Wednesday, June 17, 2026

The return of war to the home front

Don't look for restraint from Donald Trump's military.

The first 100 days of a Trump presidency

It remains to be seen how much of this plan will be realized and how much was just campaign rhetoric.

Osama Bin Laden’s America

Niger, 9/11, and apocalyptic humiliation

Who is making a killing on killing?

As the saying goes, follow the money to find out who profits from all this death and devastation.

Reflections on “peace” in Afghanistan

When the conflict that the Vietnamese refer to as the American War ended in April 1975, I was a U.S. Army captain...

Why war?

Can we not rid the world of the institution of war?
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Israel’s use of starvation as a weapon of war brings Gaza to the brink...

Alex de Waal says famine in Gaza is “inevitable” as those warnings have been ignored and Israel’s war on Gaza is poised to continue.
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Palestinian American Dr. walks out of Biden meeting, hands him letter from 8-year-old orphan...

The curtailed meeting was itself met with protests, including from Palestinian American emergency room physician Dr. Thaer Ahmad, who walked out after handing Biden a letter from an 8-year-old orphaned Palestinian girl

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!”

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

A strategy for victory – in last-century wars.