As the midterm elections begin, U.S. society is stretching its existing polarization to a new extreme, writes Ramzy Baroud.
America’s Inevitable Conflict
Category: Commentary
Trump Made No Case for War on Iran
The case for each U.S. war in the Middle East over the past 35 years has had progressively weaker rationale and international support. The aggression against Iran launched Saturday has almost none of either, writes Joe Lauria.
WATCH: The World This Week — Aggression on Iran
Scott Ritter joins The World This Week to discuss the U.S. and Israel’s war of aggression to overthrow the Iranian government with no credible rationale or legal authority, unleashing a conflagration that could alter history.
Caitlin Johnstone: We Deserve Better War Propaganda
U.S. war propaganda about Iran has sunk to the level of low-caliber lies. The U.S. empire is getting more and more bold about exposing its true tyrannical nature
A Monster Movie Takes On US Militarism
Earth’s Greatest Enemy gives antiwar and climate activists a film in which to find common ground against the Pentagon, writes Corinna Barnard.
Trump’s Cruelty Is Strangling Cuba
Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.
The Price of Perfect Nihilism
The price for Donald Trump’s nihilism abroad is a government at home that fails to protect the rights of persons and respects no laws, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
Jeffrey Sachs to Trump: Give Back the Tariff Money
The White House and Congress can and should provide relief to American families who bore the costs of these illegal tariffs. The administration has the responsibility to design such relief.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: To Whom Are Our Liars Lying & What Is the Point of Their Lies?
In America’s late-imperial phase, conjured realities are preferable to reality. The creak of history’s wheel has become unbearable such that forlorn attempts to silence it are the only remaining resort.
Year 4: Why the US Needed Russia to Invade
In a moment of candor in March 2022, Joe Biden revealed why the U.S. needed the Russian invasion to launch its three-pronged, pre-meditated war on Russia, writes Joe Lauria.