From Saigon to Kabul, a half century of American misadventures
A veteran war correspondent recalls the ignorance, poor judgement, exceptionalism, and hubris in all of our interventions.
A veteran war correspondent recalls the ignorance, poor judgement, exceptionalism, and hubris in all of our interventions.
The ‘reluctant warrior’ said he thought he would ‘have an aneurysm’ after her full-throated plea for military action in Bosnia.
Special forces veteran-turned-investigative journalist explains how drones became the ‘unblinking eye’ waiting for Afghans to ‘f-ck up.’
A New York-based group linked to AIPAC organized a meeting there promoting diplomatic relations with the Jewish state.
There still might be justice for three detainees who say private interrogators were on site and complicit in the heinous acts.
Congress’s blank check helped launched conflicts, many currently ongoing, that have nothing to do with the terrorist attacks.
The findings come as a separate study estimates the US has so far spent $8 trillion.
But it was a trap laid by Osama bin Laden that only Washington could spring. And it did.
The US military role in Afghanistan is over, but the costs will continue to mount as the forever wars rage on.
In new book, Spencer Ackerman shows how the post-9/11 Global War on Terror gave us neither the peace or stability it promised.
When the US military was done using the Sunni ‘Sons of Iraq’ they literally turned their iris scans over to the Shia government.
With no end in sight and violence under the radar but ongoing, this is one ‘forever war’ that Biden risks perpetuating.
The next step — passing the full Congress — seems closer than ever, which would end a 20-year-run for this much abused authority.
The move only serves to reinforce America’s forever wars.
Officials have announced an ‘end’ to the combat mission, but this appears to be a shift in definitions rather than a real withdrawal.
The War on Terror-era neocon is at it again, scolding America for withdrawing from Afghanistan and advocating we stay in the game.
Will the departure of some 3,000 American troops from Afghanistan be a harbinger of a more fundamental realignment of U.S. Middle East security policy?
If Congress wants to vote on a new war against Iran, it should summon the political courage to do so.
Known for his swagger and jingoistic approach to the job, the former Secretary of Defense later became a symbol of Iraq War failure.
The circularity of the rationale for keeping troops in region should be obvious by now.
It will take much more than repealing AUMFs to stop the president from making unilateral decisions to wage war.