The U.S. has repeatedly and ineptly failed the Syrian people. The Caesar sanctions convert the proxy war into an economic siege calibrated to punish Syrian civilians to coerce Iran. Rather than hastening the demise of Bashar Al-Assad, the sanctions will only bring about further hardship for ordinary Syrians.
Read MoreSpeaker Pelosi asks “How do you pay for that” only for working-class priorities. Every year, Congress has the opportunity to right our broken spending priorities. Some try and fail. Others, like Pelosi, actively work to entrench inequality.
Read MoreNew data from Brown University’s Costs of War project sheds light on the never-ending war on terror.that has led to 17 uninterrupted years of conflict, $5.9 trillion in war-fighting costs, drone strikes targeting terror suspects on three continents, and terror-related military operations in 80 sovereign nations.
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