Saturday, May 4, 2024

Talon Anvil, Task Force 9 and the terrible cost of the air offensive in...

Subsidizing militarism in search of monsters overseas seems more and more like the American way. With the new focus on near peer competitors like Russia and China, the dangers are only growing.

The Pentagon’s 20-year killing spree has always treated civilians as expendable

Overall, military spending accounts for about half of the federal government’s total discretionary spending -- while programs for helping instead of killing are on short rations for local, state and national government agencies.

Defenseless

We want a serious change in our federal spending priorities away from destruction to actual human needs.

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.

War with Russia?

Here's what Washington, Moscow, and Kyiv can do to avoid the next world war.

U.S. Cold War with China: First stop, Equatorial Guinea

Officials are hyping the threat of a potential Chinese naval base facing the Atlantic to get yet more funding for military operations.

No punishment for US troops who slaughtered 10 Afghan civilians, says Pentagon chief

“If the Pentagon wants to come clean about this horrific event, it will release documents and videotapes that show who was responsible for key decisions and what technological failings were responsible.”

The US military budget as a mushroom loud

Going nuclear on Pentagon spending!

Are we forever captives of America’s forever wars?

What needs to be done to finally end them...

Countdown to World War III?

It may arrive sooner than you think...