A secretive team of British troops based in Bahrain played a key role in the tense aftermath of the U.S. assassination of Qasem Soleimani, Phil Miller reports.
Trump’s Illegal Drone Strike on Iranian General Led to Award for British Troops
Category: American Empire
The Border Crisis Is Forever
Underneath the theater of partisan politics, there remains a churning border-industrial complex, Todd Miller reports.
Reminder: US Weaponizes ‘Human Rights’
In response to the sanctions imposed on Chinese officials, Caitlin Johnstone spotlights a 2007 leaked State Department memo describing the U.S. double standard for allies and adversaries.
Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion
Like the British establishment of the 1950s, current leaders of U.S. foreign policy have been on top of the world for so long that they’ve forgotten how they got there, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Blundering Biden Team
What occurred between Washington and Moscow last week, and at a hotel in Anchorage, bears a significance that we must not miss.
US Military Subverted the Afghan Peace Agreement
A former senior U.S. adviser reveals how, after Trump’s defeat, top Pentagon brass undermined his withdrawal order and pressured him to capitulate, as Gareth Porter reports.
Chris Hedges: The Evil Within Us
Those who blind themselves to their capacity for evil commit evil not for evil’s sake, but to make a better world. This collective self-delusion is the story of America.
US Intel Cartel: All Nations We Hate Interfered in Our Elections
We will never be given any solid evidence for these U.S. spy claims, writes Caitlin Johnstone. Yet U.S. foreign policy officials and mainstream news coverage of them will act as though we have.
Russiagate Rolls On, Giving Biden Political Cover
When it comes to national security reporting corporate journalists have time and again shown they are practicing something other than journalism, writes Joe Lauria.
18 Years Ago Today the US War on Iraq Began
On the anniversary, Ann Wright voices opposition to the weapons build-up against China and the construction of a $1.9 billion defense radar in her home state of Hawaii.