The Real Reason America Stopped Winning Wars

William Astore / TomDispatch Feb 5, 2020 Trump believes America doesn’t win anymore because we're not ruthless enough, but the truth is much simpler and far less bloody. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Syria’s Sunken Cost Fallacy: American Deaths Are Not a Reason to Stay

Maj. Danny Sjursen / AntiWar.com Jan 22, 2019 Attacks on the U.S. military in Syria do not justify perpetual war. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Chris Hedges and Poet Linh Dinh on the ‘Irrevocable Decline of the American Empire’ (Video)

BLANK Mar 13, 2017 The U.S. is a poor country, and Americans "refuse to see that," Dinh (pictured on right) argues in a conversation with the Truthdig columnist during a new episode of "On Contact." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Military Interventions Rarely Fulfill Their Goals

William Pfaff / Truthdig Feb 6, 2013 Military interventions by powerful nations into lesser ones, such as now continues in Mali (and Afghanistan), and is being urged by many into the Syrian civil war, are inherently reckless since even the most powerful states can have the whole project blow up on them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The End Game in Afghanistan?

By Ann Jones, TomDispatch Jan 29, 2013 Compromise, conflict or collapse. Ask an Afghan what to expect in 2014 and you’re likely to get a scenario that falls under one of those three headings. Dig deeper ( 14 Min. Read )

The Lily-Pad Strategy

By David Vine, TomDispatch Jul 17, 2012 Unknown to most Americans, Washington’s garrisoning of the planet is on the rise, thanks to a new generation of small, secretive, inaccessible bases with limited numbers of troops, spartan amenities, and prepositioned weaponry and supplies. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )