( Tomdispatch.com ) – [Editorial note: This remnant of a manuscript, discovered in a vault near the coastal town of Walpole, Massachusetts, appears to have been part of a larger project, probablyenvisioned as an interpretive history of the United States since the year 2000. Only a single chapter, probably written near the midpoint of the […]
No, Neocons, it Isn’t Always 1939, and WW II wasn’t such a ‘Good War’
(Tomdispatch.com) – How best to describe the recently completed allied commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France? Two words come immediately to mind: heartfelt and poignant. The aged D-Day veterans gathering for what was probably the last time richly deserved every bit of praise bestowed on them. Yet one particular refrain […]
Our ~8,000 Military Dead in US Mideast Wars: ‘Words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain’
(Tomdispatch.com) – Earlier this month, I spent a day visiting Marseilles to videotape a documentary about recent American military history, specifically the ongoing wars that most of us prefer not to think about. Lest there be any confusion, let me be more specific. I am not referring to Marseilles (mar-SAY), France, that nation’s largest port […]
Top 7 Illusions about Government that Trump Demolished
Irony, paradox, contradiction, consternation — these define the times in which we live.
America’s Endless Wars on Autopilot in our Endless Trumpworld
Still, I find myself wondering: If a proposed troop drawdown in Afghanistan qualifies as a “mistake”
Into the Maws of the Lost “Long War”: Trump sends Abizaid to Saudi Arabia
The Long War has now lasted twice as long as the average length of marriages in the US
Dear Elizabeth Warren: Run for President, Challenge the Blob and End the Wars
Boston (Tomdispatch.com) | – Senator Elizabeth Warren 317 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. Dear Senator Warren: As a constituent, I have noted with interest your suggestion that you will “take a hard look” at running for president in 2020, even as you campaign for reelection to the Senate next month. Forgive me for saying […]
The Irrelevance of Trump: America was a Plutocratic Nat’l Security State and Still Is
Boston ( Tomdispatch.com) – Donald Trump’s tenure as the 45th U.S. president may last another few weeks, another year, or another 16 months. However unsettling the prospect, the leaky vessel that is the S.S. Trump might even manage to stay afloat for a second term. Nonetheless, recent headline-making revelations suggest that, like some derelict ship […]
When “Infinite War” becomes a Gravy Train in the United States of Amnesia
We’re repeating the Costly Mistakes of WW I Today
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