Tag: Afghanistan
Prince of darkness: Blackwater’s founder promotes a dangerous solution to America’s...
“I grew up around the auto industry. Customers would say to my dad, ‘We have this need.’ He would then use his own money to create prototypes to fulfill those needs. He took the ‘If you build it they will come’ approach.” —Erik Prince
Why does Donald Trump insist on more military spending?
Americans are tired of war, yet Donald Trump’s budget sends an unfortunate but clear message.
Another troop surge in America’s longest war
100,000 troops couldn't stabilize Afghanistan. What can an extra 5,000 win, besides more casualties?
Will you enlist in Trump’s war?
If Trump can't tell us why his new strategy will work, we should tell him "No!"
Kabul bomb blast kills at least 90 people. We need to...
We may never know who is to blame, nor, sadly, are we likely to learn the names and the life stories of the victims.
The tragedy of forced displacement
The solutions to this major crisis, and indeed many of our problems, would naturally flow from the recognition of the fact that we are brothers and sisters of one humanity.
More U.S. troops, airstrikes could soon be headed to Afghanistan
An estimated increase of 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers may be deployed.
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Israelis invade Syria: Who will stop Israel?
Israel's latest land-grab in Syria, and the UN and the rest of the world's inability to stop Israel from ignoring and violating the UN Charter, the Geneva Conventions and the Genocide Convention.
Luigi Mangione and Daniel Penny display the scale of acceptance for vigilante violence
The contrast in how Penny and Mangione have been covered in the media and treated by the elite show that vigilante violence actually is acceptable in America when carried out against those with little to no agency.
Trump’s pick to lead federal housing agency has opposed efforts to aid the poor
Such views would seemingly place Turner at odds with the core work of HUD, a sprawling federal agency that serves as a backstop against homelessness for millions of the nation’s poor, elderly and disabled.
The world’s four legacy empires going down
In a future full of signs that the four empires that have long dominated our world are all crumbling.