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Archives: War
If the world doesn’t stop Chemical Massacres at Syria, who is Next?
By Michelle Bentley | (The Conversation) | - - Seven years into its catastrophic conflict, Syria has witnessed yet another major chemical strike. This time the target was the rebel-held city of…
From Dead Spies to Dead Syrian Villagers, Russian Denialism on Chemical Attacks
By Brian Whitaker | ( Al-Bab.com) | - - Russia's RT links the Skripal poisoning to British jealousy over hosting of the World Cup There's something uncannily familiar about Russia's propaganda antics…
Yes, Newsweek & RT, Syria’s Regime uses Chemical Weapons
By Brian Whitaker | ( al-Bab.com) | - - False claims in the UN security council: Syria's Bashar Ja'afari At a meeting [last month] of the UN security council Syria claimed the…
Britain may join US strikes against Syria if chemical weapon use proven
Middle East Monitor | - - UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson told BBC radio "If we know that it has happened, and we can demonstrate it, and if there is a proposal…
Let’s remember the Schoolchildren US & Russian bombs are killing, too
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The US-backed Saudi-led war on Yemen is keeping two million children out of school (Yemen is a country of 27 million). Worse, schools…
The Hidden Costs of America’s Perpetual Wars
By Stephanie Savell | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - I’m in my mid-thirties, which means that, after the 9/11 attacks, when this country went to war in Afghanistan and Iraq in what President…
The US is near to Turning a Corner in Afghanistan etc. and always Will be
By Tom Engelhardt | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - If you’re in the mood, would you consider taking a walk with me and, while we’re at it, thinking a little about America’s…
US Pentagon will Keep fighting in Syria until they win the Vietnam War
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - Vietnam: it’s always there. Looming in the past, informing American futures. A 50-year-old war, once labeled the longest in our history, is still…
12 Strong. The Inside Story on the Making of a (Refreshingly Accurate) Hollywood War Epic
By Brian Glyn Williams (with Julie Romei) | (Informed Comment) | - - When I received a phone call from a representative for famed producer Jerry Bruckheimer to visit the remote mountains…
Trump Admin flooding Planet with high Tech Weapons; What could Go Wrong?
By William D. Hartung | (Tomdispatch.com ) | - - As Donald Trump might put it, major weapons contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin cashed in “bigly” in his first year…
From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less with More
By Nick Turse | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - At around 11 o’clock that night, four Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talons, turboprop Special Operations aircraft, were flying through a moonless sky from Pakistani…
The Map: Costs of 76 ongoing American Wars
By Tom Engelhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - He left Air Force Two behind and, unannounced, “shrouded in secrecy,” flew on an unmarked C-17 transport plane into Bagram Air Base, the largest…
When Will America’s Wars have their Harvey Weinstein Moment?
By Andrew J. Bacevich | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - What makes a Harvey Weinstein moment? The now-disgraced Hollywood mogul is hardly the first powerful man to stand accused of having abused women.…
Will the Mideast’s New Power Matrix spark Iran-Saudi War?
Mohammed Nuruzzaman | (Informed Comment) | - - Tensions often run high in the Middle East beating the drums of war and violence. This has been the case since at least 2003,…
The War on Children in Yemen: UNICEF
Middle East Monitor | - - Millions of children are in desperate need of humanitarian assistance in Yemen, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa said in a press…
What if the US never fell for al-Qaeda’s trap & avoided ‘War on Terror’?
By Danny Sjursen | ( Tomdispatch.com) | - - “Of all manifestations of power, restraint impresses men most.” -- Thucydides You’ve heard the platitude that hindsight is 20/20. It’s true enough and,…
The Falsehood of Trump’s ‘Precision Strikes’ and ‘Clean Wars’
By Paul Rogers | ( OpenDemocracy.net) | - - Trump's worldview promises low-cost military success. The blasting apart of civilian lives in Iraq says otherwise. Many previous columns in this series focus…
The Saudi-US war on Yemen is killing 130 Children a Day & Other Bleak Statistics
By Juan Cole | (Informed Comment) | - - The Saudi-led coalition is waging total war on Yemen in a bid to defeat the guerrilla group, the Houthis or the Helpers of…