Tag: war in the Middle East
Was the Afghan war a Schell game?
Getting it right is always the wrong approach when it comes to America’s wars.
Lies that led to the Afghan war
We must learn to be skeptical of both our political leaders and our mass media, when they give us reasons for going to war.
At the end of this hated war, we need truth
The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan should force a reckoning with a long history of military intervention.
The Biden Doctrine and Afghanistan: Lean counter-terrorism and the end of...
Ironically, the collapse of the Afghanistan government is a powerful argument that the state-builders and counter-insurgency advocates failed miserably, but Biden took the blame for it.
Biden must call off the B-52s bombing Afghan cities
As we approach the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we should reflect on how the Bush administration exploited the U.S. public’s thirst for revenge to unleash this bloody, tragic and utterly futile 20-year war.
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Countdown to World War III?
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“Only the people can save the people!” Xiomora Castro’s presidential win in Honduras
“I believe firmly that the democratic socialism I propose is the solution to pull Honduras out of the abyss we have been buried in by neo-liberalism, a narco-dictator and corruption.”
If Roe v. Wade goes away, so will easy re-elections for right-wing Republicans and...
Future campaigns will be about women’s rights, not saving or overturning a court ruling.
200+ groups to Democrats in Congress: No holiday recess until you pass voting rights
“Our democracy is under attack across the country, and Senate Democrats must do whatever it takes—right now—to get these critical voting rights bills signed into law.”
New report: Cost of renewable energies may be less than previously thought
A new report found that predicted costs for renewables have likely been overestimated "falling short of early pricing model predictions again and again."