Pasadena Weekly: 8 Days – Choice Events for the Week of 06.22–06.29

I am Monday’s Choice :

MONDAY 06.26.17
Former CIA intelligence analyst Mel Goodman discusses and signs “Whistleblower at the CIA: An Insider’s Account of the Politics of Intelligence” at 7 p.m. at Vroman’s Bookstore, 695 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena. Call (626) 449-5320 or visit vromansbookstore.com.

https://www.pasadenaweekly.com/2017/06/22/8-days-choice-events-week-06-22-06-29/

See more details and directions for the Vromans book store event on my calendar.

Recent News and Latest Book

Biden and the Washington Post Combine to Argue for War

“Militarily,” according to Ignatius, the “Israeli campaign against Hamas has been relentless and successful.”   This outrageous statement is belied by the absence of evidence regarding the so-called command and control center under the Al-Shifa hospital compound, let alone any success against the Hamas leadership or overall Hamas forces.

Is There No End to the War-Mongering of the Washington Post

It is increasingly clear that the Russian campaign against Ukraine and the Israeli campaign against Gaza are violating international law and the essential tenets of just war.  Neither Russia nor Israel is making the required distinctions between combatants and non-combatants, and the excessive use of force on both battlefields is a violation of the need for proportionality in warfare.  Russian and Israeli military forces are targeting civilian infrastructure and even civilians themselves.