worst. And it signals to America’s foes that Trump can be easily dragged into...
Jay Murdock
Apr 7, 20173 min read
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Obama Remembers He’s Not George W. Bush
It may come to naught — calls for peace so rarely still the drums of war — but there was a moment Monday when the odds for sanity seemed...
Jay Murdock
Sep 10, 20134 min read
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Why the GOP Is Suddenly the Party of Peace
Earl Ofari Hutchinson;Â Author and political analyst Posted: 09/08/2013 12:44 pm The stunning number of GOP law makers that are vehemently...
Jay Murdock
Sep 8, 20134 min read
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