[Peace-discuss] Fwd: US Middle East Policy is Fraught with Danger

Wed Sep 10 17:48:35 EDT 2014

"The essence of being an academic is not in answering questions but 
questioning answers. This is why pro-Israeli supporters and timid 
trustees and administrators do not want scholars critique and criticize 
the occupation. But scholars are increasingly realizing that remaining 
silent forsakes their professional responsibilities, making them 
complicit in Israel’s crimes against humanity."

/*Johnny E. Williams* is an Associate Professor in the Department of 
Sociology at Trinity College. /

On 09/11/2014 02:13 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote:
>>
>> *counterpunch*
>> *NEWS UPDATE*
>> *9-10-2014*
>>
>> US Policy Fraught with Danger 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DUcEan0zZ1pX7MQibJySmI2RDICw7Gz2y2QeYHtUn3fWuHo4W4EOOLHeUas_GbbNILJlAxk_QMvrCA6Pv_qsEHUuCPFV5EFvPQRdLpsJA85C-cZt9u99xLXepXgJJT1sQxWdtcn1lcKKlJwvyYQ1xNXXbLb_qcyhKTso-8Go_ng59wJCph4rFXvuzs5ImHOP3PPm0bqrvxgh0=&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> Patrick Cockburn reports that the United States is reluctantly but 
>> decisively becoming engaged in the civil wars in Iraq and Syria.
>>
>> Uncle Sam Does Ukraine 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DU_TyTPeeasjK5nVlDFERxUNz9Xm6hN4gFSeiKOyb1f3f3n4S7oP9FnOgej-_BB3DxcoxE1qJ_yjCd66ah4qgfjAYyq76-CzJMcHzSlx_czzw87HQtY0t1sbvC2UemjaNirSuvNVr83I43GHb1W91cGeGZwVXdqReqnUpajjLbwJ0=&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> Mike Whitney says U.S. meddling in Ukraine dims the prospects for peace.
>>
>> Academics and Israel 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DUinGs7FgxGy39dVlWGk8nvBi_XMD0pOBoC1vEd1QycRoU0_DfrhDOs9gtYiBYOaygEu1vZipPBeaoR-PDMvpXZSjP8I46CNb5jb3X3Gz21CellS-fs07lMn8BwE2bOU11miTvMnvk_kqWHtiBQjGDxz7mkiLktYd3WaGWcSL0XiU=&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> Trinity College professor Johnny E. Williams on why academics 
>> shouldn't remain silent about Israel's brutality.
>>
>> True Poverty Rate in America 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DUjSkkMrE4tXcO1Pc6Uyk07C1wZK2e0LBPoIWBh9Kna77fPyDNIFoLCVVvqIfYdZLPM3A_BuovhGq_uzLR9Nx1sKhgaIJk0AzVGyiP_eK4olKJuzvmDbFBA4k0YqPV_JEWrOUoRDkEcCapgUtAYhAehoQwNe5u4yOyQ4qLjwMDTsXrU1L4krgOOyosaHnZRXeJ&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> Emily Cleath says we should never say the word "poverty" without the 
>> words "inequality" and "injustice" being far behind.
>>
>> A Colombian Prisoner of Empire 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DUsVv6p-cDOpAIz8r3RxX9ex8_MncHHKXcnw4pyRV52lXNvXAFnvScCiZ7G2Pm3qcGbJujP-GeWufL5M9Da94FLVINvhTs0rKSL3bgQiNWpQZMPGjtt215G-EuuaBIZnS3iFtEknunHckYq5ccXEwDpSvK5gg1yYYqmh9kURF5oDUZeT7Wb2LnaQ==&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> W.T. Whitney Jr. on the real agenda behind the detention of David Ravelo.
>>
>> Return to Folly in Iraq 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DUu0SqU51npqk3qucseU1LHP3AEbrcrmjdKPPKMbvl2XXTA1KpAIHeg-171msYjciefJ5Y9KhDs88efjZYMQBkzPvVi2yioi5Ku3_YkDuono6eD2aAy75gc-Fa_NXG8PSEhEx8swy__Bgd_XlIVZNVLRPt71pm-u69LsHF0V_V3Yo=&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> Sheldon Richman says Obama has dusted off Bush's Iraq playbook.
>>
>> Scotland's Drive for Independence 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_uhOLRswC5DUxXVGKX8C489WTeYPetPVrGrgLKQnZHvSd6OE2dlkQzyXo2HeLDIGY-CRs138j2VvN-bVpPvzgKk2mmz3_qvZ3G42MB2ZwgICXJRUXfG7ZRzJPqiqVZkTNMGR6PYOq08CmSzBvg2lcU566PT4QdHjVhpYOB8gVVDxgWcYmWIxSBUXb0IAnl1dLWPaWHLGrDLU&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> Binoy Kampmark on the meaning of Scotland's vote for independence.
>>
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_ix5-SsdUTQ93XNH1NkabJ1-KkS9BS-M-_TspSy-lbATfYoQa6Kms53fEbhuL0wA0Xxv4_WrAGopE_74d1gWDihVqggrjK0-gIBfcLzYJpM2Q_N2w44zK_JKVt4Uw_jUTPgPOkaZhs9npD1hVDhGZGU=&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>
>> *Exclusively in the New Print Issue of CounterPunch 
>> <http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001CexW1b8YX1Gsi7I41apxVm2rjLcU6Q5sPT1nlHuI8Yke1wAcuUlw_h0NWieCDFbrQs8UxuOrvZ5lQFv4MTCRt8NMm7JVLEvziptE4ETIZ_CZ3XL6VCZLH75mRf4ZIXk8Gxhlcn0LzLQfvQaWnmPdsfDYMahUzt8Egl73uweThbh2PfL-MGrchUY0ae1pdLN3QggJr3WA4jY41sLe-F1aF6ZYjeHKwepz&c=AJgajHeHpHCnEjgc4sSrJzqY-GGLhh9rmbIvHBohMLtJMjyNabHnRg==&ch=7CMoYN-ydy2L8G3kTPXQNz8NwpvNYPVVe1b1FUQDsseqME8ndgA7pQ==>*
>> *SHOCK AND AWE OVER GAZA*
>> *Jonathan Cook* reports from the West Bank on How the Media and Human 
>> Rights Groups Cover for Israel's War Crimes; *Jeffrey St. Clair* on 
>> Why Israel is Losing; *Nick Alexandrov* on Honduras Five Years After 
>> the Coup; *Joshua Frank* on California's Water Crisis; *Ismael 
>> Hossein-Zadeh* on Finance Capital and Inequality; *Kathy Deacon* on 
>> The Center for the Whole Person; *Kim Nicolini* on the Aesthetics of 
>> Jim Jarmusch. PLUS: *Mike Whitney* on the Faltering Economic 
>> Recovery; *Chris Floyd* on Being Trapped in a Mad World; and *Kristin 
>> Kolb* on Cancer Without Melodrama.
>>
>> *Quote of the Day*
>> Upton Sinclair: "Journalism is one of the devices whereby industrial 
>> autocracy keeps its control over political democracy; it is the 
>> day-by-day, between-elections propaganda, whereby the minds of the 
>> people are kept in a state of acquiescence, so that when the crisis 
>> of an election comes, they go to the polls and cast their ballots for 
>> either one of the two candidates of their exploiters."
>> *Today in History, 1963*
>> Twenty black students entered public schools in Birmingham, Mobile, 
>> and Tuskegee, Alabama, after President John F. Kennedy sent National 
>> Guardsman to end the standoff with Alabama Governor George Wallace.
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