tuesday reads

Robert Fisk: Leaders Lie, Civilians Die, and Lessons of History are Ignored

Glenn Greenwald: George Washington's warnings and U.S. policy towards Israel

Kucinich: UN should investigate Israeli Gaza strikes

Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) called for an independent investigation to be led by the United Nations into the recent eruption of violence between Israel and Hamas along the Gaza strip that has killed scores of innocent civilians.

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Kucinich said he wrote to UN General Secretary Ban ki-Moon urging an "independent inquiry of Israel's war against Gaza." The Democratic lawmaker said Israel's attacks are an example of "collective punishment," which violates the Geneva Conventions.

"The perpetrators of attacks against Israel must also be brought to justice, but Israel cannot create a war against an entire people in order to attempt to bring to justice the few who are responsible. The Israeli leaders know better," Kucinich said in a news release Monday. "The world community, which has been very supportive of Israel's right to security and its right to survive, also has a right to expect Israel to conduct itself in adherence to the very laws which support the survival of Israel and every other nation."

Daniel De Groot: Remembering How Gaza Got Like This


Deepening economic strife in the US could lead to civil unrest and violence that would require military intervention, warns a new report from the US Army War College.


Robert Parry: Two Dangerous Bush-Cheney Myths