Middle East – How America shot itself in the foot
The U.S. needs to learn the art of diplomacy instead of spending a lot of time constantly demonizing and threatening other countries.
Who’s really in charge of the Afghanistan War?
Trump is letting non-elected generals decide to hurl another 4,000 of our men and women into the Afghanistan War.
Osama Bin Laden’s America
Niger, 9/11, and apocalyptic humiliation
Trump admin continues threats & provocations against North Korea, laying groundwork for nuclear war
Tensions between North Korea and the United States have been building after a series of nuclear and missile tests by Pyongyang and intense verbal exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
Destroying Raqqa in order to save it
The devastation of Raqqa was not covered in the English language press with the same vigor as the earlier battle for Aleppo.
Expansion of imperialist U.S. ‘war on terror’ in Africa preceded deadly attacks in Niger...
At least 800 U.S. servicemembers are currently stationed in the country to support a French-led mission to defeat militants in West Africa.
Americans and their love for perpetual wars
America can be – or rather, can only be – prosperous and strong without engaging in perpetual wars and aggression.
President Nero
As so much of the world burns, America’s answer to Nero, rather than fiddling, seems intent on pouring more gasoline on the fires.
‘Tell me how this ends?’
David Petraeus finally answers his own question.
Psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton on duty to warn: Trump’s “relation to reality” is dangerous...
Robert Jay Lifton discusses what is now happening between the U.S. and North Korea, and Iran, and President Trump’s closest aides expressing concern that Trump is unraveling.