US Wars and Military Action

Trump Saudi Arms Deal

Has the United States Been Fighting the Wrong War in the Middle East? Has the United States Been Fighting the Wrong War in the Middle East?

If evidence is to be believed…

Nov 27, 2018 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed Exclusive: The Pentagon’s Massive Accounting Fraud Exposed

How US military spending keeps rising even as the Pentagon flunks its audit.

Nov 27, 2018 / Feature / Dave Lindorff

America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion

America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion America’s Post-9/11 Wars Have Cost $5.9 Trillion

Not to mention 240,000 civilian deaths and 21 million displaced. And yet a congressional commission is urging yet more money for a bloated Pentagon.

Nov 21, 2018 / Editorial / William D. Hartung

US military in Qamishli, Syria

The United States Is Militarizing the Globe The United States Is Militarizing the Globe

Still trapped in a greater Middle Eastern quagmire, the US military prepares for worldwide combat.

Nov 21, 2018 / Danny Sjursen

Putin Annual Address

Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War Russian Diplomacy Is Winning the New Cold War

Washington’s attempt to “isolate Putin’s Russia” has failed and had the opposite effect. 

Nov 21, 2018 / Stephen F. Cohen

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War

Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Cold War

A new biography of Jimmy Carter’s national-security adviser attempts to place him among the pantheon of master foreign-policy strategists, but was he?

Nov 21, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich

paul ryan finger wag

Ryan’s Republicans Are Abdicating Their Moral and Constitutional Duty on Yemen Ryan’s Republicans Are Abdicating Their Moral and Constitutional Duty on Yemen

Republicans just blocked Ro Khanna’s proposal to end all US military aid to the Saudi-led coalition that is attacking Yemen.

Nov 15, 2018 / John Nichols

border troops string barbed wire

Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’ Sending the US Army to the Border Creates ‘a War Atmosphere’

Troops will deliver anti-riot equipment to Customs and Border Protection officers, further blurring the line between military and civilian law enforcement.

Nov 14, 2018 / Ryan Harvey

Central Park Nuclear Protest

The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It. The Peace Movement Won the INF Treaty. We Must Fight to Preserve It.

In the 1980s, millions of antinuclear activists took to the streets, forcing Western governments to respond to our demands. We can do the same now.

Nov 14, 2018 / David Cortright

Afghanistan helicopter takes off

Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own Long Ago, I Hurt Families Like My Own

Afghanistan is 7,000 miles away, but there are moments when it feels like I never left.

Nov 13, 2018 / Rory Fanning

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