Rules of Engagement is notable for being possibly the most violent, racist, colonialist film Hollywood has made since the end of the Cold War. It pre-empted two real life terrorist attacks in Yemen including one on the US embassy. The film was produced with close co-operation from the DOD, particularly the Marine Corps, in exchange […](Read more...
Seventeen years of sacrificing young people to a counter-productive effort is far too long. (FEE) — On September 11 of this year, those who weren’t yet born at the time of the 9/11 attacks will finally be old enough to fight in the war on terror. In 2012, U.S. Marines killed Osama bin Laden, the man responsible for […]
The West’s claim to moral superiority and its assumption of the role of ‘world’s policeman’ are largely derived from a classical approach to liberalism. In short, the argument is that our societies are more liberal (and therefore superior), so we have the unique right to spread our values around the world by force and coercion. […](Read more...)
RT reports that a new law that requires Internet service providers to keep records of their clients’ traffic, for state security services to review upon request came into force on 1 July. However the law’s purpose is quite a bit more than it appears on the surface:
The U.S. is up to its neck in the quagmire of war (and debt) everywhere, and since 9/11 its oxymoronic “war on terror” has cost almost $6 trillion.
Now, a new study on the “Costs of War” by the Watson Institute finds the impact of this will have societal consequences well beyond what we face in the present day.
In the name of the fight against terrorism, the United States is currently waging “credit-card wars” in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria, and elsewhere. Never before has this country relied so heavily on deficit spending to pay for its conflicts. The consequences are expected to be ruinous for the long-term fiscal health of the U.S., but they go far beyond the economic. Massive levels of war-related debt will have lasting repercussions of all sorts.
For the last few weeks I’ve been working a research project on how the Pentagon’s entertainment liaison offices deal with the subjects of military mental health and suicide. Today the fruits of that research were published by Insurge Intelligence, a crowdfunded journalism platform run by Nafeez Ahmed, who also published an exclusive on National Security […](Read more...)
Jimmy Dore highlights and discusses Bernie Sanders' recent foreign policy statement. Portions of Sanders' speech are discussed below, but the entire video is worth watching.by Gaius PubliusIs anti-war fever building in the U.S.? One would not think so given all the signs — apparent public apathy toward multiple military involvements, happy compliance with "security" at the increasingly painful airport, lack of protests and so on.
This week I am joined by long-time 9/11 researcher and activist Jon Gold, to talk about his new book We Were Lied to About 9/11. We discuss Jon’s experiences both of the 9/11 attacks and of his years of research and activism, along with the legacy of the ‘truth movement’ and why Jon’s approach is […](Read more...)
