(Tomdispatch.com) – American foreign policy can be so retro, not to mention absurd. Despite being bogged down in more military interventions than it can reasonably handle, the Trump team recently picked a new fight — in Latin America. That’s right! Uncle Sam kicked off a sequel to the Cold War with some of our southern […]
Goodbye to All That: The Forever Wars Go on Without Me
I’m active now in what little there is of an antiwar movement in this country
Trump’s 3 Generals may be Out, but the Forever War Lobby Still Rules
( Tomdispatch.com) – Leave it to liberals to pin their hopes on the oddest things. In particular, they seemed to find post-Trump solace in the strange combination of the two-year-old Mueller investigation and the good judgment of certain Trump appointees, the proverbial “adults in the room.” Remember that crew? It once included Secretary of State […]
US Planetary Military: From Failed Mideast Counter-Insurgency to Nuclear Brinkmanship
Make no mistake: war with Russia would be an unnecessary disaster — and it could go nuclear.
When US Allies Murder US Soldiers: Blowback From U.S. Policy in the Greater Middle East
(Tomdispatch.com) – He was shot in the back, the ultimate act of treachery. On September 3rd, a U.S Army sergeant major was killed by two Afghan police officers — the very people his unit, the new Security Force Assistance Brigade, was there to train. It was the second fatal “insider attack,” as such incidents are […]
The Imperial Presidency was always a Peril but now Volatile *Trump* can take us to War
Congress can’t just abdicate its Constitutional Prerogative of Declaring War