Tag: Iraq War

Nation-building in Afghanistan and Iraq was the resurrection of a doctrine that should have been buried after Vietnam.

After spending trillions of dollars and killing millions of people, the abysmal record of U.S. war-making since World War II remains a tragic litany of failure and defeat, even on its own terms.

Let’s hope Biden has learned another history lesson: That the United States should stop invading and attacking other countries.

The bill of war to the U.S. to date would be an estimated $1,922 billion in current dollars.

Iran will never even try to indulge in a one-on-one war with the United States.

The former vice president has powerful backers in corporate media, wealthy circles and the Democratic Party establishment.

“Protesters are demanding the overthrow of a political class seen as corrupt and serving foreign powers."

“The radioactive footprint of the military could be cleaned up if we had officials who wanted to do so.”

Special ops, generational struggle, and the Cooperstown of commandos.

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