Maj. Danny Sjursen: Dissent Is Patriotic (Audio)
March 25, 2018
From TruthDig.com: Truthdig Editor in Chief Robert Scheer meets with Truthdig columnist Maj. Danny Sjursen, a United States Army officer who served tours with reconnaissance units in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sjursen’s memoir, “Ghost Riders of Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge,” offers an incisive critique of the war in Iraq. Major Danny […]
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Mike Pompeo and the Missiles of Spring
March 25, 2018
Secretary of State-designate Mike Pompeo will walk into his confirmation hearings, and soon after that his first day of work, confronting the missiles of spring. In one case President Donald Trump and Pompeo signal they want to back away from an Obama-era nuclear deal with Iran, while in the other both men seem intent on […]
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John Bolton, Cheerleader for the MEK
March 24, 2018
Originally appeared on The American Conservative February 28, 2018. Robin Wright reviews Bolton’s awful record, including his enthusiasm for the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK): Bolton has also long backed a cultlike Iranian opposition group, the Mujahideen-e Khalq, or M.E.K., which has been held responsible for the murder of multiple American military personnel, a kidnapping attempt of […]
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It’s a Free Country, and the Future of War
March 24, 2018
Two more anecdotes from my dad’s war letters involve the nature of military life and the future of war. In June 1945 my dad wrote about female nurses assigned to his post at Fort Jackson, South Carolina. He noted that: “The nurses on the Post have been going out with enlisted men. They [the authorities] […]
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Ron Paul on Bolton to the White House – Pre-Emptive War on the Way?
March 23, 2018
President Trump’s shocking decision to appoint arch-neocon John Bolton to be his National Security Advisor has us wondering whether the old discredited GW Bush policy of “pre-emptive” war is back on the menu. Not only did Bolton help lie us into the Iraq war…he still thinks it was a really good idea! He has published […]
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If John Bolton Is Right, Pearl Harbor Was Perfectly Legal
March 23, 2018
John Bolton, President Trump’s new (and improved) National Security Advisor argues a nuclear first strike against North Korea is "legal." I am just a country lawyer, but I read the Nuremberg Judgments to condemn aggressive war. Hitler was allegedly guilty of aggressive war when he launched first strikes against other countries. The USA hanged some […]
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The U.S. War in Afghanistan is Unwinnable
March 22, 2018
I gave a talk about the Afghan war at Middle East Books and More in Washington, D.C. on March 4. Cross-posted at Stress.
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They Lied Us Into War, All of Them
March 22, 2018
And I don’t just mean Iraq War II. A friend wanted a list, so I whipped one up real quick. Gulf of Tonkin 1967: McNamara knew it was a mistake before LBJ used it as an excuse to escalate. Daniel Ellsberg’s firsthand account from inside the Pentagon: http://www.pbs.org/pov/mostdangerousman/excerpt-ellsberg-memoir/2/ (Gareth Porter says Mac kept the truth […]
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The Zionist Tango – Step Left, Step Right: Gideon Levy
March 22, 2018
Delivered to The Israel Lobby and American Policy 2018 conference March 2, 2018 at the National Press Club The Israel Lobby and American Policy conference was solely sponsored by the American Educational Trust, publisher of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, and the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy (IRmep). This is a rush […]
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