Two Decades After 9/11 the Biggest Casualty is U.S. Empire

Two Decades After 9/11 the Biggest Casualty is U.S. Empire

The nefarious project ended in abysmal failure because of its innate criminality. “At the end of the 20th century, the United States bestrode the world like a colossus. We had no military or economic peers, and our ideological victory over the antagonists of liberal democracy seemed total. September 11 changed all this,” noted the Brookings…

East vs. West: Two Approaches to Dealing with Extremism

East vs. West: Two Approaches to Dealing with Extremism

The New York Times in its September 3, 2021 article, “New Zealand Police Kill ‘Extremist’ Who Stabbed 6 in ISIS-Inspired Attack,” would report that a Sri Lankan national injured 6 people before being shot to death by police.  The article revealed that the suspect arrived in New Zealand in 2011 and has been “known to…

Afghanistan Recessional: Will It Lead to a War With Iran?

Afghanistan Recessional: Will It Lead to a War With Iran?

To recover politically Biden and his team must do something kinetic that will be cheered on by the public, which means risky or particularly bold. The evacuation of Americans and at least some vulnerable Afghans from Kabul has ended without further mishap, though questions remain about who might have been left behind in the poorly…

Here Come the Terrorists. Again

Here Come the Terrorists. Again

The search for new enemies will continue no matter who is president or which party dominates congress, Phil Giraldi writes. President Joe Biden is being praised in some circles because he finally ended the war in Afghanistan that in all likelihood should never have begun. President George W. Bush initiated the conflict on a series…