What a waste of human life and resources!More than 200,000 Afghan civilians and combatants have been killed since the US, Canadian and British invasion two decades ago. A few thousand Canadian, US, British, etc. troops also died in the fighting. Canada’s biggest military deployment since World War II, more than 40,000 Canadian troops fought in … Continue reading "Canada’s Disaster in Afghanistan"
America’s Afghan project, to create a modern, democratic, centralized nation state in Central Asia, is over. What took 20 years, thousands of lives, and trillions of dollars to construct disappeared in little more than a week. Only a few days ago administration strategists were debating whether Kabul had three or six months left and imagining … Continue reading "In a World Aflame, an Antiwar Movement Is Needed More Than Ever"
This weekend’s momentous events cry-out for a reformulation of Earnest Hemingway’s famous five word quip in “The Sun Also Rises”. Per his description of the route to bankruptcy: How did the dismal Afghan outpost of Washington’s Potemkin Empire collapse? “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Less than three months ago, Afghanistan’s puppet President, Ashraf Ghani, inadvertently … Continue reading "Hurrah!
A Turkish strike on a clinic left over a dozen dead.
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United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|August 17, 2021 Those who fail to mention Pashtun nationalism when discussing the Taliban show that they do not understand anything about Afghanistan and its turbulent history since the coup that ousted King in 1973 and ended the Afghan Pashtun-led monarchy. It should come as no [...]
==== Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts American writers on peace and against war Ambrose Bierce: Selections on war ==== Ambrose BierceFrom The Devil’s Dictionary ABATIS, n. Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside. ADMIRAL, n. That part of a war-ship which does the […]
by Ross McKitrick Two new peer-reviewed papers from independent teams confirm that climate models overstate atmospheric warming and the problem has gotten worse over time, not better. The papers are Mitchell et al. (2020) “The vertical profile of recent tropical … Continue reading →
Americans who watched the collapse of South Vietnam’s government during the early months of 1975 are experiencing déjà vu in response to the Taliban offensive in Afghanistan. In a matter of weeks after the United States began withdrawing its troops from the country, Afghan government forces have disintegrated with bewildering speed. Indeed, South Vietnam’s army … Continue reading "Why US Foreign Clients Collapse and Collapse Fast"
Yesterday I found myself dry-heaving and hyper-ventilating in broad daylight, crouched behind the corner of an unused outdoor patio bar in Kansas. I hadn’t had but two beers, but I’d had more than enough of American obtuseness.
The U.S. is extraordinarily secure from physical threats, and the threat of international terrorism is small and manageable, but the government has nonetheless waged a "war on terror" for the last 20 years in which it assumed extensive new powers that encroached on Americans’ constitutional rights, wreaked havoc in numerous countries, and left hundreds of … Continue reading "Recognizing and Combating the Pernicious Effects of Propaganda"
