Andrew Bacevich: America’s Permanent Wars as Mere Background Noise
How the US media barely deigns to take notice of our neverending wars.
Read more...How the US media barely deigns to take notice of our neverending wars.
Read more...How press and pundit fixation on Trump diverts public attention from power structures that work against ordinary Americans.
Read more...Details on how the US is doubling down on its failed war in Afghanistan.
Read more...Today North Korea, tomorrow– who knows? US ban on travel by its citizens to North Korea revives a problematic Cold War practice.
Read more...As Yemen’s cholera epidemic spirals out of control and millions face famine, Ben Norton calls out US complicity in the Saudi-led war.
Read more...With reference to military confrontation, there is very little to suggest that any internal armed confrontation among GCC members will take place.
Read more...The Donald is completely conventional in having the media assist him in fomenting war on trumped-up grounds.
Read more...The Saudis’ price expectations for their floatation of Aramco looked, ahem, ambitious from the get go. They look even more questionable now.
Read more...RNN’s Aaron Maté and legendary correspondent Seymour Hersh discuss Hersh’s latest Syria story, originally published in Die Welt.
Read more...After some optimism about oil prices, an unexpectedly high EIA inventory report plus “no end in sight” in shale v. OPEC has analysts rattled.
Read more...Analyzes developments in Syria and says war could end if the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran were willing to make an agreement. If only.
Read more...Sequel on the baneful influence of Zbigniew Brzezinski on Jimmy Carter, an influence that continues to haunt US foreign policy.
Read more...Brzezinski’s baneful foreign policy influence survives both his tenure as Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor and now outlasts him.
Read more...Why reporting by and about the State Department funded White Helmets needs to be taken with a fistful of salt.
Read more...The Saudi government has developed plans for root and branch economic change. But how can they cope if (when) it falls short?
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