The US government stood alone at the United Nations Security Council last Friday as it vetoed a resolution that called for a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Every other nation spoke with passion about the humanitarian catastrophe unfolding, with most issuing condemnatory remarks. But the US chose to blame Hamas for the suffering of Read More...
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The replacement for the Rockwell B-1 Lancer, Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit, and possibly (by 2040) the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, will be the Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider, which had its first flight-test (shown here) on November 10th. It was successful. Defense One called the event “momentous” and “a milestone for the […]
America is addicted to war. But its citizens rarely see the brutal realities of the U.S. military industrial complex up close. That is because our pliant media hides the carnage from the public, refusing to report on the victims of the war machine, and uses euphemisms like "surgical strikes" and "enhanced interrogation techniques" to mask the barbarity meted out by Washington around the world.
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) America and its entire NATO are at war against Russia in the battlefields of Ukraine, and (though its Government and news-media claim otherwise) are losing that war like they did against Afghanistan, and against Libya, and against Iraq, and against Vietnam, and against China, and against Korea. Even without the […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) In a bold display of the bipartisan determination of the U.S. Congress after 9/11 to lock-in forever the bonanza that the Congress temporarily granted to America’s ‘Defense’ industries (manufacturers of war-weapons, etc.), the proposed congressional Resolution, on July 19th, “On the Amendment (Paul Amdt. No. 222 )”, aiming “To express […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) The deluded, stupid, and/or lying, President of the United States, said, of the Ukraine war, on July 13th, that “Putin has already lost the war. … There is no possibility of him winning the war in Ukraine. He’s already lost that war.” As-if wishing it so will make it so. […]
Eric Zuesse (blogs at https://theduran.com/author/eric-zuesse/) On June 30th, Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting headlined “Report Shows How Military Industrial Complex Sets Media Narrative on Ukraine” and well summarized a Quincy Institute study on June 1st, “Defense Contractor Funded Think Tanks Dominate Ukraine Debate”, which had found that the overwhelming majority of the people whom America’s […]
Eric Zuesse The top recognized honest authority on U.S. military spending is Winslow T. Wheeler, and on May 1st he deciphered the OMB’s detailed tables of U.S.Government funds for the U.S. military that have been authorized by Congress and the President for this fiscal year, and also the President’s planned U.S. federal spending on that […]
Eric Zuesse On 3 December 2021, a year ago, Lockheed Martin shares cost $333.81. On 23 November 2022, they cost cost $481.07. That’s a 44% gain during this year-long period. $4,027.26 is the S&P on 23 November 2022, and it was $4,701.46 on 24 November 2021. That’s a 14% decline during this year-long period. A […]
Eric Zuesse It now has exactly 900 foreign military bases. This is in addition to 749 bases (which can be examined here) that are within the United States, for a grand total of 1,649 U.S. military bases. Whom is this ‘defending’ anyone from? Is it defending Americans? From what, where? Who would be so stupid […]
