Tuesday, January 14, 2025

Tag: Iraq

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.

Whistleblowers, moral injury, and endless war

Was Chelsea Manning motivated by moral injury?

Mosul on my mind

What it really means to be on a “flattening” planet.

How to lose the next war in the Middle East

The short answer: Fight it!

Cassius was correct

How many Amerikans, like the good Germans in 1940, cheered the carpet bombing of Iraq, and the subsequent invasion?

President blowback

How the invasion of Iraq came home.

How Trump could easily expand the war against ISIS to the...

It’s time the Trump administration start learning the lessons of the past and stop making the same mistakes again and again.

War within war: Iraq’s Prime Minister says ‘we don’t want to...

Iraq demands that the Turkish troops withdraw from the country, terming them “occupation forces.”

Pentagon Produced Fake Terrorist Propaganda

The Pentagon contracted PR firm Bell Pottinger to create fake terrorist propaganda videos to track down the people who watched them.

The Number of U.S. Troops in Iraq Is Approaching 6,000

Likely, down the line the US will get pulled right back into Iraq, because it refuses to recognize the real power dynamics there at the level of policy rather than just of tactics.

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The Santa Ana by Joan Didion

Written by Joan Didion, The Santa Ana ("Los Angeles Notebook"/Slouching Towards Bethlehem) was published in The Saturday Evening Post in 1965.

LA wildfire victims face exploitation as landlords hike rents in violation of emergency laws

As wildfires devastate Los Angeles, landlords face accusations of illegal rent hikes, with tenant advocates calling for urgent government intervention.

Supreme Court urged to hear youth climate case after 43 lawmakers back constitutional challenge

Lawmakers support youth-led lawsuit demanding government accountability on climate policies.

Why not buy Israel, engulf it as a colony/state, then sell Ukraine to cover...

No one takes arms to protect Panama’s billions in unfair trade from our Canal. What other southern sh-t-hole place roars against the mightiest lion on earth?