Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World Lessons From the Long War and a Blowback World
Will today's US-armed ally be tomorrow's enemy?
Oct 19, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Is America Hooked on War? Is America Hooked on War?
The United States is coming ever closer to a state that matches the Orwellian slogan from 1984: war is peace.
Sep 17, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Rohrabacher to Iraqis: Be More Grateful! Rohrabacher to Iraqis: Be More Grateful!
The House Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight met today to discuss issues of sovereignty and stability in Iraq ranging from the country's longst...
Sep 17, 2009 / Blog / Chris Hayes
GI Joe, Post-American Hero GI Joe, Post-American Hero
Why is it that GI Joe--like all action figures in all action movies of this moment--has left the all-American battlefield for outer, or future or alternate space?
Aug 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Tom Engelhardt
Biking Out of Iraq Biking Out of Iraq
Reflections on troops that don't depart, experts who never leave the scene, an Air Force that suddenly wasn't there and a war that no longer needs justification.
Aug 13, 2009 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland Warehousing Soldiers in the Homeland
A single platoon lost in a military limbo is a measurement of the stress under which the US Army now operates.
Aug 10, 2009 / Feature / Dahr Jamail and Sarah Lazare
Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire Three Good Reasons to Liquidate Our Empire
The United States no longer has the capability to remain a global hegemon, and to pretend otherwise is to invite disaster.
Jul 31, 2009 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson
Deep-Sixing the F-22 Deep-Sixing the F-22
The news that Congress might terminate production of topline fighter jets comes as a considerable victory for President Obama and Defense Secretary Gates.
Jul 22, 2009 / Column / Robert Scheer
Remembering Robert McNamara Remembering Robert McNamara
The former secretary of defense presided over the deaths of millions--and was one of the only officials to publicly express regret.
Jul 7, 2009 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
How to Deal with America’s Empire of Bases How to Deal with America’s Empire of Bases
As Congress and Obama wrangle over the cost of much-needed domestic expenditures, no one suggests that closing some of these unpopular, expensive imperial enclaves might be a good ...
Jul 2, 2009 / Feature / Chalmers Johnson