No, Joe, Don’t Roll Out the Red Carpet for Torture Enablers
It was painful enough to live through the U.S invasion of Iraq that caused untold devastation and human misery for no justifiable reason. Now we are again reminded of the grim Bush legacy with President-elect Biden’s nomination of Avril Haines for Director of National...
A Pandemic of ‘Russian Hacking’
From Consortium News: The hyperbolic, evidence-free media reports on the “fresh outbreak” of the Russian-hacking disease seems an obvious attempt by intelligence to handcuff President-elect Joe Biden into a strong anti-Russian posture as he prepares to enter the White...
US Goes to Economic War Against NATO Ally Turkey: Time for a Civil Divorce?
The Turkish-American marriage, solemnized by Ankara’s accession to NATO in 1952, is on the rocks. The partners were ill-matched from the beginning but stayed together so long as the Soviet threat loomed and the Turkish military was in charge. The Evil Empire, as...
An Expert Military Analysis of War With China
The Correlation of Armed Forces: U.S. goods and services trade with China totaled an estimated $634.8 billion in 2019. Exports were $163.0 billion; imports were $471.8 billion. The U.S. goods and services trade deficit with China was $308.8 billion in 2019. Trade in...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Eight Killed
Investigative Reporting Details Massacres, Reign of Terror by US-Backed Death Squads in Afghanistan
An extraordinary investigation by Australian journalist Andrew Quilty published Friday by The Intercept reveals U.S.-backed Afghan government paramilitary death squads have been waging a campaign of terror targeting civilians – including children – in...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Two Killed
All-War-All-the-Time?
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Hmmm... let me see if I've gotten this straight. In his last days in office, Donald Trump is "ending" America's forever wars (as he long promised he would do) by leaving 2,500 American troops in Afghanistan, a similar number in Iraq,...
When the People Rose: How the Intifada Changed the Political Discourse Around Palestine
December 8 came and went as if it was an ordinary day. For Palestinian political groups, it was another anniversary to be commemorated, however hastily. It was on this day, thirty-three years ago, that the First Palestinian Intifada (uprising) broke out, and there was...


