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Trump Confirms U.S. Is Israel’s “Protector”

September 30, 2020

For many years the security framework in the Middle East has been described as a bilateral arrangement whereby Washington gained access to sufficient Saudi Arabian oil to keep the energy market stable…

Hyperinflation, Fascism and War: How the New World Order May Be Defeated Once More

September 23, 2020

History

While the world’s attention is absorbed by tectonic shifts unfolding across America as “a perfect storm of civil war, and military coup threatens to undo both the elections and the very foundations of…

Blood and Oil: Saudi Palace Gossip, Orientalism and MbS’s Invisible War

September 23, 2020

Books

It was the enduring image from Donald Trump’s 2017 visit to Saudi Arabia, in his first trip abroad as president of the United States. In it, Trump appeared alongside Saudi Arabia’s King Salman and Egy…

Are the Forever Wars Really Ending?

September 18, 2020

Opinion

“There is no… sound reason for the United States to continue sacrificing precious lives and treasure in a conflict not directly connected to our safety or other vital national interests.” So said Will…

Trump’s Anti-War Rhetoric Is Smoke and Mirrors

September 15, 2020

Opinion

If Trump’s words about his dislike for war and US troops fighting ‘forever wars’ matched his actions, there would be no American soldiers in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Nor would he still be sell…

Trump and the Troops

September 14, 2020

Opinion

My father enlisted in the Army to fight in World War II. He was 19 or 20 years old, and he wanted to defeat the Nazis. He was one of a million other young Americans to sign up that year. But my father…

You Can Have Peace or The US Empire. You Can’t Have Both

September 5, 2020

Opinion

Just in the last few days Israel has reportedly dropped cluster munitions and white phosphorus on southern Lebanon, bombed Gaza, and fired missiles on Damascus, because Israel is a nation whose existe…

Afghanistan: No End of Failure in Sight

August 31, 2020

Opinion

As the recent events in Afghanistan and the actions of the United States show, resolving this conflict in the country is becoming more and more problematic in the coming years. Unfortunately, we have …