Friday, April 4, 2025

Imperial president or emperor with no clothes?

Could Donald Trump’s trade wars lead to a Great Depression?

White House Provides Suspiciously Low Total of Civilian Drone Strike Deaths

A newly released report puts the death toll at no more than 116 for civilians killed by drones. So why do watchdog groups estimate the real number as up to 1,000?

Libya, Syria, Ukraine – one script, three stories

The fundamental ploy in Libya, Syria and Ukraine was the same: rile up the population and then stage a coup in the midst of chaos, while claiming to liberate the people.

‘It is like an Apocalypse:’ Amnesty International finds Israel is deliberately undertaking Genocide against...

The organization joins several other international bodies in coming to that conclusion, and it is one that I endorsed in my recent book, Gaza Yet Stands.

ISIS Responsible to Brussels Attacks

At least 32 people have been killed and over 230 people injured in Brussels’ Zaventem airport and a metro station this morning after two bombs went off. ISIS claims responsibility.

The Pentagon budget still rising, 40 years later

The rationale for spending more than $700 billion a year on the Pentagon—and well over $1.2 trillion for national security writ large—simply does not exist.

On Memorial Day, U.S. Troops Are at War With Islamic State Near Mosul

The line of the Obama administration had been that US troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria were only trainers and advisors. But US forces have exceeded that role.
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“Mayhem”: Chaotic scenes at Kabul airport as suicide bombs kill 110+ Afghans & U.S....

Thursday was the deadliest day for U.S. forces in Afghanistan in a decade.

Donald Trump meets the heir apparent of the Saudi throne: Oil boycott or bromance?

Trump is dedicated to keeping petroleum profitable as long as possible. This stance pleases Saudi Arabia.

U.S. sanctions on Afghanistan could be deadlier than 20 years of war

The collective punishment of Afghans is hideously wrong -- and the Biden administration can ease it with the stroke of a pen.