Endless War category archive
War and Mongers of War 0
Leon Anderson points out that the United States has pursued a de facto policy of almost perpetual war, all undeclared and some secret and covert, for decades.
If you include President Carter’s failed attempt to rescue the American hostages in Iran, every President since Eisenhower–who left office warning us of the “military-industrial comples”–has sent American soldiers into harm’s way, often for made-up reasons. Anderson explores the cost of America’s continual wars. A snippet:
In terms of financial cost, the numbers are staggering. Afghanistan alone has cost a trillion dollars. Just think what we might have accomplished at home if that money had been spent on education, job training, medical research, infrastructure improvements, water purification and sanitation. You can add to this list. It’s all important, but taking a backseat to our military funding.
War for the Sake of War? 0
In the Des Moines Register, a career military officer approaches retirement and wonders whether his was a misspent career. An excerpt:
War and Mongers of War 0
Farron fears another War for a Lie in Somewhere.
The Art of the Con, Undealt Dept. 0
Thom and Scott Ritter discusses Donald Trump’s un-dealing the Iran Nuclear Peace Deal.
I would add that tension between the U. S. and Iran goes much farther back than 1979.
The Cycle of Strife 0
(Syntax error fixed and that was a new one for me. If you use carets even surrounded by quotation marks in the alt-text for an image, they can still affect the markup.)
Plus ca Change 0
Thom sees echoes of the past in what’s happening at our southern border.
Granted, Thom’s concern may seem alarmist, until you remember that it has precedent.
Presidential Participation Trophy 0
Will Bunch suggests that President George the Worst does not deserve to receive an award that has variously been shared by Nelson Mandela, Malala Yousafzai, and Rep. John Lewis.
Methinks he has a point.
(Broken link fixed.)
“Lessons Learned . . .” 0
. . . and, as Shaun Mullen points out, they were the wrong damned lessons.
Swampwater 0
President George the Worst’s mercenaries are back in the news.
War and Mongers or War 0
Thom and Juan Cole discuss whether it’s thinkable that Donald Trump may join with the Neocons to foment a war with Iran so as to turn the focus away from his own conduct.
Rogue State 0
I believe that, in pulling out of the Iran Agreement, Donald Trump has signaled other nations, friend and foe, that the word of the government of the United States of America can no longer be trusted . . .
War and Mongers of War 0
Thom and a caller discuss the potential for Bolton into a war.
They Are Not Bases . . . 0
. . . they are “forward operating zones.
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