GEO. HAZIM—The growing sense that America is shackled to Trump, Israel, and the military-industrial complex fuels perceptions of corruption and illegitimacy. For many Americans, Kirk’s death will be read not as a tragedy but as evidence of a system cracking under the weight of its own contradictions.
GEORGE HAZIM—Since World War two’s end, America has waged war without pause. From Vietnam to Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and beyond, Washington’s foreign policy has been a rolling campaign of military interventions dressed as humanitarian missions and justified as democracy. America’s “forever wars” have left millions dead, reduced cities to rubble, and destabilised entire regions for generations. The outcome has always been chaos, sectarian violence, and the installation of governments pliant to US corporate and strategic interests.
GEORGE HAZIM—Every major US war post WWII has been sold under false pretences. Korea was billed as a fight for democracy – it left millions dead. Vietnam was justified by the fabricated Gulf of Tonkin incident, unleashing chemical warfare and mass civilian death. Iraq was invaded under the lie of “weapons of mass destruction.” Afghanistan was justified as a hunt for al-Qaeda but became a 20-year occupation that left the country in ruins. Libya was bombed under the guise of humanitarian intervention, leaving it a failed state. Each time, America came as a liberator, stayed as occupier, and left leaving chaos.
GEORGE HAZIM—Howe’s latest column in The Australian, grandly titled “Easiest thing to see in the Middle East? The gulf between good and evil,” is not journalism at all. It is a desperate act of service to a boss who demands loyalty to Israel above truth, a clumsy sermon that dresses up war crimes as morality and caricatures Palestinians as savages. Howe doesn’t report — he recites. And in doing so, he exposes not only his own bankruptcy as a commentator but the rot at the heart of Murdoch’s empire.
GEORGE HAZIM–Since returning to office, Trump has stripped away any mask of diplomacy. He boasts of sending Israel billions in bombs, threatens nations that recognise Palestine, and has floated the idea of “taking over” Gaza and expelling its people. Where Biden uttered platitudes about human rights while supplying weapons, Trump dispenses with the pretence. His message is blunt: Israel can do whatever it wants, and America will foot the bill.
