invasion

40 Years Later: Remembering the US Invasion of Grenada

Amy Li Baksh / NACLA Oct 25, 2023 In the throes of the Cold War, a tiny Caribbean island dared to wage a revolutionary experiment. As the Revo imploded, the United States invaded. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

Racism Is Part of the New York Times’ Brand

Jacob Bacharach / Truthdig Aug 12, 2019 It’s not just that the Gray Lady is soft on Donald Trump. The paper and its editors view conservative whites as the only true Americans. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Pressed Aides on Venezuela Invasion, U.S. Official Says

JOSHUA GOODMAN / The Associated Press Jul 4, 2018 After the president in a 2017 meeting suggested an invasion, administration officials explained how military action could backfire. However, Trump later pursued the issue with Latin American leaders and others. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tom Hayden on Iraq: Beyond the Horizon, the Storm

Tom Hayden / Truthdig Oct 28, 2016 From the archives: In 2006, the social activist warned that an increasingly mainstream anti-war movement can be prone to loss of focus. Dig deeper ( 8 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 )

Former Defense Intelligence Head Admits Islamic State Would Not Exist If Bush Hadn’t Invaded Iraq

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2015 Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn speaks out about how U.S. foreign policy has helped create and foster the growth of global terrorism. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Advice Too Secret to Ignore

By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch Mar 20, 2014 Col. Manners answers questions on CIA practices, proper cyberwar behavior, and invasion etiquette. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Study: Climate Change Means More Violence

By Tim Radford, Climate News Network Aug 2, 2013 As planetary temperatures rise, so does the likelihood of murder, rape and domestic violence, as well as civil war, ethnic bloodshed and invasion, the collapse of government and even the collapse of civilization, a new exhaustive study shows. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Mission Accomplished for Big Oil?

By Greg Muttitt, TomDispatch Aug 23, 2012 Big Oil has replaced U.S. troops in Iraq, and the country’s oil output, crippled for decades, is growing again, with Iraq recently reclaiming the number two position in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries. Now there’s talk of a new world petroleum glut. So is this finally mission accomplished? Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

What Obama’s Nuclear Weapons Conference Missed

William Pfaff / Truthdig Apr 14, 2010 The specific inspiration for weapons proliferation among vulnerable Third World states is the desire to have a nuclear deterrent against invasion or attack by the United States (or in the Iran case, Israel), or by some other nation in the future. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Georgia Wags the Dog

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2010 Call it reckless and/or call it propaganda: A Georgian newscast used footage of Russian troops crossing Georgia's borders in 2008 to present a "simulation" of possible events, including Russian tanks en route to the capital and the killing of the nation's president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Blair Would Have Invaded Iraq Even Without WMD Issue

Staff / Truthdig Dec 12, 2009 No longer in public office, Tony Blair has acknowledged in a BBC interview that he would have invaded Iraq and disposed of Saddam Hussein with or without evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )