Five Statements That Could Change the War
Five statements made over a period of a few days by high level government officials received very little media attention. When combined, though, they produce a pattern that could make headlines. On December 1, French President Emmanuel Macron held talks with President...
After the Zelensky Spectacle Let the Partition Begin!
The spectacle in the US Capitol Building last night was downright retch-worthy. And we are not actually referring to the detestable little warmongering clown who preened at the podium in a sweatshirt and cargo pants, offering endless lies and hideously false promises...
Warren, Jacobs Accuse Pentagon of Vastly Undercounting Civilians Killed by US Military
As U.S. military forces continue to kill and wound civilians in multiple countries during the ongoing 21-year War on Terror while chronically undercounting such casualties, a pair of Democratic lawmakers on Monday asked the Pentagon to explain discrepancies in...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Six Dead, Including U.S. Marine
At least six people were killed and four were wounded : One U.S. Marine died of a non-combat-related cause in Iraq. The incident is under investigation. An attack at the Kobani checkpoint in Kirkuk province left three policemen dead and at least another wounded. In...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 19 Killed
The Mainstream Media and the US Military
Reprinted from Bracing Views with the author's permission. (I prepared these notes for a talk I gave on “Truth-killers: The Corporate Media and the Military-Industrial Complex,” sponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action. David Swanson also spoke.) I served in the U.S....
‘Twitter Files’ Make It Clear: We Must Abolish the FBI
As we learn more and more from the “Twitter Files,” it is becoming all too obvious that Federal agencies such as the FBI viewed the First Amendment of our Constitution as an annoyance and an impediment. In Friday’s release from the pre-Musk era,...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Eight Killed
The Troubled US-Saudi Relationship
As the relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia continues to grow more strained, President Biden keeps arriving at Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s door with gifts to court the kingdom back. And the relationship continues to grow more strained. The...


