On the eve of the September 11 anniversary, President Obama revealed his strategy to combat terrorism, particularly the threat posed by ISIS. On Monday morning Phyllis Bennis appeared on Democracy Now! to explain why the US strikes against Iraq are “politically driven, not strategically driven.” —N’Kosi Oates
Phyllis BennisPhyllis Bennis is director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies. Her new book is Understanding Palestine and Israel.
N’Kosi OatesN’Kosi is a freelance writer. His work focuses on blacks and politics, social justice, black male identity, black feminism and pop culture.