"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!" ~ Michael Corleone, The Godfather III (1990) Kandahar Airfield ("KAF") was as bizarre as it was dusty. You sort of tasted it before you smelled it – and smelled before you saw it. It’s been a full decade since I first did. When … Continue reading "Spare Us an Afghan Threequel, Joe: Don’t Get Pulled Back In!"
As in Vietnam from 1965 to 1973, the year our prisoners of war came home, America did not lose a major battle in Afghanistan. Yet we did not win the war. South Vietnam was lost. And contrary to the message awaiting President George W. Bush when he landed on the carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, which … Continue reading "Is Afghanistan a Failed Mission?"
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 8, 2021 Goals include depriving oppressed Uighurs of East Turkestan of backup, while gaining springboard for Chinese moves into Central Asia, posing threat to India and Russia; Royal road of Chinese imperialism could be Wakhan corridor, the narrow 220-mile long valley that gives Afghanistan a [...]
Very bad news for those who still care about freedom of the press and what the fate of Julian Assange means for the artifact-First Amendment added to the U.S. Constitution 240 years ago. The UK High Court just announced it will hear the US appeal of a lower court decision against extraditing Julian Assange. Godot … Continue reading "Assange To Be ‘Moved Around’ Sine Die"
Jovenal Moïse, the president of Haiti, was assassinated by what appears to be men who were well armed with heavy-caliber weapons in his home on Wednesday. It is not yet clear who the men are. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph says that the men spoke English or Spanish but provided no further details. The Miami … Continue reading "The Assassination of Haiti’s President"
This essay is adapted from Antiwar.com editorial director Scott Horton’s new book, Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism. Freedom Works The name "Somalia" has somehow become a slur against Americans who prioritize political liberty. "Oh, you think freedom works, huh? Well, why don’t you just move to Somalia?" This nonsense may have … Continue reading "Another Failed 20-Year War: America vs. Somalia"
United Front Against Austerity|Tax Wall Street Party American System Network|July 7, 2021 NYPD veteran Eric Adams wins New York City mayoral primary, tantamount to election; NY Gov. Cuomo declares gun violence emergency, putting trigger-happy GOP on political defensive; White House aims at bringing bipartisan infrastructure bill to Senate floor starting July 19; One week to [...]
American Institute for Economic Research, July 7, 2021 Can Mass Subjugation Save American Democracy? James Bovard Beatings will continue until morale improves” has morphed from an old joke to the latest prescription for national salvation. “Compulsory National Service Could Unite America,” whooped a New York Times Op-ed headline last week. Prominent media outlets, think tanks, […]
If Wednesday morning’s passive-voice ("Russian hackers are accused of"), evidence-free New York Times article titled "Attempted Hack of R.N.C. and Russian Ransomware Attack Test Biden" has a familiar ring, look who wrote it. The senior author is David Sanger, the NYT’s chief Washington correspondent. Based on Sanger’s unenviable record, the story he wrote with Nicole … Continue reading "New York Times Pushing the Envelope on Russia"
John Quincy Adams delivered his address celebrating American independence two hundred years ago this week, and in that speech he famously told his fellow Americans that their country does not go abroad "in search of monsters to destroy." This was just one part of his paean to American independence, which was then not yet half … Continue reading "Casting Off the Imperial Diadem"
