Andrew Corbley

The war in Ukraine has reopened Europe’s eyes to the horrifying realities of the wars of history. Battles fought almost entirely by artillery barrages, trench warfare, mass assaults through minefields; the kinds of combat not seen in the world since the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, or World War II in Europe. Another aspect making … Continue reading “Ancient Greece Called Them ‘Slaves’ Ukraine Calls It ‘Conscription’ the Product Is the Same”

Not at any other time in the 21st century has the average American kept up less with the Global War on Terror, and now three presidents later, the questions of legality, productivity, and collateral damage remain as unanswered as they’ve ever been. Over the last 15 months, the number of US drone strikes in Yemen … Continue reading “Slowly But Steadily, the Executive Branch is Bringing Back Widespread Drone Warfare”

In the last 50 days, the executive and legislative branches in Washington have done more than in the last 50 years to convince China that America’s imperial policy is simply relentless, and must be met with force. That’s not to say it’s by any means a given that the People’s Republic of China will invade … Continue reading “There’s Little More Washington Can Do To Convince China To Invade Taiwan”

When Germany announced she would be sending 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 stinger missile-systems to Ukraine to aid her in defeating the Russians, it broke a long standing policy of the EU nation refusing to provide weapons to nations engaged in armed conflict. It might not seem such a big deal in the circumstances, after … Continue reading “We Know What Can Happen After Sending Guns and Money to a Warzone”

With outer space being, as anyone over the age of 25 or so knows, the Final Frontier, is it any surprise that the Pentagon is rushing full speed ahead to turn it, against the general desire of almost everyone on Earth, into a battlefield? To borrow science fiction parlance, Afghanistan was a long time ago … Continue reading “The Space Force Is Transforming the Final Frontier Into a Battlefield”

Sustained offensives in northern Afghanistan have seen scores killed, and the Taliban seizing 7 districts while placing three major cities under siege including Kunduz, one of the largest cities in the country. Two days earlier, the Taliban seized all the border crossings to Tajikistan in Kunduz province. Two weeks earlier, fighting was also heavy in … Continue reading “Following Taliban Battlefield Gains, Hawks Try To Circle the Wagons in Afghanistan”

Never before has it been more critical for the American voter-taxpayer to sit down and determine their foreign policy and economic priorities than now. Despite the fact that it’s a notable tendency of those among the living to claim their time to be the most extraordinary, it cannot be denied that the United States is … Continue reading “A 2021 Flowchart for American Hegemony”

In a recent letter written to Secretary of State Pompeo, a number of Congressmen led by Eliot Engel (D–NY) and Michael McCaul (R–TX) expressed their "deep concern" as "strong supporters of the Syrian people" that various countries are attempting to normalize relations with the secular dictator of Syria, Bashar al-Assad. This they say is unacceptable … Continue reading “Congress Will Say Anything About Syria These Days”

In a war-ravaged Afghanistan, where last year more tax money was paid in bribery throughout the government than was made in taxes, a team of remarkable young women have created a very cheap, open-source ventilator based on a model from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to help their country’s Covid-19 response as cases top 35,000 … Continue reading “Afghan Kid Geniuses Show the World Afghanistan Is a Country Not a War”

Senators Marco Rubio (R – FL) and Bob Menendez (D – NJ) have introduced a reauthorization of the Venezuela Defense of Human Rights and Civil Society Act that passed in 2014 and was then reauthorized in 2016. The bill led to targeted sanctions on the regime of current Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro. The reauthorization would … Continue reading “Even While Guaido Faces Yet Another Scandal, US Moves to Reauthorize Sanctions”