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QiOSK

Trump's Venezuela oil obsession doesn't make sense

The president accused Caracas of 'stealing' the commodity and vows to take it back. First, we don't need it, second, invading for it would be a blunder.

Amanda Sloat
Europe

Pranked Biden official exposes lie that Ukraine war was inevitable

She isn't the first to admit — after the fact — that taking NATO off the table to avoid Russian invasion was considered, and dismissed

US military generals admirals
Military Industrial Complex

Slash military commands & four-stars, but don't do it halfway

Like the NSS, new Pentagon plans have decent instincts for prioritization, but so far in practice, the administration still has one foot firmly in the past

The military's dependence on our citizen soldiers is killing them
Middle East

The military's dependence on our citizen soldiers is killing them

The deaths of two American soldiers in Syria remind us that the National Guard wasn't designed to backstop policies that enable forever war

Plurality of Republicans say end US aid to Israel: poll
Washington Politics

Plurality of Republicans say end US aid to Israel: poll

A new survey shows that the GOP base is tired of funding Israeli weapons

Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza
Middle East

Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza

Journalist Mohammed Mhawish describes how total surveillance is relentlessly controlling, often lethally