Trump Turns on Pakistan

Trump Turns on Pakistan

Henry Kissinger rightly noted that it’s often more dangerous being an ally of the United States than its enemy. The latest victim of this sad truism is Pakistan, a loyal ally of the US since the dawn of our era. President Donald Trump’s visceral hatred of Muslims (never mind what kind, or why, or where)…

2018 Looks Like an Arms Bonanza

2018 Looks Like an Arms Bonanza

As Donald Trump might put it, major weapons contractors like Boeing, Raytheon, and Lockheed Martin cashed in “bigly” in his first year in office. They raked in tens of billions of dollars in Pentagon contracts, while posting sharp stock price increases and healthy profits driven by the continuation and expansion of Washington’s post-9/11 wars. But…

Trump’s S***Hole Comment Encapsulates America’s Perpetually Racist Foreign Policy

Trump’s S***Hole Comment Encapsulates America’s Perpetually Racist Foreign Policy

Critics of US President Donald Trump were quick to point out that his alleged use of the term “s***hole countries” to describe Haiti and some African nations does not reflect what all Americans think of the rest of the world. And they are correct. There are indeed millions of Americans who feel genuinely disgusted that…