We Are The Empire
Of U.S. Military Interventions, Alien Disaster Movies, and Star Wars
Why did a military superpower fail in Afghanistan?
This external approach, based on military occupation, to promote democracy in occupied foreign countries was “doomed to fail.”
Unknown soldiers: America’s secret, privatized army
While many American policy makers believe that their country is ‘exceptional’ and thus shouldn’t have to follow long established laws, other governments see the precedents they set and act accordingly.
Feeding the warfare state
In short, as of now, in the battle between welfare and warfare, the militarists are carrying the day.
A thousand times worse
In reality, Americans have never been shy about killing on a mass scale in the alleged cause of righteousness and democracy.
The new global tinderbox
The question is: Could trade war and cyberwar lead one day to regular armed conflict?
The safe and secure war lords
With Memorial Day around the corner, once again the War Lords who run our empire will propagandize to their hearts content.
US media keep saying Iran is ‘in violation’ of a nuclear agreement the US...
A poorly informed US reader of or listener to such slanted coverage could be forgiven for assuming that Iran was aggressively in breach of an agreement.
Bernie calls for vote in Senate for No War Against Iran Act
“We must end our endless wars.”
An American century of carnage
Measuring violence in a single superpower world.