On November 15, US president Donald Trump pardoned two US Army officers accused of war crimes (one convicted, the other awaiting trial ). Trump also re-promoted US Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher from Petty Officer First Class to Chief Petty Officer. Gallagher was...
End the Wars, Win the Antiwar Vote
Hard data shows ending our wars would be smart politics – and the first step toward repairing a moral calamity. By Peter Certo Like anyone else who was around that day, I can tell you exactly where I was on 9/11. I was a Catholic school eighth grader, fresh off...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 23 Killed; Bombers Return to Baghdad
The Real Bombshell of the Impeachment Hearings
The most shocking thing about the House impeachment hearings to this point is not a “smoking gun” witness providing irrefutable evidence of quid pro quo. It’s not that President Trump may or may not have asked the Ukrainians to look into business...
Is Macron Right? Is NATO, 70, Brain Dead?
A week from now, the 29 member states of "the most successful alliance in history" will meet to celebrate its 70th anniversary. Yet all is not well within NATO. Instead of a "summit," the gathering, on the outskirts of London, has been cut to two...
The Good, Bad Old Days: Bring Back Cold War Mideast Strategy
Cold War nostalgia is all the rage these days. The Democratic Party, well at least the MSNBC wing, seems intent on a full tilt replay of the standoff with nuclear-armed Russia. In their bizarre fantasy, Putin is the new Stalin, Trump is apparently a legit Manchurian...
Iraq Daily Roundup: 11 Killed; 70 Bodies Found in Mass Grave
Fraud at Israeli Military Contractor Oran Safety Glass
The manufacture and sale of "transparent armor" to the Department of Defense to protect personnel operating military vehicles has long been a mature industry in the United States. When the Department of Defense issued a series of U.S. Army contracts for...
What My Personal War Costs Me
Originally posted at TomDispatch. Think of it as a small miracle of sorts. This country has now been at war continuously for 18 years, ever since President George W. Bush and his top officials announced a "Global War on Terror" within days of the 9/11...
Neocon Uses Impeachment To Push Russophobic Agenda
This is part 3 of the two-part article run Friday It's beginning to seem like an assault by the Zulu army of American politics – they just never stop coming. We are referring to the Russophobic neocon Deep Staters who have trooped before Adam's Schiff Show to...


