Confronting the Civilian-Military Disconnect Confronting the Civilian-Military Disconnect
We have a society that on the one hand has become comfortable with war, and on the other hand wants to distance itself from it as much as possible.
Jun 2, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Ending the US War in Yemen Ending the US War in Yemen
Under the guise of counterterrorism measures, the US continues to intervene in an ongoing ethnic civil war in Yemen.
Jun 1, 2012 / Tom Hayden
What to Do About Syria What to Do About Syria
The United States ought to back off.
Jun 1, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
A Drone-Eat-Drone World A Drone-Eat-Drone World
Its ‘roadmap’ in tatters, the Pentagon takes a detour to Terminator Planet.
May 31, 2012 / Nick Turse
Hope Burning Hope Burning
So now we have Rambo Obama, a steely warrior who hurls death-dealing drones at anyone who threatens the good old USA. Including children.
May 31, 2012 / Robert Scheer
Xerxes’s Nukes Xerxes’s Nukes
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Iran’s long wait for nuclear weapons.
May 30, 2012 / Bob Dreyfuss
The Golden Age of Special Operations The Golden Age of Special Operations
Globalizing the “Global War on Terror.”
May 29, 2012 / Andrew J. Bacevich
Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare Jeremy Scahill: A Short History of Drone Warfare
The new trajectory of USÂ warfare.
May 25, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
How to Forget on Memorial Day How to Forget on Memorial Day
Whistling past the graveyard of empires.
May 24, 2012 / Tom Engelhardt
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole