Thursday, October 29, 2026

What rough beast?

President Biden’s Gaza policy leaves the Middle East in flames.
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Panic, fear, disbelief: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could prompt humanitarian, refugee crisis

“A cruel military onslaught is engulfing millions. It will lead to untold suffering in Ukraine but also refugee flows in the region.”

Mantra for 9/11

Fourteen years later and we are still living in an improbable world. Tom Engelhardt discusses the wars, interventions, assassinations, tortures, kidnappings, the growth of the American national security state and the spread of Islamic extremism.
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Trump sends troops to the Turkish-Syrian border

Trump is in the position of trying to separate and make peace among two American allies.

How to end the war in Ukraine

It’s already worth considering where the West went wrong in its efforts to end this war, while exploring whether anything potentially effective is still available to slow the carnage.

$45 billion: The cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2018

2018 will mark the 17th year of the Afghanistan war.

Progressive Briefing for Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Farmers need a $12 billion bailout to offset Trump's tariffs, Ivanka Trump dumps fashion brand, new emails show the lies of Sarah Sanders, and more.
The Pentagon, headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense. Photo: U.S. Navy, Chief Photographer's Mate Johnny Bivera (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)

Trump Can Escalate the Iran War But He Still Has No Clear Endgame

Seven months into the conflict, Washington can still destroy targets. What it has not shown is how the war ends.

The wars no one notices

Are we all just living in a demobilized country?

America’s rush back to nuclear weapons

Lawrence Wilkerson is the former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell. He is current the Distinguished Adjunct Professor of...