Archives for 9月 2018

内塔尼亚胡声称伊朗拥有秘密核设施

内塔尼亚胡在联合国大会上发表了一张用红色箭头标出的伊朗首都航空照片。

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday described what he said was a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran and accused Europe of appeasing Iran as he sought to rally support for US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, Reuters reports. Addressing the United Nations General Assembly, Netanyahu showed an aerial photograph of the Iranian

美国资助的报告照亮了巨大的南苏丹死亡人数,但却让美国在黑暗中扮演着重要的角色

最近公布的美国资助的关于南苏丹残酷冲突的报道只是另一个戏剧性的例子,说明美国如何公开谴责它有助于创造和延续的暴力,同时模糊其外国干预的肮脏遗产。

US role South Sudan

LONDON -- A new report financed by the U.S. government on the state of South Sudan’s civil war has found that the conflict has resulted in the deaths of nearly 400,000 people since it began five years ago, indicating that past statistics had severely underestimated the death toll. Yet, while the U.S.-funded report bemoans the situation in

伊朗警告说,它将回应以色列针对叙利亚及其盟国的未来罢工

泄密的国务院电子邮件显示,叙利亚的混乱使以色列受益,这表明以色列的战略动机是冒着通过继续对其邻国进行空袭而引发重大战争的风险。

Iran's Revolutionary Guard

TEHRAN, IRAN -- Concerns that the conflict in Syria could soon escalate have now grown exponentially following comments from Iran’s top security official that Israel will face retaliatory actions if the country continues to launch unilateral strikes against Syrian military installations. Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National

谎言帝国:数字时代的“我们是人民”有用的白痴吗?

虽然我们声称重视自由,隐私,个性,平等,多元化,问责制和政府透明度,但我们的行为和我们政府统治者的行为在每一个转折点都与这些大肆吹嘘的原则相抵触。

social media

Back in the heyday of the old Soviet Union, a phrase evolved to describe gullible western intellectuals who came to visit Russia and failed to notice the human and other costs of building a communist utopia. The phrase was “useful idiots” and it applied to a good many people who should have known better. I now propose a new, analogous term more

战争权力法案旨在结束美国对也门沙特领导的屠杀平民的支持

“这个决议应该是国会的明智之举。他们还需要什么才能最终结束这场悲剧?”

Amid reports that civilian deaths have "surged dramatically" in Yemen since June, when the Saudi-led coalition launched an offensive to take control of the port city Hodeidah, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Wednesday officially introduced a highly anticipated resolution invoking the War Powers Act of 1973, in hopes of ending American support for the

随着焦点转移到中国,俄罗斯,美国从中东撤出爱国者导弹

虽然一些爱国者系统仍然留在该地区,但四个电池的拆除“相当于爱国者队在该地区提供的能力的大幅缩减。”

patriot missiles

The Pentagon is removing Patriot missile systems from several Middle Eastern countries next month, in a move that the Wall Street Journal says coincides with a "realignment of forces and capabilities as the military steps up its focus on threats from China and Russia," citing multiple senior military officials. The relocation of the systems out of