ISIS Members Poisoned by Relative; Seven Killed in Iraq
Car Bomb in Town Near Syrian Border; Six Killed in Iraq
The Bankruptcy of Conventional Wisdom at the Pentagon
Perhaps the most blatant example of the bankruptcy of conventional wisdom at the Pentagon came from retired General David Petraeus in an interview with PBS reporter Judy Woodruff in June of 2017. Petraeus spoke of a “sustainable, sustained commitment” to...
The Syrian War Is Over – It Never Should Have Started
At the close of 2018, President Donald Trump announced that American troops were being withdrawn from Syria. By the open of 2019, National Security Advisor John Bolton and Senator Lindsey Graham were saying that there would be no withdrawal before a full defeat of the...
38 Found in Mass Grave near Mosul; One Killed in Iraq
A Look Back at Clapper’s Jan. 2017 ‘Assessment’ on Russia-gate
The banner headline atop page one of The New York Times two years ago today, on January 7, 2017, set the tone for two years of Dick Cheney-like chicanery: “Putin Led Scheme to Aid Trump, Report Says.” Under a media drumbeat of anti-Russian hysteria,...
Bases: One Down, Who Knows How Many To Go?
Originally posted at TomDispatch. As TomDispatch’s Nick Turse reminds us today, the United States remains an imperial military presence unlike any other – not just in this moment but in the history of empire. Never has a single country had so many military bases...
Bombers Strike in Tikrit; 11 Killed in Iraq, 22 Found in Mass Grave
Hypocrisy Without Bounds: The Tragedy of ‘Liberal’ Foreign Policy
If anyone else were president, the "liberals" would be celebrating. After all, pulling American soldiers out of a couple of failing, endless wars seems like a "win" for progressives. Heck, if Obama did it there might be a ticker-tape parade down...
