Omnicide Joe?
Whether heralded or reviled, Biden’s supposed restraint during the Ukraine war has steadily faded, with more and more dangerous escalation in its place.
America’s New Vietnam in the Middle East
And if anyone says the analogy between Vietnam and the current conflict is debatable, that’s just the point. Rather than a rush to yet more war, it’s time to have a real national debate on the subject.
Who Counts?
Tom Engelhardt explores body counts, drones and “collateral damage” in the twenty-first-century world of drone warfare. But one question reigns supreme: Who counts?
As the world watches Syria, don’t forget about Yemen
The problem isn’t that the U.S. is standing by and doing nothing while this horror unfolds. It’s much worse than that.
Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the spies who prevented a criminal US with a nuclear monopoly...
Seventy-four years ago yesterday, the U.S. dropped the first-ever atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, a non-military target of several hundred...
The winner in Afghanistan: China
Does this debacle mark the decline of Washington's world leadership?
The MADness of the resurgent US Cold War with Russia
The nuclear dangers of the war in Ukraine, the insanity of reviving a Cold War that threatens the whole world, and the urgency of dismantling the U.S.-Russian Doomsday machine before it kills us all.
The US nuked two cities in WWII and has threatened to use them often...
The threats have indeed been made, and they could potentially be more than bluffs.
Ukraine and the world order
Is the war in Ukraine all about the future of global governance?
UN halts aid operations in Gaza over security concerns amid Israeli assault
WFP Director Cindy McCain announced the decision on Sunday, highlighting the attack on two of the agency's warehouses and the injury of a staff member during an Israeli military operation.