Tag: Middle East
The true meaning of the Afghan “withdrawal”
Will the nightmare of Saigon's fall return in Kabul?
The hawks who want war with Iran are working overtime
As the saboteurs of diplomacy hope for a violent escalation, let’s keep in mind, and hope Iran agrees, that the best revenge would be a revived JCPOA.
Is the long war finally ending?
Withdrawing several thousand U.S. troops from Afghanistan is just the tip of the iceberg.
Can the world’s second superpower rise from the ashes of twenty...
The peace movement’s small victories demonstrate that we have more power to challenge U.S. militarism than most Americans realize.
The U.S. is recycling its big lie about Iraq to target...
Another U.S. war would engulf the Middle East and the world in even greater chaos than the one the CIA engineered against Iraq.
The world demands US out of the Middle East – will...
The United States needs to reverse course after decades of mistakes, destruction, chaos and death in the Middle East.
War, what is it good for?
What the grifter community calls the Long Con is to attack a country on false claims, destroy much of its infrastructure, occupy the damaged mess you created and make gazillions from taxpayer money.
A terrible precedent: The assassination of Qassam Soleimani
The assassination of a popular leader like Soleimani and the lack of evidence presented about imminent plots he was supposedly engaged in, may empower other countries to take similar actions in the future, a slippery slope indeed.
The military cost of protecting oil with a case study of...
The primary motive of the war is to control Iraqi’s oil production to sustain the global oil flows and to keep a check on prices.
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Fracking 101: What you should know
Modern fracking emerged so quickly, faster than its impacts were understood.
In blow to NRA, federal judge dismisses group’s bankruptcy case
The judge ruled that the powerful gun lobby declared bankruptcy in an attempt to avoid facing a New York state lawsuit that accuses the organization of fraud and seeks to disband it.
Corporate media oppose Afghan control of Afghanistan
Establishment reporting over the future of Afghanistan after Biden’s announcement demonstrated the imperialist mindset of corporate journalists.