Sunday, June 7, 2026

You Say ISIL, I Say ISIS, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off

“Iraqis, now Syrians, and by extension even the Europeans who are now awash in refugees from the wars we help foment, and the US taxpayer, and, documented by a Brown University study, the US job seeker—these are the losers.”

The US failed in Afghanistan by trying to moralize with bullets and bombs

Global South nations struggling with the effects of colonialism are ticking time bombs. Global North control creates simmering resentments and resistance.

With attack on Yemen, the US is shameless: ‘We make the rules, we break...

The United States government is the most powerful and dangerous outlaw nation in the world.

Killing Palestinian journalists and the silence of Israeli Apartheid

Apartheid is not just systemized suppression and wholesale control, it’s a mental attitude of extreme prejudice that leads to and enables inhumane acts of violence, exploitation and humiliation. 

NY Times: US hid true toll of air wars; Thousands of dead civilians, many...

Despite the Pentagon’s highly codified system for examining civilian casualties, pledges of transparency and accountability have given way to opacity and impunity.

More tragedy in Afghanistan is just beginning after the US withdrawal

Afghan civilians have always disproportionately experienced the effects of war and they will now also disproportionately experience what may be an even worse peace — if one can even call it that.

Will it never stop?

It’s worth reflecting on where the United States stands when it comes to both that forever war against terrorism and war generally.

The military-industrial complex is killing us all

Bombs injure. Bombs kill. Bombs destroy. Bombs also make people rich.

Hey, hey, USA! How many bombs did you drop today?

The Pentagon has finally published its first Airpower Summary since President Biden took office nearly a year ago. These monthly reports have been published...