Rasa - To expose the myth of a free press in the United States requires a more grounded sense of how the international press operates and is treated in the land of the free. It also requires a more careful presentation of the strength and characteristics of that myth.

Rasa - The United States army supported a Saudi airstrike that hit a bus carrying schoolchildren in Sa’ada, Northern Yemen On August 9.

Rasa - The United States is once again the biggest arms exporter, the biggest military spender, and the biggest threat in the world.

Rasa - Profoundly skeptical about the utility of international treaties, international institutions and International Law, the current president of the United States continues to annul, un-sign or otherwise withdraw from a range of international agreements and mechanisms - the Paris climate accord, the International Criminal Court, the UN Human Rights Council, the Iran nuclear deal.

Rasa - It’s an insult to intelligence. Saudi Arabia says it wants to carry out an investigation following Thursday’s attack in the Saada province. In the strike, Saudi warplanes attacked a school bus outside of a crowded marketplace, killing at least 50, mostly children.

Rasa - In Yemen, a school bus driver’s job description doesn’t just include coping with inclement weather, road rage, teen angst, juvenile delinquency, and surprise route inspections from supervisors.

Rasa - In yet another new low for the United Nations, Israel has been elected to head a permanent committee at the upcoming General Assembly, despite intense efforts by Arab and Muslim states to stop the controversial nomination.

Rasa - It is forbidden to kill civilians in a war; therefore all murderers and war criminals are punished unless they kill in large numbers, to the sound of trumpets, and they are American occupying troops in Syria.

Rasa - US President Trump violates American commitments under a deal with Iran. His administration launches a relatively fervent campaign to dissuade foreign business with the Islamic Republic. He threatens the country with effectively a nuclear attack. And then he says he is open to meeting with Iranian leaders with “no preconditions.”

Rasa - The United States has launched a global trade war against everything and everyone on the planet, largely against the European Union, Russia, China, Canada and Mexico.