McMaster’s Plan For Another Surge In Afghanistan Is Doomed To Failure
Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster listens as President Donald Trump speaks at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Fla., Feb. 20, 2017. (AP/Susan Walsh)
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The Billion-Dollar World Bank Experiment in Afghanistan
A Checkered Past
Thanks to research and the minds behind it, a great deal of human progress is undeniable. Yet, equally undeniable is the fact that research has the potential to fuel awful social transgressions. Consider Amy Maxmen’s writing on genetics. She broaches a handful of research Frankensteins like human radiation experiments, Tuskegee, and Nuremburg. Although such reprehensible instances happened years ago, research’s checkered past is by no means distant.
Empire under Obama- Part 4: Counterinsurgency, Death Squads & the Population as the Target
“Peace is possible, if people are empowered. Otherwise, imperialism is inevitable, and extinction is nearly ensured.”