Friday, October 23, 2026

More and War

So many tax dollars have been spent on the further militarization of the country. We no longer have the slightest idea what life might be like if, instead of 17 significant intelligence outfits, we had just two of them, or even one.

Trump threatens to bomb Iran into the ‘Stone Ages’ as experts warn of possible...

Threats to destroy Iran’s electric grid and bridges raise alarm among legal scholars as strikes hit medical, energy, and civilian infrastructure.
A satellite view of Tehran, Iran. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran

The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.

Addicted to war?

War Fever, Trump-Style.

The perilous shift in US weapons sales to Taiwan

It raises the question; Is Beijing taking notice?

Nasser Hospital bombing in Gaza kills four journalists and other civilians

Attack on Khan Younis hospital leaves at least 19 dead as rights groups denounce a pattern of systematic targeting of media and medical facilities.

The geopolitics of the Ukraine War

Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in the Struggle over Eurasia.
A US Navy aircraft carrier on station in the Persian Gulf. Photo: US Navy, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Hormuzing It Up

Or "Bombing the Shit" Out of Them (Whoever They Might Be)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, where the Shanghai Cooperation Organization held its summit. Photo: Ninara, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Shanghai Cooperation Org. Roundly Condemns War on Iran

A bloc representing 40 percent of the world's population, from Russia and China to India and Pakistan, jointly denounced the US and Israeli strikes on Iran at a summit in Kyrgyzstan.

The Worst Place on Earth

Death and Life in the Lost Town of Leer