Wednesday, October 28, 2026

Chaos in Syria, Part II – Destruction, ISIS and Beyond

“What we need is a Higher World Order where building nations is more profitable than destroying them; conducting fair trade with other nations is more mutually beneficial than occupying them and stealing their resources; and living in a multi-polar world is more peaceful and profitable than one nation hopelessly clinging on to a dangerous fantasy of a unipolar world.”

The dolls of militarism

From war hawks to chickenhawks.

Ed Norton Occupies the World

“Empires fold up when either they get overrun or their citizens have had enough.”

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 U.S. Military Suffers from Affluenza

An institutional report card with so many deficits and failures, a record of deportment that has led to death and mayhem, should not be ignored. The military must be called to account.

Can Guantánamo ever be shut down?

Dealing with the forever prison of America's forever wars...

Who authorized America’s wars?

And why they never end...

Would a draft matter?

Maybe the real conclusion should be that, as long as war is this country’s default option and peace the aberration, reinstating the draft would amount to little more than a change of wardrobe.

Dancing with the Beast

“The Beast of Empire that Nixon alluded to in May of 1970 is still alive and more powerful than ever. It hides within the breast of a controlled government and media. To paraphrase : Its finest trick is to persuade you that it does not exist!”

Ukraine: Nonviolent resistance is a brave and often effective response to aggression

There has been mounting evidence that nonviolent resistance is more effective than violent resistance, even against despots.