The August 29 U.S. drone strike in Kabul that killed ten civilians, including seven children, demonstrates the bankruptcy of the war on terror. Like many other drone strikes, the strike in Kabul targeted innocent people and achieved nothing except to blow up civilians that had the misfortune to be in the vicinity. According to two … Continue reading "Shut Down the Drone War"
A celebrated ancient empire, Egypt was later ruled by other empires old and new. In 1952 the country went from monarchy to military rule. Until the 2011 Arab Spring explosion, which topped the Mubarak dictatorship, the armed forces kept control through military men turned civilian politicians. Two years later Egypt returned to military tyranny. In … Continue reading "Egypt Murders Its Citizens With Little Complaint From Washington"
Having suffered the trauma and moral distress of participating in war, in my case the American War in Vietnam, I have learned that "coming home," reintegrating, and living with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and moral injury can be aided or hindered by whether military members and veterans can find meaning and purpose in the experience.
Seven people were killed, and 10 were wounded across Iraq.
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by Patrick Michaels A critique of Judah Cohen’s recent cover article in Science linking February’s disastrous cold outbreak in Texas to global warming I’ve always had trouble with the notion that warming causes cooling. It leaves me with the squeasy … Continue reading →
Nothing upset the Washington Beltway elites more than when in a 2007 presidential debate I pointed out the truth about the 9/11 attacks: they attacked us because we’ve been in the Middle East, sanctioning and bombing the civilian population, for decades. The 9/11 attackers were not motivated to commit suicide terrorism on the Twin Towers … Continue reading "Twenty Years On, We’ve Learned Nothing From 9/11"
Washington’s reputation as an effective imperial power experienced another humiliating setback in August with the implosion of the U.S.-backed government in Kabul. The sight of helicopters urgently ferrying American diplomats from the embassy to the Hamid Karzai International Airport (named after an earlier U.S. Afghan puppet) was all too reminiscent of the chaos in Saigon … Continue reading "Saigon 1975, Kabul 2021, Baghdad 2024?"
On September 1, 2021, President Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House and continued the American push into Russia’s sphere of influence that has made Russia feel so threatened. Zelensky has been frustrated because he has been pushing for this meeting since his election in May 2019. Despite the delay, Biden … Continue reading "Ukraine, USA, Russia, and Spheres of Influence"
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|September 13, 2021 Beware GOP front-runner and radio demagogue Larry Elder, who is worse than Trump! Will fascist march on Capitol scheduled for Saturday escalate armed violence? Corporate media push Togetherness of US political forces after 9/11: But this illusion was only the prelude to tragedies [...]
