( Tomdispatch.com ) – From Syria to Yemen in the Middle East, Libya to Somalia in Africa, Afghanistan to Pakistan in South Asia, an American aerial curtain has descended across a huge swath of the planet. Its stated purpose: combatting terrorism. Its primary method: constant surveillance and bombing — and yet more bombing. Its political […]
Top 6 Ways to Curb America’s Skyrocketing Military Tab
War is the ultimate audit and, as any American should know, the Pentagon is incapable of passing an audit
No Exit: America’s Senior Generals and the Trap of Infinity Wars
(Tomdispatch.com) – “Veni, Vidi, Vici,” boasted Julius Caesar, one of history’s great military captains. “I came, I saw, I conquered.” Then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton echoed that famed saying when summing up the Obama administration’s military intervention in Libya in 2011 — with a small alteration. “We came, we saw, he died,” she said with […]
So Much Losing: America’s Small Unending Wars of the 21st Century
Endless war for any goal except to preserve the republic isn’t a measure of fortitude but the path to national suicide.
All America’s Quagmires: Why We’re still at War in so Many Countries
( Tomdispatch.com) – As America enters the 18th year of its war in Afghanistan and its 16th in Iraq, the war on terror continues in Yemen, Syria, and parts of Africa, including Libya,Niger, and Somalia. Meanwhile, the Trump administration threatens yet more war, this time with Iran. (And given these last years, just how do […]
Quiet Armageddon: Pentagon’s Hush-Hush new B-21 Stealth Bomber can Carry Nukes
If history is any judge, however, a boon for Northrop Grumman is likely to prove a bust for the American taxpayer
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