Originally posted at TomDispatch. Just in case you didn’t realize it, the lost war in Afghanistan was their fault, not ours. If we had any fault at all, as Secretary of Defense and former Iraq War commander Lloyd Austin pointed out at a Senate hearing last week, it was not fully grasping how bad our … Continue reading "No Accountability and No Apologies"
Battles in the US Congress that erupted again this week, holding up an extra $1bn in military funding for Israel, underscored just how divorced from reality the conversation about US financial aid to Israel has become, even among many critics. For 48 hours last month, a small group of progressive Democrats in the US House … Continue reading "Iron Dome Funding: Don’t Be Deceived US Aid to Israel Is Not About Saving Lives"
Banks around the world are suffering IT-related disruptions; the Chinese Belt and Road is debt-trap diplomacy; and old Yellen is looking to get the IRS’ mitts on every over $600.
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Women writers on peace and war Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Selections on peace and war ==== Frances Ellen Watkins HarperHome, Sweet Home Sharers of a common country,They had met in deadly strife;Men who should have been as brothersMadly sought […]
The Middle East was a crucial arena in the Cold War. It was then that Israel first acquired its value to the US as a bulwark against perceived Soviet penetration into the Middle East. The Soviet Union perceived US activity in the Middle East as encircling them on their southern border. Nations chose blocks, and … Continue reading "The Middle East and the Second Cold War"
Reprinted with permission from Responsible Statecraft. There is a rapidly growing political demand for making American officials accountable for the failures of the Afghanistan War, with a focus now on the military leadership and top generals’ role in keeping forces there for 20 years despite all the signs they knew the war was unwinnable. One … Continue reading "How the ‘Self Licking Ice Cream Cone,’ Prolonged the 20-Year War"
Five people were killed in attacks.
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==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Women writers on peace and war Frances Ellen Watkins Harper: Selections on peace and war ==== Frances Ellen Watkins HarperFrom Dedication Poem To stay the floods of sin and shameThat sweep from shore to shore;And furl the banners stained […]
by Judith Curry A rather astonishing conclusion drawn from reading the fine print of the IPCC AR6 WG1 Report. Well, I’ve been reading the fine print of the IPCC AR6 WG1 Report. The authors are to be congratulated for preparing … Continue reading →
A militarized rivalry between the US and China will be costly and dangerous for all concerned, but the people most likely to suffer from it will be found in the countries that the two major powers choose to turn into their battlefields. The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union split Europe … Continue reading "The Bankruptcy of ‘Great Power Competition’"
