Trump launching missiles shows how easily emotionally manipulated he is or how Machiavellian he is
There are two reasons Trump decided to go 180 degrees on bis position on Syria, and neither of them are safe.
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Why Bill English is wrong to support Trump’s air strike on Syria
The rapidity with which Bill English fell in behind Trump’s unilateral strike on Syria shows how little the NZ government values the UN Security Council, despite just having completed two years on it. New Zealand sidelined the Security Council and supported a US strike contravening the UN Charter. Article 51 of the Charter allows one nation to strike another only in “self-defence”. America wasn’t being attacked by Syria.
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GUEST BLOG: Lois Griffiths – Martin Luther King, We Need You Today!
In April 1967, FIFTY YEARS AGO, Dr Martin Luther King spoke at the Riverside Church in Manhattan, NYC, warning of the moral failure of a country addicted to war.
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GUEST BLOG: Pat O’Dea – Anyone who supports the Assad regime in Syria cannot be a friend of the Palestinian people
In reply to Chris Trotter and other New Zealand Leftists and Liberals rushing to excuse, or explain away, the Syrian Regime’s aerial gas attack on the liberated Syrian province of Idlib.
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Remember sleepy hobbits – this is the media company who want a newspaper monopoly in NZ
…for Christ’s sakes people, Fairfax’s Australian owners are telling you to their face that their editorial position will be the one that benefits their corporate masters, not our fourth estate obligations. How much more clearly do you need it spelt out to you?
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WTF: Why Trump Fired – The Tomahawks Of April
The world now waits and watches with amply baited breath to see what Putin and Russia will say or do in response. Not for the first time, the hopes for continued (broad) peace in our time rest upon burly Russian shoulders and pragmatic Slavic restraint.
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Israel’s apartheid water crime
For Jewish-only colonists in the Palestinian West Bank there are, of course, no water shortages. The average Israeli uses around 300 litres of water per person per day and settlers enjoy up to six times the amount of water than that allowed for nearby Palestinian communities.
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Trump Attacks Syria: America’s President Demonstrates His Country’s Commitment to “Peace and Harmony”
What has also become clear, since the missile launch, is that the American congress was not consulted or advised before the order to attack Syria was given. President Trump decided to make war upon another sovereign state unilaterally – apparently unconcerned that his decision was in clear contravention of Article One, Section 8, Clause 11 of the United States Constitution which states that “[The Congress shall have Power…] To declare War” – not the President.
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Reflections On Trump’s Failure With ‘Ryancare’
Late last week, the abysmal healthcare ‘reform’ proposal of Paul Ryan’s which Trump had inexplicably chosen to support … failed fairly unequivocally. How badly did it flounder? It didn’t even make it to First Reading, on grounds that even other Republicans could not bring themselves to vote for it.
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Public Broadcasting takes another mutilation in election year
The National Party have been intent on killing off public broadcasting because the fewer media sources that are trying to hold the Government to account, the better for them.