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President Donald Trump committed U.S. troops to an open-ended war in Afghanistan, a decision the Afghan government welcomed on Tuesday but which Taliban insurgents warned would make the country a "graveyard for the American empire".
The continuing infestation of America's body politic by neo-conservatives is resulting in some noted war hawks taking full advantage of President Donald Trump's lack of a clear-cut US foreign policy to push for something the neo-cons and their Is
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"They had found a leader, Robert E. Lee -- and what a leader! … No military leader since Napoleon has aroused such enthusiastic devotion among troops as did Lee when he reviewed them on his horse Traveller."
I haven't seen many miracles in my decades of travel around the globe, particularly not in the strife-torn Mideast.
For preachers such as Dr. Robert Jeffress to carelessly tell our President that he has some kind of divine authority to wage war against anyone he wants and in any manner he wants is unscriptural, unconstitutional, and unconscionable.
"Fool's Errand is a hidden history of America's forgotten war, laid bare in damning detail. Scott Horton masterfully retells the story of America's failed intervention, exposes how Obama's troop surge did not bring Afghanistan any closer to
Though a lot of people in my line of work (alternative economic and geopolitical analysis) tend to be accused of "doom mongering," I have to say personally I am not a big believer in "doom." At least, not in the way that the accusation insinuates.
History shows there is a repeating, almost natural progression from currency wars to trade wars to shooting wars
The mainstream media talks about nuclear war as if it is a good idea, a benign event. The country has been whipped into a war-frenzy by a corporate controlled media that thinks that World War III is actually a good idea. They scared the hell of Ameri
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The US air force subjected North Koreans to three years of 'rain and ruin'. It was a living nightmare – one that still haunts the country to this day
The US air force subjected North Koreans to three years of 'rain and ruin'. It was a living nightmare – one that still haunts the country to this day
Readers at home and abroad have brought to my attention that Thomas Goodrich is not the only historian to report crimes committed against the German people and German POWs after Germany had surrendered.
There has been much debate about whether or not North Korea possesses not only nuclear weapons, but the capabilities to fit them onto an ICBM that can accurately hit targets in Japan, Guam or the United States.
This was the week that the logic of war collided with the illogic of bubbles. So far, the bubble is winning, but that's about to change.
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President Trump climbed out on a limb and handed his enemies a saw when he announced to the world that additional threats from the North Korean dictator would result in "fire and fury."
In the headlines recently: Trump threatening North Korea of 'fire and fury' vis-a-vis the latter's most recent successful addition to its nuclear artillery, and Trump signing of the economic sanctions bill against Russia, Iran and North Korea.
Quietly, the United States has managed to turn its war on Yemen from a "leading from behind with a lot of technical assistance" program to a "if you want something done right, do it yourself" system.
Last Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed new sanctions into law against Russia, Iran, and North Korea. The legislation was supported so overwhelmingly in Congress that President Trump's ability to veto the legislation was rendered completel
The UN Security Council resolution putting more sanctions on North Korea over the weekend is fueling the flames of neocon dreams of pre-emptive war. Will they actually be so insane? Bet on it.
One of the recurring themes of broad market complacency has been traders' unwillingness to price in, or even react, to surging geopolitical risk. This morning, Goldman picks up on this conundrum, with a note by Charles Himmelberg in which Goldman's c
Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson should think about sending Kim Jong Un a gift basket. The escalating tensions between President Donald Trump and the North's impertinent boy king have, predictably, been a boon for the US military-industrial com
Readers told to make preparations for potential war...With tensions between the United States and North Korea once again on the rise, Britain's two biggest newspapers are warning citizens in the UK how to prepare for nuclear war.
Readers told to make preparations for potential war...With tensions between the United States and North Korea once again on the rise, Britain's two biggest newspapers are warning citizens in the UK how to prepare for nuclear war.
anti-war - In 2003, US-orchestrated "Rose Revolution" installed fascist puppet Mikhail Saakashvili in power...Georgia became a police state, popular opposition crushed by assassinations, mass arrests, detentions, torture, closing an opposition televi
He wants to escalate the Afghan war, invade Syria, and antagonize Russia
Media reports claim President Donald Trump let loose on his generals behind closed doors, blasting them royally for their startling failures in Afghanistan, America's longest war.
The admirable and honorable truth-teller John Pilger warns us that nuclear war is closer than we think.
Why do those inadequate little men in Washington and New York dream of new wars? Because the empire is near a tipping point.
