Military Industrial Complex
A modest proposal: Fire all of the post 9/11 generals
We need to rebuild the ranks of the senior officer corps with members of a new generation who know where we went wrong — and do it now.
September 11, 2021
9 11 at 20 a week of reflection
North America
How 9/11 enabled a preconceived vision of an imperial US foreign policy
An obscure Pentagon document from 1992 provided a blueprint for the ‘war on terror.’
September 11, 2021
Middle East
Day of reckoning for the media handmaidens of war
It's clear now that the invasion of Iraq and the 20-year GWOT couldn't have happened without the Fourth Estate's complicity.
September 10, 2021
Asia-Pacific
How presidents used the 2001 AUMF to justify wars unrelated to 9/11
Congress's blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
September 09, 2021
Global Crises
How 9/11 and the 'war on terror' tore the Arab world apart
The seeds of destruction were already planted with prior decades of colonialism propping up corrupt, weak governments.
September 09, 2021
Military Industrial Complex
I blew the whistle on my government after 9/11 but fear it did not matter
The first American charged under the Espionage Act after the attacks asks whether empire has permanently replaced the republic.
September 08, 2021
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