TeleSur | – – U.S. forces responded with an airstrike but one of the missiles went off course in a “malfunction,” causing several casualties. Kabul’s airport has been attacked by militants during a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to Afghanistan. The U.S. responded to the attacks with an airstrike that killed multiple civilians, […]
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US Foreign Policy
Is Trump setting US course toward War with China?
Is a conflagration in East Asia coming by 2030?
US Military in Syria to Stay, YPG Kurds Say
TeleSur | – – The United States has been funding and supporting the group for months, due to “strategic interests” in the region, a spokesperson revealed. U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria — who are among Washington’s most important and powerful regional allies — told Reuters Thursday that the U.S. military will remain in northern Syria […]
No Longer “Indispensable?” The World is moving on from Trump’s America
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – Let me try to get this straight: from the moment the Soviet Union imploded in 1991 until recently just about every politician and mainstream pundit in America assured us that we were the planet’s indispensable nation, the only truly exceptional one on this small orb of […]
Why do so Many US-trained Foreign Officers Make Coups at Home?
Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – Winning! It’s the White House watchword when it comes to the U.S. armed forces. “We will give our military the tools you need to prevent war and, if required, to fight war and only do one thing — you know what that is? Win! Win!” President […]
Syria: The American War on Civilians
By Laura Gottesdiener | ( Tomdispatch.com ) | – – It was midday on Sunday, May 7th, when the U.S.-led coalition warplanes again began bombing the neighborhood of Wassim Abdo’s family. They lived in Tabqa, a small city on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria. Then occupied by the Islamic State (ISIS, […]
Top Ten Ways your Taxes pay for Endless War
By William D. Hartung | ( Tomdispatch.com) | – – You wouldn’t know it, based on the endless cries for more money coming from the military, politicians, and the president, but these are the best of times for the Pentagon. Spending on the Department of Defense alone is already well in excess of half a […]
Trump: Aid to Syrian Rebels was ‘Massive,’ ‘Dangerous;’ slams Post
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | – – Trump trashed the Washington Post on Monday, calling it the Amazon Washington Post and implicitly complaining about a July 19 article on his halt to funding Syrian rebels. Trump tweeted: The Amazon Washington Post fabricated the facts on my ending massive, dangerous, and wasteful payments to […]
Not Winning in Afghanistan: Why?
By Solaiman M. Fazel | (Informed Comment) | – – Candidate Trump in his dynamic public rallies repeatedly criticized the former U.S. president for not winning anymore. Trump also mentioned, “If I’m president, we’ll win so much, you’ll get bored with winning.” Well it has now been a little over six months since the presidential […]
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