US Wars and Military Action

USS Curtis Wilson

We Don’t Have Time to Waste on Cold Wars We Don’t Have Time to Waste on Cold Wars

The US and China are the world’s two greatest carbon emitters—if they can’t figure out how to cooperate, the future of humanity is grim.

Jun 8, 2021 / Tom Engelhardt

Guantánamo Bay

As the War Ends, So Too Must the Detention of Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Detained in Connection to It As the War Ends, So Too Must the Detention of Guantánamo Bay Prisoners Detained in Connection to It

There are 28 men still detained at Guantánamo Bay in connection with the war in Afghanistan who must be released.

May 31, 2021 / Rear Admiral (Ret.) Donald J. Guter and Rear Admiral (Ret.) John Hutson

Biden Lloyd Austin

Biden’s Pledge to Rein In Arms Deals Is Already Eroding Biden’s Pledge to Rein In Arms Deals Is Already Eroding

Backed by the weapons industry, Trump secured massive arms sales with Israel and elsewhere in the Middle East. Will Biden be different?

May 27, 2021 / William D. Hartung

Vanessa Guillen

The Military Needs A New Way to Handle Sexual Assault The Military Needs A New Way to Handle Sexual Assault

A new bill proposed by Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Joni Ernst is a good start, but it’s not enough.

May 26, 2021 / Andrea Mazzarino

Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’

Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’ Decrying Netanyahu’s ‘Racist Nationalism,’ Bernie Tells the Senate, ‘Palestinian Lives Matter’

As the UN describes Gaza as “hell on Earth,” Sanders seeks to prohibit the transfer of $735 million in new US bombs and munitions to Israel.

May 20, 2021 / John Nichols

Biden Pentagon

Foreign Wars Will Jeopardize Biden’s Rescue Plans Foreign Wars Will Jeopardize Biden’s Rescue Plans

Biden needs to learn from LBJ’s mistakes: Progressive domestic policy and hawkish foreign policy can’t coexist.

May 20, 2021 / Andrew J. Bacevich

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin

The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles The Pentagon Inflates the Chinese Nuclear Threat in a Push for New Intercontinental Missiles

Every US military service is seeking more money than before, and each one is touting the importance of their weapons in overcoming the Chinese military threat.

May 19, 2021 / Michael T. Klare

Pentagon

Joe Biden’s Pentagon Honeymoon Joe Biden’s Pentagon Honeymoon

The president’s first 100 days were a Pentagon prize.

May 14, 2021 / Mandy Smithberger

Afghanistan

Endless War Is a Feature of Our National Programming Endless War Is a Feature of Our National Programming

Let’s pull the plug on our war machine.

May 12, 2021 / William J. Astore

Afghanistan

The True Meaning of the Afghan ‘Withdrawal’ The True Meaning of the Afghan ‘Withdrawal’

Will the nightmare of Saigon’s fall return in Kabul?

May 11, 2021 / Alfred McCoy

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