Mel Packer: Manifesto on Violence
We are being inundated by media and government condemnation of the “violence” committed in Ferguson in response to the Grand Jury’s failure to indict Darren Wilson for murdering Michael Brown. … Continue reading
Video: Noam Chomsky — The current confrontation between US and Russia
Published on Nov 7, 2014 How did Russia and the West slip back into what seems like the Cold War all over again? How dangerous is the current confrontation? Should … Continue reading
In Iraq, That Dog Don’t Hunt
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
That President Don’t Hunt? W.J. Astore News that President Obama has doubled the number of American troops (whoops — I mean advisers) in Iraq…
Doug Anderson: What Combat Veterans Know
There is a war inside the war that only combat veterans know. They’re not being mysterious when they talk and seem to leave you out. They’d prefer it weren’t that … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: In Transit
on the train between Prague and Vienna I wanted to compose a poem something in a holy moment less than the Elevation at the Mass of course but still filled … Continue reading
Tom Engelhardt: Afghanistan mi amor
From the beginning, it was to be “Russia’s Vietnam.” First the administration of President Jimmy Carter, then that of President Ronald Reagan was determined to give the Soviet Union a … Continue reading
William J. Astore: Investing in Junk Armies
Why American Efforts to Create Foreign Armies Fail ~ In June, tens of thousands of Iraqi Security Forces in Nineveh province north of Baghdad collapsed in the face of attacks … Continue reading
Peter Van Buren: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Seven Worst-Case Scenarios in the Battle with the Islamic State. You know the joke? You describe something obviously heading for disaster — a friend crossing Death Valley with next to … Continue reading
Peter Certo: Obama’s Dumb War
The president is now poised to leave behind a Middle East quagmire much like the one he was elected to end. No Exit Strategy. (OtherWords cartoon by Khalil Bendib) If … Continue reading
Endless Flow of Weapons Fuels Endless War in Iraq and Syria
New report shows how flood of munitions from across the globe, including the United States, are making peace impossible in Middle East. Ammo casings found in Iraq and Syria. Top, … Continue reading
Tim Holmes: 7 arguments against war in Iraq and Syria
Originally posted on Tim Holmes:
1. It won’t work – and is likely to backfire. “What’s the harm of bombing them at least for a few weeks and seeing what…
George Monbiot: Let’s Bomb the Whole Middle East
Footage released by the Pentagon shows a target being hit by U.S. missiles inside Syria. Let’s bomb the Muslim world – all of it – to save the lives of … Continue reading
What Americans Value
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
There’s no shortage of tanks in the USA W.J. Astore A sentiment attributed to Vice President Joe Biden is, Show me what’s in your…
W.J. Astore: Kicking the Vietnam Syndrome
Originally posted on The Contrary Perspective:
President George H.W. Bush, fist clenched, ready to smack down the Vietnam Syndrome W.J. Astore The Vietnam Syndrome refers to an alleged reluctance on…