(2022-03-10). Biden's Sanctions on Afghanistan Threaten to Kill More Civilians than Two Decades of War. cepr.net USA Today See article on original site When President Joe Biden decided to withdraw the U.S. military from Afghanistan last year, much of America's news media came down on him like a ton of bricks. Republicans piled on, calling the withdrawal an "unmitigated disaster." But getting out was the right move. In fact, the real mistake …
(2022-03-09). Sanctions: A Sanctimonious Word for Economic Warfare and Outright Theft. popularresistance.org The word "sanctions" emerged in the Middle Ages, meaning ecclesiastical decrees. Today it's a sanctimonious word for economic warfare, including even outright theft. Despite all the terror about what could happen in Ukraine next, Afghans are still facing freezing cold and starvation and the US has seized—not just frozen but seized—their $7 billion in assets on deposit at the Federal Reserve. And Ethiopia and Eritrea face brutal sanctions in House Resolution 6600. | The US has imposed sanctions on roughly a third of the world's population , most famously now on Russia, but more on developing nations th…