Pearls and Irritations – Public policy journal
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The Forever War won’t end until we face the State terrorists
1 day ago · The Forever War won’t end until we face the State terrorists. By Alison Broinowski. Nov 5, 2024. At the Imperial War Museum in London, there’s a moving display about Nazis and the Holocaust, the ‘ultimate human evil’. Seeing it in May this year, I wondered if eventually there will be an exhibition of the Palestinian genocide.
The United States empire is almost always at war
1 day ago · The United States empire is almost always at war. By John Menadue. Nov 5, 2024. The US empire is addicted to a belief in its exceptionalism, grounded in aggression both at home and abroad, and finding it hard to admit mistakes. This article was first published on December 30, 2021 and now slightly updated. Apart from brief isolationist periods ...
Democracy; what democracy? - Pearls and Irritations
2 days ago · Pearls & Irritations appears to be one of the few media with an independent voice left in Australia that is willing to focus on issues of substance. May their voice grow stronger! Donor, NSW You can make a monthly or one-off donation by clicking anywhere here. Please consider a donation to help Pearls and Irritations extend its voice and reach.
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By Pearls and Irritations Nov 1, 2024. Politics, Top 5, Ukraine / Russia. The Ukraine war is lost. Three options remain. George Beebe, long-time head of Russia analysis at the CIA, a 27-year veteran of the agency and now the current head of Grand Strategy at the Quincy Institute in Washington, is just the kind of American the world needs right ...
Rescuing hospitals - Pearls and Irritations
4 days ago · Average same-day cases cost less than one-tenth of overnighters. Over a decade, the number of overnight patients rose by 10% nationally but same-day numbers went up by 50%. Public hospitals are cherry-picking patients because of cost. Building costs are scandalously high. In today’s dollars, state governments have spent almost $4 million per ...
Peace in Gaza: Part 2 - Pearls and Irritations
6 days ago · Peace in Gaza: Part 2. A sustainable peace settlement in Gaza needs to meet the legitimate demands of the key parties, but given their inability to negotiate such an agreement themselves it will need to be proposed and implemented by the US and the major Arab nations under UN auspices. Yesterday, Part 1 of this article discussed the history of ...
Peace in Gaza: Part 1 - Pearls and Irritations
Oct 29, 2024 · Peace in Gaza: Part 1. The death and destruction in Gaza continue, and now in Lebanon as well. There have been peace negotiations for a year, but so far unsuccessful. Today, Part 1 of this article examines why. Tomorrow Part 2 will discuss a possible way forward out of this disaster. Many, many articles have been posted in Pearls and ...
American reflections on global hegemony - Pearls and Irritations
Aug 29, 2024. Some US commentators are advocating a recalibration of America’s full-spectrum global posture, while others, including Condoleezza Rice, energetically beg to differ – naturally for the good of the world. One apparent example from the first category (recalibration) is a recent essay in the journal, Foreign Policy, by Michael Hirsh.
Policy - Pearls and Irritations
As US ally blows up the Mideast, China preserves Asia’s prosperity. Launching Cold War 2.0 against a reluctant Beijing while enabling Israel to set fire to an entire region is now official American foreign policy.