Is the U.S. Really Getting Out of Afghanistan?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 6, 2020 President Trump may have surrendered to the Taliban, but as Truthdig columnist Danny Sjursen notes, that may not amount to the end of the conflict. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

7 Pointed Questions for Corporate Media About Their Biases

Jeff Cohen / Truthdig Jan 20, 2020 They are worth asking—and here are some of the many reasons why. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Time For a New Christmas Truce

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 25, 2019 During World War I, men on both sides defied their leaders and respective nations, if only for a moment. Let it be a lesson in 2019. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Humanity Is Riding Delusion to Extinction

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Dec 2, 2019 This has been the case since at least 1914. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Ending Endless War From the Right

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig Nov 18, 2019 A new generation of veterans may signal a profound change in America's post-9/11 forever wars. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

A Veterans Day Worth Celebrating

Maj. Danny Sjursen and Colleen Rowley Nov 11, 2019 Vets have become a prop for our political establishment. If we want to honor their fight, we should celebrate a declaration of peace. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Yes, My Fellow Soldiers Died in Vain

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig May 27, 2019 This Memorial Day, spare us the flyover jets, flag-wielding honor guards and other patriotic mush of 21st-century popular culture. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Will the U.S. Start a War Against Iran?

By Vijay Prashad / Independent Media Institute May 6, 2019 It would be yet another war in a region that has seen too much conflict in recent times. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

American Empire Killed the Prospect of Peace

William Astore / TomDispatch Mar 20, 2019 Military officials have a vision of endless war that will keep the national security state well funded—at least until our empire collapses. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

A Brief History of Our Longest, Most Futile War

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jan 30, 2019 The war in Afghanistan may finally be coming to an end. But why did it continue for so long in the first place? Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

The Silver Bullet to Stop the Corporate State Pillage

Lee Camp / Truthdig Jan 8, 2019 There actually is a way to change the world overnight. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Beyond Islamic State: The Folly of World War IV

By Andrew Bacevich / TomDispatch Dec 3, 2015 Arguing that no alternative exists to open-ended war represents not hard-nosed realism, but the abdication of statecraft. The real problem is war itself and the conviction that only through war can America remain America. Dig deeper ( 15 Min. Read )