Monday, May 5, 2025

Tag: endless war

“A horrible mistake”

Recovering from America’s imperial delusions...

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.

Two massacres? Disturbing accusations in the wake of Kabul airport bombings

The attacks were used by interventionist pundits in English speaking countries as an excuse to postpone the end of the almost 20 year NATO occupation.

Now close Gitmo, too

Biden is right to end the forever war in Afghanistan. Now he needs to close the forever prison that it built.

Moral injury and the forever wars

What Americans don’t want to hear...

America’s Afghan war is ending. What about Iraq — and Iran?

Even as Biden sticks to the Afghanistan withdrawal, he's launching strikes in Iraq and delaying a return to the Iran deal.

Who authorized America’s wars?

And why they never end...

With Afghanistan withdrawal underway, new report reveals costs of post-9/11 wars...

“Americans do not fully understand, do not acknowledge, the sacrifices that allies made in Afghanistan,” said the report’s author.

Contrary to what Biden said, U.S. warfare in Afghanistan is set...

The U.S. war in Afghanistan won’t end just because President Biden and U.S. news media tell us so.

Is the long war finally ending?

Withdrawing several thousand U.S. troops from Afghanistan is just the tip of the iceberg.

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Trump DOJ sues states to shield fossil fuel companies from climate lawsuits in unprecedented...

In a sweeping defense of oil and gas corporations, the Trump administration has filed federal lawsuits against four states to block efforts aimed at holding fossil fuel companies accountable for climate change damages—an aggressive action legal experts warn undermines state authority and sets a dangerous precedent.

How decision-making is affected by social conformity

Despite the rise of social media and digital influence, studies suggest that our tendency to conform socially remains unchanged—though brain imaging reveals surprising links between conformity, decision-making, and the orbitofrontal cortex.

Florida to become second state to ban fluoride in public water systems

With a vote of 88-27, Florida lawmakers passed a bill that would ultimately ban fluoride in drinking water. SB 700, also known...

Friends, patriots, countrymen, where are your ears?

See no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil—the close-minded cult of suckered MAGA monkeys.