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In war, there are no winners – and in a war between the US and China, the entire world would lose. That’s not just considering the mass loss of life that would occur, but also the reverberating effects of war that would sink millions into economic devastation, destroy the environment, and lead to widespread displacement … Continue reading “The US Is Preparing for an Unwinnable War Against China”

Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” between federal law enforcement and federal spies. The wall was erected in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which statutorily limited all federal domestic spying to that which was authorized by the Foreign Intelligence … Continue reading “The FBI ‘Visits’ Scott Ritter”

As the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia continued to conduct siege warfare in Yemen, the Houthis threatened to use drones to attack the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia if the blockade and daily bombardments of Yemen continued. In October 2019, the Houthis used ten drones to attack the Saudi Aramco facility, knocking it … Continue reading “Yemen’s Inexpensive Drones Wreaking Expensive Havoc”

The United States is working hard to create a global narrative of itself as the leader of a generational struggle to advance democracy, peace, and international law and push back the forces of autocracy, aggression, and erosion of the rule of law. The facts look strangely different than the fiction. While the U.S. is energetically … Continue reading “China’s Rising Diplomatic Power”

One issue that has slipped beneath the radar in terms of news coverage is the recent decision by the Biden administration to resume the sale of offensive weapons to Saudi Arabia. For starters, the U.S. will be sending a shipment of bombs worth $750 million in the coming months. These weapons were cut off by … Continue reading “US Resumes Offensive Weapons Sales to Major Human Rights Abuser: Saudi Arabia”

Doubling down on their recent war-game exercises and report on the (un)readiness of the U.S. to activate a military draft, Taren Sylvester and Katherine Kuzminski of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) have a new article in War on the Rocks, “Preparing for the Possibility of a Draft Without Panic,” laying out why … Continue reading “‘Realists’ Think We Need To Prepare for a Draft So We Can Win a War With China”

The idea that the war on Gaza is essentially waged and sustained by and for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has, for long, dominated political analyses on the subject. The notion is often kept alive by public opinion inside Israel. Most polls produced since the start of the Israeli genocide on Gaza suggest that an … Continue reading “Zionism on the Brink: The Gaza War Beyond Netanyahu”

In the months following the attacks of 9/11, the government laid the blame for orchestrating them on Osama bin Laden. Then, after it murdered bin Laden, the government decided that the true mastermind was Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. By the time of bin Laden’s death, Mohammed had already been tortured by CIA agents for three years … Continue reading “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the Problem of Torture”

One of the dead was a Turkish soldier.

On July 28, Venezuela held its national election. The most recent results released by Venezuela’s National Electoral Council say that the incumbent president, and successor to Hugo Chávez, Nicolás Maduro received 51.95% of the vote versus 43.18% for the opposition candidate, Edmundo González. The opposition has countered with the claim that Gonzales defeated Maduro by … Continue reading “The US Has No Right to Interfere in Venezuela’s Election”