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Archives: Pentagon
![The Violent “American Century”](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/07/the-violent-american-century-187x137.jpg)
![Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/back-to-quagmire-beware-endless-187x137.jpg)
Back to Quagmire: Beware endless US Troop Escalations in Afghanistan
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - We walked in a single file. Not because it was tactically sound. It wasn’t -- at least according to standard infantry doctrine. Patrolling…America’s Special Ops Perpetual World War
Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - The tabs on their shoulders read “Special Forces,” “Ranger,” “Airborne.” And soon their guidon -- the “colors” of Company B, 3rd Battalion of…![Russo-US dog fights over Syria?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/russo-us-dog-fights-over-syria-187x137.jpg)
Russo-US dog fights over Syria?
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Yara Bayoumi at Reuters reports on the complicated minuet being danced by Russia, the Syrian Air Force, and the United States. The Syrian…![Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari “terrorism,” sells it $12 bn in F-15s](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/06/mattis-overrules-trump-on-qatari-187x137.jpg)
Mattis overrules Trump on Qatari “terrorism,” sells it $12 bn in F-15s
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis defied his boss Donald Trump on Wednesday and inked a deal with the Qatar government to sell it…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/ghostriders_hc-1-180x137.jpg)
The Mystery of Washington’s Iran Derangement Syndrome
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - “Everywhere you look, if there is trouble in the region,” Secretary of Defense James Mattis told reporters on a mid-April visit to Riyadh,…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/basenationcover-175x137.jpg)
Should the Pentagon be Propping up Dictatorships around the World?
By David Vine | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Much outrage has been expressed in recent weeks over President Donald Trump’s invitation for a White House visit to Rodrigo Duterte, president…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
How America’s Myth of the Infallible Generals gets us in Trouble
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - More, more, more. I was guilty of it myself. Commanding a small cavalry troop of about 85 soldiers in southwest Kandahar Province back…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/prophets-130x137.gif)
How Many Defeats have Americans bought with $5 Trillion in War Costs?
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - When Donald Trump wanted to “do something” about the use of chemical weapons on civilians in Syria, he had the U.S. Navy…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/bacevichamericaswar-180x137.jpg)
End the Imperial Presidency: Do we Really Want Trump Assassinating and Launching Wars at Will?
By Andrew Bacevich | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Since the late eighteenth century, the United States has been involved in an almost ceaseless string of wars, interventions, punitive expeditions, and other…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/05/dower_violent-180x137.jpg)
American Amnesia in the Garden of War
By John Dower | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Some years ago, a newspaper article credited a European visitor with the wry observation that Americans are charming because they have such short…![Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/climate-march-can-we-save-the-pl-187x137.jpg)
Climate March: Can we Save the Planet without Taking on the Pentagon?
By H Patricia Hynes | ( Portside ) | - - If we are not united in peace, we cannot save the planet. - Thich Nhat Hanh War and Warming: Can We…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/ghostriders_hc-180x137.jpg)
Don’t want to lose the Next Mideast War? Don’t Fight One
Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Make no mistake: after 15 years of losing wars, spreading terror movements, and multiplying failed states across the Greater Middle East, America will…![No, MSM: Man-Baby Trump didn’t become President with Missile Strikes](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/no-msm-man-baby-trump-didnt-beco-187x137.jpg)
No, MSM: Man-Baby Trump didn’t become President with Missile Strikes
By Bill Moyers | BillMoyers.com | - - It’s been a week now since Donald Trump once again became our president. Here’s how it happened. After he unleashed missiles on a Syrian…![Who Profits from Trump’s dramatic but useless Bombings?](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/who-profits-from-trumps-dramatic-187x137.jpg)
Who Profits from Trump’s dramatic but useless Bombings?
By William Astore | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - What does an “America-first” foreign policy look like under President Donald Trump? As a start, forget the ancient label of “isolationism.” With the end…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/04/dower_violent-180x137.jpg)
How our Standing Wars are Warping Us
Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - On successive days recently, I saw two museum shows that caught something of a lost American world and seemed eerily relevant in the Age…![](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/menonconceit-180x137.jpg)
Why $54 bn for Pentagon won’t fix US Security
By Rajan Menon | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | - - Donald Trump’s supporters believe that his election will end business as usual in Washington. The self-glorifying Trump agrees and indeed his has,…![Why would Trump Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon? To Start a War, Obviously.](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/why-would-trump-spend-54-billion-187x137.jpg)
Why would Trump Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon? To Start a War, Obviously.
By John Feffer | ( Foreign Policy in Focus The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency. So, let me see if…![After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/after-trump-massacres-in-mosul-c-187x137.jpg)
After Trump Massacres in Mosul, Campaign against ISIL Halted
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - Candidate Donald Trump called last year for carpet-bombing of Daesh (ISIS, ISIL) in Iraq and Syria. It is possible that Trump has loosened…![Did Trump loosen Rules? Charges that US Airstrikes Kill 230 Iraqi Civilians in Mosul](http://web.archive.org./web/20170701064015im_/https://media.juancole.com/images/2017/03/did-trump-loosen-rules-charges-t-187x137.jpg)