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Chuck Spinney: Andrew Cockburn on US Complicity in Saudi Genocide Across Yemen (Let’s Add to Saudi Funding of Clinton-CIA Creation of ISIS to Take Down Syria for Saudi Pipeline…)

Below is a stunning report describing the Saudi slaughter in Yemen and the U.S. culpability in abetting this slaughter.  This story is written by Andrew Cockburn, a good friend (caveat emptor: I am biased). Yemen has a population of almost 27 million, making it the seventh largest of the 22 Arab countries, exceeding the population of Syria …

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Worth a Look: Empire, Racism, and Genocide – A History of U.S. Foreign Policy

In its entire history, there has been very little time when the United States has been at peace. As it wages its many wars and ‘interventions’, the stated goal is always something few people could argue with: fostering democracy when a struggling people are resisting tyranny, removing threats to U.S. security, or punishing a cruel …

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Mongoose: Spielberg on Guatemalan Genocide

Spielberg’s Shoah Foundation Documents Guatemala Genocide “My children were still little,” said Osorio. “They grabbed them like cats and smashed them against a pine tree.” Phi Beta Iota: Unstated is the role the US Government played in arming, training, and encouraging the  Guatemalan military in its “anti-communist” crusade.