The anniversaries of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki present an opportunity to demolish a cornerstone myth of American history—that those twin acts of mass civilian slaughter were necessary to bring about Japan’s surrender, and spare a half-million U.S....
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Implausible Deniability: The US Government Approach to Ukraine
by Laurie Calhoun | Aug 1, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
“For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” said U.S. president Joe Biden of Russian President Vladimir Putin on March 26, 2022, during a speech in Warsaw, Poland. On December 5, 2022, multiple unmanned combat aerial vehicles (UCAVs, or lethal drones) were used...
An Open Letter to RFK Jr. on Israel/Palestine
by Scott Horton | Jul 31, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Politics
This article was originally written as a private letter addressed to Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his campaign manager, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH). Unanswered since it was sent in early June 2023, it is now published as an open...
Remember the Atrocities of the Korean War, Not the Propaganda
by Jim Bovard | Jul 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Today is the 70th anniversary of the armistice that ended the fighting between North and South Korea. Almost 40,000 American soldiers died pointlessly in that conflict. If politicians and policymakers were honest and prudent, the Korean War would have vaccinated...
Russia Will Not Renew International Grain Deal; Some Context
by Ted Snider | Jul 27, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Like the war that necessitated it, Russia’s decision not to renew the United Nations and Turkish-brokered grain deal is bad for the world but not wholly unprovoked. The deal allowed Ukraine safe passage for its grain laden ships through the mined and blockaded Black...
Sanctioning China in a Taiwan Crisis: Scenarios and Risks
by Joseph Solis-Mullen | Jul 25, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Last month the DC hawks’ favorite think tank, the Atlantic Council, released their long anticipated study “Sanctioning China in a Taiwan Crisis: Scenarios and Risks.” Produced in collaboration with the Rhodium Group, the final product is a highly detailed forty page...
‘Not One Inch’: A Brief Look at the Written Record
by Michael Chapman | Jul 24, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Although the Joe Biden administration and much of the major media contend that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has nothing to do with NATO expansion, U.S. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor (ret.) told Valuetainment Founder Patrick Bet-David that Vladimir Putin has opposed “the...
Enemies Above: The FBI and the Creation of the Brown Scare Myth
by Brandan P. Buck | Jul 19, 2023 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, History
"Today's threat to our national security is not a matter of military weapons alone. We know of new methods of attack. The Trojan Horse. The Fifth Column that betrays a nation unprepared for treachery." Such were the remarks from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's...