This article originally appeared at TruthDig. I’ve been publishing antiwar material for more than five years now. Seeing as I only retired this past February, I did most of my dissenting while still on active duty, and much of it during the Obama years. During that...
Casualties of War: Military Veterans Have Become America’s Walking Wounded
Come you masters of war / You that build the big guns You that build the death planes / You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls / You that hide behind desks I just want you to know / I can see through your masks…. You fasten all the triggers /...
A Lesson for the Palestinian Leadership: The Reasons Behind Israel’s Arrest and Release of Jordanian Citizens
The release on November 6 of two Jordanian nationals, Heba al-Labadi and Abdul Rahman Mi’ri from Israeli prisons was a bittersweet moment. The pair were finally reunited with their families after harrowing experiences in Israel. Sadly, thousands of Palestinian...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Four Killed; Dozens of Security Personnel Wounded
Bring Our Troops Home Takes Fight To End America’s Endless Wars to Capitol Hill
Veterans and state legislators from 26 states, led by retired Army National Guard Sergeant Dan McKnight, traveled to Washington during Veterans Day week to press members of Congress, Senators and senior Congressional staff to end America's endless wars, especially the...
The Ukrainian Influence Peddling Rings – A Microcosm of How Imperial Washington Rolls
Last night we heard some knucklehead on the War Channel (CNN) braying about Ukraine as a vitally important "ally and strategic partner". The implication, of course, was that the Donald's attempted squeeze play on its new President was dangerously undermining...
A Fitting Tribute to Our Veterans
On Veterans Day, New Hampshire newspaper and online readers were treated to an op-ed piece by Margaret Hassan, a Democrat and the state’s junior senator, Informing us of her trip to Afghanistan and praising our brave men and women serving there. It is all well...
How To Make American Foreign Policy Yours
Originally posted at TomDispatch. In case you hadn’t noticed (and not to notice you’d have to be blind), we’re not exactly alone in this country anymore. We were true pioneers in what might be considered a great American tradition of interfering in...


