Liz Cheney knows a thing or two about lying
The GOP hawk may lose her leadership today, but her bloody record on war and torture should have disqualified her years ago.
The GOP hawk may lose her leadership today, but her bloody record on war and torture should have disqualified her years ago.
The Michigan freshman and combat veteran says it’s time for Congress to step up and take care of this ‘low hanging fruit.’
A recent 60 Minutes piece demonstrated how ‘maximum pressure’ could have easily turned into maximum war.
Much of the reason for being in these two countries has been to keep a check on Tehran. It’s been counterproductive to say the least.
The State Department’s terrorist lists have become politicized and counterproductive.
These citizen soldiers have made up a big percentage of our fighting forces overseas for last 20 years. Time to bring them home.
‘Like it or not,’ the United States is a superpower, and according to this primacist, the military is key to preserving that order.
The forever wars of the 21st century have had a similar effect on our society as Vietnam did more than 50 years ago. Not good.
Just look at the disastrous regime wars and persecution of Muslims after 9/11 to sense where this could go.
The anniversary of Iranian Gen. Soleimani’s murder demands we take a hard look at why it was done, and the justification for it.
Decades of war, U.S. sanctions, and a hypocritical approach to human rights has left the region seething. Is Biden listening?
Until we wake up, our legacy will be arrogance and indifference, and a generation or more of lost souls.
The president has been sending out broad signals that he’s willing to plant certain landmines for the incoming president.
Both Vietnam and Iraq remain bizarrely undigested, their true meaning yet to be discerned and acknowledged.
As we look inwards to dismantle America’s legacy of racism, we must also recognize that racism and militarism abroad are mutually reinforcing.
The United States imposes sanctions on more countries than all other nations or international institutions combined.
The Trump administration and its coterie of China-bashers have been dusting off the fake-intelligence playbook Dick Cheney used to justify war with Iraq.
Since the killing of Qassem Soleimani, Iran has shifted to a custom-made strategy that mixes political and military tactics in Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq.
We don’t just need foreign policy experts, we need to challenge the foundation of the bipartisan consensus that has ravaged U.S. foreign policy.
Applying the war metaphor to counterterrorism got us a war in Iraq. Applying it to the fight against COVID-19 can have similar disastrous consequences.
China has been directing aid to Middle Eastern governments to combat COVID-19, but China’s murky past in relations with the Arab World doesn’t mean its image will improve.