Sunday, September 20, 2026

Trump’s military nostalgia (or victory at sea all over again)

A strategy for victory – in last-century wars.

America’s war-fighting footprint in Africa

Secret U.S. military documents reveal a constellation of American military bases across that continent.

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.

In Syria, Rebels From East Aleppo Strike Hospital in Government-Held West Aleppo (Video)

You see headlines talking about the humanitarian disaster in the city, but it is hard to know what those headlines are talking about.

Whose Century Is It?

Perhaps this is no longer really the American century at all, despite the continuing status of the U.S. as the planet’s sole superpower.

Mosul on my mind

What it really means to be on a “flattening” planet.

Profit maximization is easy: Invest in violence

More violence leads to more fear making it easier to gain greater social control to inflict more violence….

The two 500 lb. gorillas in the room

Who needs the super rich? I don’t. Do you?

AFRICOM calls for my ‘elimination’

Specifically, what if an article of mine on the U.S. military appears somewhere in our media world and that military refuses to notice? Does it have an impact?

‘Dramatic repercussions:’ Retired US generals warn Trump against war with Iran

"The protection of U.S. national interests in the Middle East and the safety of our friends and allies requires thoughtful statesmanship and aggressive diplomacy rather than unnecessary armed conflict."