[Peace-discuss] News from Neptune #406 notes

[J.B. Nicholson]

News from Neptune #406 notes
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMuzDzo6o64
An "Out of Syria and Afghanistan?" edition

Pointers to items referenced on the show.


David Sanger on "A Strategy of Retreat in Syria, With Echoes of Obama"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/trump-syria-withdrawal-obama.html

Andrew Bacevich on Democracy Now (2018-12-21)
https://www.democracynow.org/2018/12/21/andrew_bacevich_on_mattis_why_we

Jeffrey St. Clair on "The Real Resistance: 20 Grassroots Groups That Are 
Fighting the Good Fight"
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/12/21/the-real-resistance-grassroots-groups-that-are-fighting-the-good-fight/

General Mattis' 2018-12-20 Letter to Pres. Trump
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/us/politics/letter-jim-mattis-trump.html

Paul Street on "Two Populisms, Not One"
https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/12/21/two-populisms-not-one/

New York Times' editorial board on "Macron Blinks"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/opinion/france-macron-yellow-vest-protests.html

Bret Stephens on "Elizabeth Warren, Trumpian of the Left"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/opinion/elizabeth-warren-trump.html

Michelle Goldberg's articles in the New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/by/michelle-goldberg

David Halbfinger on "Syria Pullout by U.S. Tilts Mideast Toward Iran and 
Russia, Isolating Israel" (formerly titled "America Withdraw from Syria 
Shakes Up The Middle East")
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/20/world/middleeast/syria-us-withdrawal-iran.html

Moon of Alabama blog on "Why Trump Decided To Remove U.S. Troops From Syria"
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2018/12/why-trump-decided-to-remove-us-troops-from-syria.html

Ben Norton on "Obama Admits Bipartisan Capitalist ‘Washington Consensus’ 
Fueled Far-Right & Multiplied Inequality"
https://therealnews.com/stories/obama-admits-bipartisan-capitalist-washington-consensus-fueled-far-right-multiplied-inequality

Related coverage to this item:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx97wwHxznU -- Redacted Tonight
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjVFfX4BtvI -- Moderate Rebels

-J