Jacobin Magazine: on War & Peace
Mike Gravel:
Filibustered to end the military draft
Staunchly opposing military aid to Cambodia, Gravel "paralyzed the Senate for two days" in a spontaneous filibuster in 1970, according to the Washington Post. He later trained his sights on the draft extension. As Gravel explained in a letter to the
New York Times, the resulting restriction on manpower would force the administration to reconsider its timetable and restrict any other overseas interventions. His filibuster ultimately succeeded in killing the draft.
Source: Jacobin Magazine on 2020 Democratic primary
May 2, 2019
Noam Chomsky:
No-nuke zone in Middle East would end military aid to Israel
There is a straightforward way to end any imagined Iranian nuclear threat: establish a nuclear weapons-free zone in the Middle East, with adequate inspections. The idea was proposed decades ago by the Arab states. It is strongly supported by Iran,
G-77, and virtually every other country, but is regularly vetoed by the United States. It would mean acknowledging the existence of Israel's huge nuclear weapons arsenal - which would render military aid to Israel illegal under US law.
Source: Harrison Samphir interview in Jacobin magazine
Jul 12, 2019
Tulsi Gabbard:
Use military to fight terrorists, not for regime change
She told Fox in 2014 that she would direct "the great military that we have" to conduct "unconventional strategic precise operations to take out these terrorists wherever they are."
"In short, when it comes to the war against terrorists, I'm a hawk," she told the Hawaii Tribune-Herald last year. "When it comes to counterproductive wars of regime change, I'm a dove."
Gabbard lambasted the Obama administration for avoiding the phrase. In one interview, she told the host that "the vast majority of terrorist attacks conducted around the world for over the last decade have been conducted by groups who are fueled by
this radical Islamic ideology."
Gabbard complained that by "not using this term 'Islamic extremism' and clearly identifying our enemies," the administration couldn't "come up with a very effective strategy to defeat that enemy."
Source: Jacobin Mag., "Not your friend": 2020 presidential hopefuls
May 27, 2017
Tulsi Gabbard:
Opposes fighting in Afghanistan & Syria; end arms to Saudis
She has called for pulling out of Afghanistan, the longest war in US history, suggesting that the government invest the money instead into "rebuilding our own nation through long-term infrastructure projects." She's opposed US intervention in
Syria since 2013, air strikes in Iraq, and arms sales to Saudi Arabia. She backed Sanders in the Democratic primary because of Clinton's record of supporting "interventionist regime change wars."
Source: Jacobin Mag., "Not your friend": 2020 presidential hopefuls
May 27, 2017
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