Carlton Meyer

June 19, 2020

Supporters of the American empire proclaim the U.S. military invincible unless stabbed in the back by politicians. They say the US military won the war in Vietnam, but claim victory was lost after politicians cut off aid to South Vietnam. This is fake history. The Vietnam war was lost by 1963 after the CIA failed […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 18, 2020

President Trump’s former national security advisor John Bolton’s “tell all” book is to be released today over strong objections – and threats of prosecution – from the president. The picture Bolton paints of Trump in leaked excerpts is unflattering in the extreme – to the point of appearing almost petty. Was Bolton Trump’s biggest mistake? […]

Daniel Larison

June 18, 2020

From The American Conservative: Jeremy Shapiro wrote an interesting review of Shields of the Republic, a new book by Mira Rapp-Hooper about U.S. alliances. Dan Drezner responds to Shapiro by changing the subject to talk about the recent clash between Indian and Chinese forces in Ladakh: This is not a clash that involves US allies. […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

June 15, 2020

While tens of millions of Americans have seen their jobs disappear due to the “stay-at-home” coronavirus shutdown, the military contractor industry is moving to grab tens of billions to reimburse workers put on leave during the crisis. The actual private sector may never recover, but the military-industrial complex is eager to get back to the […]

Carlton Meyer

June 11, 2020

After World War II, African nations were officially freed from European colonial rule. This is mostly an illusion as American and European powers maintain control indirectly via the banking system, bribes, trade sanctions, coups, assassinations, and military interventions. During the Cold War, this domination of Africa was challenged as the Soviet Union funded revolutionaries. With […]

Maj. Danny Sjursen (ret.)

June 10, 2020

A deep dive into the mind of COL(R) Larry Wilkerson, his career as a U.S. Army officer to include combat in Vietnam, his close professional relationship with Colin Powell, his time at the State Department during the Bush II era, his thoughts on various conflicts to include Iraq and Syria, and his thoughts on the […]

Carlton Meyer

June 9, 2020

The American conquest of the Philippines occurred throughout 1900 as American troops gradually defeated the Philippine Army. Remnants of this army continued the fight as guerrillas in rural areas while the US Army deployed over 70,000 troops to occupy and run this new American colony. This led to armed attacks on American occupiers. The well-trained […]

Daniel Larison

June 8, 2020

From The American Conservative: Kori Schake objects to Biden’s foreign policy record on the grounds that he is not hawkish enough and too skeptical of military intervention. She restates a bankrupt hawkish view of U.S. military action: This half-in-half-out approach to military intervention also strips U.S. foreign policy of its moral element of making the […]

Ramzy Baroud and Romana Rubeo

June 7, 2020

Wafaa Aludaini is a witness to many of Gaza’s recent tragedies and also never-ending resistance. She experienced the violent Israeli occupation, the subsequent blockade on the impoverished Strip, and several wars that resulted in the death and wounding of tens of thousands of Palestinians. But none of Israel’s wars impacted Aludaini’s life as much as […]

Paul Antonopoulos

June 6, 2020

Berlin is insistent on maintaining problematic relations with Moscow by making claims against Russia. Longtime German Chancellor Angela Merkel accused Russia in the Bundestag that she was the target of Russian hackers, adding that she had concrete proof of the "outrageous" spying attempts, without actually providing any evidence. She even went on to suggest that sanctions […]