Nearly half the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon the last 20 years has...
“The magnitude of Pentagon spending in the wake of the 9/11 attacks was remarkable.”
Many Americans refused to consider why 9/11 happened. The costs were enormous.
Middle East experts who opposed America’s post-9/11 wars were ridiculed as anti-American extremists. In reality, it was the pro-war right that was making us less safe.
Be careful what you wish for
The true lessons of the Afghan war...
Terrorism: A false threat
Millions starve. Millions die yearly from preventable diseases. Millions die as a consequence of wars. Compared with these numbers, the total count of terrorist victims is vanishingly small.
As war keeps poisoning humanity, organizing continues to be the antidote
In the long run, peace activism is essential for overcoming militarism. And organizing is what makes that possible.
The winner in Afghanistan: China
Does this debacle mark the decline of Washington's world leadership?
The victims of our post-9/11 wars deserve remembrance, too
Countless innocents died in the 20 years of war our country launched in the name of our 9/11 dead.
The only way to effectively counter terror is to end war
Collectively, recognizing the terrible legacy of 9/11, we must agree: To counter terror, abolish war.
September 11 and the debacle of ‘nation-building’ in Iraq and Afghanistan
Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.
How can America wake up from its post-9/11 nightmare?
After 20 years of war and militarism that has only left the world a more dangerous place and accelerated America’s decline, we must choose the path of peace.