Hungary continues to block the release of EU military funds for Ukraine. The €500 million is part of the bloc’s European Peace Facility, which aims to help embattled countries, such as Ukraine. According to Euronews, EU foreign ministers have failed to agree on new funds to finance weapons for Ukraine, after Hungary blocked the decision. […]
The F-35 Lightning II is one of the most highly criticized weapons platforms that the US military has ever undertaken. One can find disparaging reports about it all over the internet, and we at The Duran have also extensively covered a wide field of concerns about this plane: that it is:
(ANTIWAR.COM) — The Pentagon has confirmed two US soldiers were killed and five others wounded yesterday in “combat operations” in Iraq. Details of exactly what happened remain unclear, with the Pentagon not offering any formal details beyond “combat.”
(ANTIWAR.COM) Pentagon officials are reporting that they are hiking the US military “footpriint” as well as “combat power” in southern Syria in recent days, sending more troops into the area with a specific eye toward fighting against the Shi’ite militias that are trying to advance, hoping to connect Syrian government terr
(ANTIWAR.COM) In among the Pentagon plans of sending 3,000 to 5,000 more US ground troops into Afghanistan, they are also looking at getting future unilateral control over US troop levels in the country. Even that isn’t the end of it, as reports yesterday have them redefining the US “advisory” mission to put the troops closer to the front lines.
It is difficult to describe what war does to a person. During recovery, I could tell that my deployment had changed me. I felt betrayed by my country, coopted to fight for profit and gain. I had seen so much suffering. The anger was poisoning everything. My therapist brought up Stoic thinkers during my therapy. I started there.
(ANTIMEDIA) The U.S. Defense Department is considering proposing that the U.S. send conventional ground combat forces into northern Syria for the first time to hasten the fight against ISIS, according to CNN.
“It’s possible that you may see conventional forces hit the ground in Syria for some period of time,” one defense official told CNN.
