Thursday, September 10, 2026

Tag: Afghanistan War

Trump’s recycling program

In many countries, covering up war crimes would itself merit prosecution; in Washington, it earns a promotion.

$45 billion: The cost of the war in Afghanistan in 2018

2018 will mark the 17th year of the Afghanistan war.

Global special ops out of control under Trump

Elite commandos deployed to 149 countries in 2017.

Trump’s wars

No more money to finance the Afghan political and military mess unless Trump or whoever is in charge can tell us why it's worth more of America's blood and treasure to be there.

Tread carefully

The folly of the next Afghan “surge.”

Let the media coverage of Manchester victims be a model for...

“These terrorist attacks are not confined to Europe. They take place every single day in Iraq, in Syria, in Afghanistan, in Pakistan and Yemen, Bahrain.”

Losing a war one bad metaphor at a time

Thrashing about in the Afghan petri dish.

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Treasury refuses to close private jet tax loophole senators call a giveaway to billionaires

The formula values a flight from New York to Washington at $236, against a fair market cost of up to $5,112
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Federal panel halts first AI data center approved on US public land

The board found regulators treated an 88.5-acre data center as barely different from the solar farm it was supposed to replace.
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Casino workers strike at Encore Boston Harbor after contract talks stall

More than 1,300 Teamsters and UNITE HERE members walked out after voting 97 percent to authorize the strike
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Israeli prosecutors indict 12 prison guards after Palestinian detainee beaten to death

Text messages seized by investigators show guards discussing the beating as it happened
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A second hurricane just sideswiped Hawaii – why the islands’ usual force field seems...

Cooler ocean temperatures east of the islands typically keep major hurricanes away, but El Niño is helping fuel this year’s risks.