Gaius Publius: Is Anti-War Fever Building in the U.S.?
Will the American public make politicians address the cost, immorality, and futility of our war machine?
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Paul Jay on Trump’s Iran War Agenda and Liberals’ Korea Peace Panic
The Real News Network’s Paul Jay contends that Trump and his team are focused on Iran as they carry out the Project for a New American Century plan.
Read more...The War Nerd: Anglo-American Media’s Complicity in Yemen’s Genocide
Yemen starves….and why the Western media looks the other way.
Read more...Israel and Palestine: A Story of Modern Colonialism
The foundations of Israel are rooted in a colonial project that has modernized its face but continues to subject Palestinians to military occupation, land dispossession and unequal rights.
Read more...There’s No Getting Around Iranian Sanctions
A discussion of the how Europe’s efforts to buck the US sanctions against Iran may play out.
Read more...Ilargi: Iran – Let’s (Not) Make a Deal
And about that Iran deal….an elephant in the room the media and punditry are conveniently ignoring.
Read more...Congress Offers Bipartisan Blank Warmaking Check to Donald Trump
Major Danny Sjursen chronicles the sorry history of Congress ceding its check on war-making powers.
Read more...China’s Bid To Assist Assad In Syrian Reconstruction Is About Security and Profit
China sees a nation-building opportunity in Syria that the US won’t consider.
Read more...Middle East Nightmare, Made in Washington
How the US is at risk of creating Armageddon in the Middle East.
Read more...Gaius Publius: War with Syria — What Is It Good For? We May Soon Find Out
An awful lot of well-placed people want war with Syria….even after Russia has drawn a red line.
Read more...Trump Threatens to Bomb Syria Without Any Investigation into Alleged Chemical Attack
Patrick Cockburn discusses the murky and dangerous state of play in Syria.
Read more...How the US Military Is Failing
A critical, but maybe not critical enough, look at the relationship of the US military to its society and ostensible goals.
Read more...The US Arms Machine: Why Wars R Us
Putting some facts and figures of the scale of the US arms merchant business.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Despite Officially Hating Trump, Democrats Like a Lot of What He Does
Yet another example of the Democrats’ hypocrisy.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich Shellacks the New York Times’ Usefully Idiotic Coverage of America’s Never-Ending Wars
A well-argued dressing down of the New York Times for its less than illuminating reporting on America’s military adventurism.
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