With Afghanistan withdrawal underway, new report reveals costs of post-9/11 wars for US allies
“Americans do not fully understand, do not acknowledge, the sacrifices that allies made in Afghanistan,” said the report’s author.
House panel approves $37.5 billion military budget increase for 2022
“A day after the United States withdrew from one of the most costly wars in history, the absolute LAST thing congressional representatives should be doing is increasing the Pentagon budget.”
French Paradox: Terror Attacks Continue as ISIS Loses Ground
If the Republicans actually want to hinder terrorists, they might consider confirming a new treasury undersecretary and tightening up legislation.
A gunman shot three people at an Islamic center in Zurich, and people aren’t...
Monday’s other attack.
Who Counts?
Tom Engelhardt explores body counts, drones and “collateral damage” in the twenty-first-century world of drone warfare. But one question reigns supreme: Who counts?
Against discouragement
“My first hope is that you will not be too discouraged by the way the world looks at this moment.”
As the world watches Syria, don’t forget about Yemen
The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.
Ex-Blackwater CEO Erik Prince makes a comeback under Trump selling mercenary armies around the...
House Democrats are accusing Prince of lying to Congress during his November 2017 testimony before the Committee, when he described a meeting in the Seychelles with a Russian banker before Donald Trump’s inauguration as a chance encounter.
Former Guantánamo Chief Summoned by French Court Over Torture Allegations
General Geoffrey Miller presided over the U.S. military prison in Cuba from 2002 to 2004, after then-President George Bush approved of ‘enhanced interrogation’ techniques including waterboarding.
Exploring the shadows of America’s security state
Or how I learned not to love Big Brother.