‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ is horror in splendid color, but is it enough?
The latest cinematic telling of the classic story succeeds in conveying the futility of world war, even if we are about to unlearn that lesson.
The latest cinematic telling of the classic story succeeds in conveying the futility of world war, even if we are about to unlearn that lesson.
This is actually your great-grandfather’s non-interventionist conservatism, and it is making a comeback.
On this Memorial Day, let us reflect on the role ‘we the people’ played in our failed post-9/11 wars and the loss and damage of so many souls.
Those who fought there say they are conflicted, angry, and sad, but knew for years that Afghanistan would never be ‘won.’
Selling war and death should be no joy for any country, so halting it is a goal well worth fighting for.
If Biden wants to be “Dr. Build Back Better,” he should assume the additional role of “Dr. Curb the War Habit.”
Biden played this well, he said you can either have new weapons or you can have this old war. In the end, it wasn’t much of a contest.
The way war drives our scourges at home and exacerbates the fissures, escapes many. MLK knew better.
If you need proof that the last superpower is indeed crumbling, consider the year we’ve just lived through, not to mention the first few weeks of 2021.
Just look at the disastrous regime wars and persecution of Muslims after 9/11 to sense where this could go.
In his attempt to chart the pejorative use of the word, the author seems to be warning against too much disentanglement as well.
Where does he stand on China, Afghanistan, cronyism in the Pentagon, and America’s big footprint? We want to know.