The winner in Afghanistan: China
Does this debacle mark the decline of Washington's world leadership?
The next wars are always here
Because the next wars were always here, looming. We just need the clarity to see them and the force to stop them before they begin.
Trump-Taliban talks like those with N. Korea – a photo op on the deck...
Trump-Taliban is just for show, like Trump-North Korea. It is like a photo op on the deck of the Titanic as it headed to sea.
Afghan troops say Taliban are brothers and war is ‘not really our fight.’
Afghan troops whose lives hang in the balance in the latest peace talks.
Berrigan’s Witness to Nonviolence Challenged Church and Nation
Jesuit Fr. Daniel Berrigan will be remembered for challenging the conscience of the Catholic church and the nation on the dangers of militarism.
The persistent allure of military coups
Executions and war are not the inevitable sequel to a popular uprising.
Militant MadAmerika
“In her great piece, Sara Gray makes the connection between kids playing at 'first person shooter games' and being in live combat. She explains how these kinds of games desensitize heavy players to images of violence- thus, isn't it easy to imagine shooting someone in real life when you spend all day simulating shooting someone?”
When Israeli warplanes rain death on Gaza, the copilot is Uncle Sam
Arming Israel still has bipartisan support in Washington.
“The bleeding wound”
Osama bin Laden won (twice)...
Cops of the Pacific?
The U.S. Military’s role in Asia in the Age of Trump.