One of the Bush sons said their mother ‘taught them to serve others.’ Let’s ask the people of Iraq about that.

Since the Assad regime turned its weapons on the Syrian Arab Spring uprising in 2011, over 465,000 Syrians have been killed, 1 million more have been injured, & 12 million–more than half the country’s population–have been forced to flee their homes. More than 5.5 million fled abroad & registered as refugees. Those are the voices that have been shouted down & drowned out by western Assad propagandists & their fellow travelers. The racism & Islamophobia should take our breath away.

Speaking at an event in London, Indian prime minister Modi addressed the international furor over 8-year-old Asifa by saying rape is rape; it’s sad but don’t politicize it. Actually, it was members of his own party & Hindutva nationalists marching for the adult male rapists & murderers of a little girl that exposed just how political rape is. It is one of the most violent expressions of gender, ethnic, religious, caste, & class oppression. It is not a personal crime at all & it’s about time that was recognized.