While so much about the War on Terror ... turned Global War on Terrorism ... turned World War IV ... turned “infinite war” ... seems repetitious, the troops most associated with this conflict—the U.S. Special Operations forces—have seen changes galore.
Creative protests and acts of solidarity, in concert with the determination and courage of refugees, are changing politics all over the world.
In the name of the fight against terrorism, the United States is currently waging “credit-card wars” in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and elsewhere.
Spenser Rapone—dismissed by some of his classmates at West Point as the “communist cadet”—courageously confronted the military’s toxic hyper-masculinity, misogyny, racism and role as the enforcer for global capitalism.
Spenser Rapone tells how he discovered that the military he joined wasn't what Hollywood and commercials had made it out to be.
Washington need not bother to propagandize the public into supporting its global war on terrorism. By and large, people are indifferent to its very existence.
The wars in the Middle East are the worst strategic blunders in American history. But don’t expect U.S. politicians and generals to accept responsibility for the mess when they can blame it on Iran.
An examination of the threats from terror groups, as imagined in the Joint Land, Air, and Sea Strategic Special Program, offers unique clues to the Pentagon’s fears for the future.
Let us remember the last three failed efforts perpetrated by Washington and think long and hard before sleepwalking into the next catastrophe.
With the rise of a new kind of American death cult, our president might be considered the superpower version of Islamic State's leader.
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