Iraq War Lies Still Cause Pervasive Distrust of UK State
Militant arson against 5G towers showed citizens view the state as a liar
George W. Bush
12 Ways the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Lives on in Infamy
While the world is consumed with the terrifying coronavirus pandemic, on March 19 the Trump administration will be marking the 17th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq by ramping up the conflict there. After an Iran-aligned militia allegedly struck a U.S. base near Baghdad on March 11, the U.S.
Operation Endless War: The Fog of Afghanistan
A funny thing happened on the way to remote Central Asia following the events of 9/11.
End Bush’s Stupid War Today!
Eric MARGOLIS
After 19 years of war, over $1 trillion in spending, 2,400 dead and a torrent of lies, the US may now be facing an end to its longest war.
The US invaded Afghanistan in 2001. There were three reasons: 1. to cover up the humiliation of the tough-talking Bush administration for being caught sleeping on guard duty by the 9/11 attacks; 2. To secure oil pipeline routes through Afghanistan from Central Asia down to Pakistan’s sea coast; and 3. To occupy a supposedly empty square on the Asian chessboard before China did.
Syria Debacles Epitomize Perpetual Perfidy of U.S. Foreign Policy
Syria protest banner. copyright @ James Bovard, 2013
Counterpunch, March 6, 2020
Syria Debacles Epitomize Perpetual Perfidy of U.S. Foreign Policy
by James Bovard
U.S. Foreign Policy Perpetual Perfidy
U.S. Foreign Policy Perpetual Perfidy
by James Bovard February 24, 2020
Can the “World’s Second Superpower” Rise From the Ashes of Twenty Years of War?
UK protest against iraq war February 15, 2003. (Credit: Stop the War Coalition)
February 15 marks the day, 17 years ago, when global demonstrations against the pending Iraq invasion were so massive that the New York Times called world public opinion “the second superpower.” But the U.S. ignored it and invaded Iraq anyway. So what has become of the momentous hopes of that day?
Now Three Years into the Reign of Trump, What’s Left?
On January 20, Donald G. Trump completed his third year in office. My one blog that received five-digit Facebook shares predicted Trump would lose in 2016. I was spectacularly wrong but not alone. Even the Las Vegas bookies thought Clinton was a shoo-in with her unbeatable two-punch knockout of (1) I’m not Trump and (2) World War III with the Russians would be peachy at least until the bombs start falling. What could possibly have gone wrong?
And We Allow this Madness to Continue
Try as I did, I found it impossible to send New Year’s greetings to friends in Iraq given the unthinkable and shameless actions of Trump and his regime in the last weeks. His decision to assassinate Iranian Major General Qasim Soleimani at the Baghdad airport led to the Iraqi Parliament voting to expel all foreign troops from Iraq. Trump’s quick response to that was “If they do ask us to leave, if we don’t do it in a very friendly basis, we will charge them sanctions like they’ve never seen before ever. It’ll make Iranian sanctions look somewhat tame.”