But Democratic and Republican Party Platforms Are An unprecedented poll reveals the gaping void between American identification with Israel and the official positions taken by both major political parties. A majority of American adults – 70.3 percent – do not consider...
Foreign Policy
Why Afghanistan? Fighting a War for the War System Itself
President Donald Trump is hesitating to agree to thousands of additional troops for the war in Afghanistan as recommended by his secretary of defense and national security adviser, according to a New York Times report over the weekend. So, it's a good time to put...
US Warplane Shoots Down Syrian Jet over Eastern Syria
US Accuses Syrian Plane of Attacking Kurdish Forces The US has confirmed that in an incident Sunday evening, an American F/A-18E Super Hornet shot down a Syrian government Su-22 bomber south of Tabqa, accusing the Syrian jet of having dropped bombs on Kurdish fighters...
Bacevich: The “Global Order” Myth
Andrew Bacevich has (another) must-read piece, "The ‘Global Order’ Myth." It's a great article, although I think he gives too much credit to Trump and has too benign a view of the pre-1945 American state. But don't let that keep you away. Bacevich eviscerates those...
The Problem Isn’t Willie Pete. The Problem is War Crimes.
The New York Times reports that US and/or US-allied forces in Syria may be using white phosphorous munitions in the assault on Raqqa, capital city of the Islamic State in Syria. The use of white phosphorous in war is a perennial complaint among human rights activists....
The Confused Logic of War: Review of Howard Zinn’s ‘The Bomb’
The Bomb is a combination of older essays written by Howard Zinn which looks at the morality of the mass aerial bombings of civilian dense targets. Zinn was himself a bombardier during World War Two and spent most of his Post War life as a strong anti-war voice, both...
Stop Arming Terrorists? Duh
Someone just fucking shoot me. In between doing lines of ground kopi luwak and practicing visualization techniques that are supposed to keep me from slashing the tires of my enemies, I spent my afternoon today brushing up on some current legislation. One focal point...
TGIF: Let’s All Calm Down about Russia
I can understand why the ruling elite, broadly conceived to include the intel bureaucracy and military-industrial complex, has an interest in positing Russia as our enemy. The reasons are obvious enough. What I can't understand is why common Americans would fall for...
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