“The war in Afghanistan, the first war of the twenty-first century, shows the United States doing what it wants to do, not caring about who it antagonizes, not caring about the effects on neighboring regions.” WantFirstsWarStatesShowsUnitedUnited StatesEffectsCenturyTwentiesCaringRegionsAfghanistanNot Caring Author:Tariq Ali
“All these wars are similar in the way ideology is being used. It's the ideology of so-called humanitarian intervention. We don't want to do this, but we're doing this for the sake of the people who live there. This is, of course, a terrible sleight of hand because all sorts of people live there, and, by and large, they do it to help one faction and not the other.” PeopleWayWantWarHelpingHandsUsedCoursesTerribleSakeHumanitarianIdeologyInterventionFactionsHumanitarian InterventionSleight Of Hand Author:Tariq Ali
“The main implication is a remapping of the world in line with American policy and American interests. Natural resources are limited, and the United States wants to make sure that its own population is kept supplied. The principle effect of this will be for the United States to control large parts of the oil which the world possesses.” WorldWantStatesInterestNaturalLinesUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesEffectsPolicyResourcesPopulationOilImplicationsNatural Resources Author:Tariq Ali
“After flirting with neoisolationism, the U.S. is now deciding it wants to run the world.” WorldWantRunningFlirting Author:Tariq Ali
“At the moment we have a critical situation in Greece. Even as we speak, where there is an open attempt by the EU to destroy Syriza by splitting it. There is a German obstinacy and utter refusal to seriously consider an alternative. The reason isn't even a lack of money, because money swims around the EU coffers endlessly, and they could write off the debt tomorrow if they wanted. But they don't want to do so, because of the election of a left-wing government. They want to punish Syriza in public, to humiliate it so that this model doesn't go any further than Greece.” IfsWantWritingReasonMomentsGovernmentWantedLeftSpeakSituationTomorrowModelsElectionWingsCriticalDebtAlternativesSwimGreeceRefusalLeft WingHumiliateSplittingObstinacy Author:Tariq Ali
