Category Archives: war on terror

Ukraine is America’s Afghanistan More Than Russia’s

By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well The thinking in Washington goes like this: for the “low cost” of Ukrainian lives and some American dollars, the West can end Putin’s strategic threat to the United States. No Americans are … Continue reading

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Saturday Matinee: Stranger at the Gate

How Many Strangers Are At the Gate? By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Spolier Alert: if you want to watch an excellent 30-minute film without knowing what happens, scroll down and watch it before reading any of these words. … Continue reading

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The Lords of Chaos

The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held accountable for their crimes. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading

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War Certainly Is A Racket

By Iain Davis Source: Off-Guardian In 1935, Major General Smedley Butler’s seminal book “War Is A Racket” warned of the dangers of the US military-industrial complex, more than 25 years before the outgoing US President Eisenhower implored the world to … Continue reading

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The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy

Bombs, Bullets, and Bellicosity Instead of Brains By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views In my latest article for TomDispatch.com, I parse the meaning of America’s latest National Defense Strategy. Hint: It’s not about defense. More than two millennia ago, in the History of … Continue reading

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Never Let A Good Crisis Go to Waste

Relentless Ukraine reporting helps conceal other conflicts By Philip Giraldi Source: Information Clearing House It is astonishing how many observers of war in Ukraine who should know better have been inclined to take at face value the assertions of “sources” … Continue reading

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The American Kleptocracy: A Government of Liars, Thieves and Lawbreakers

By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes … Continue reading

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First Came 9/11. Then COVID-19. What’s the Next Crisis to Lockdown the Nation?

By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins, most of them imaginary.”—H.L. Mencken … Continue reading

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