The crusade that George W. Bush launched 25 years ago to “rid the world of evil” only compounded it, writes Norman Solomon.
After 9/11, the ‘War on Terror’ Was a War of Terror
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9/11 Triggered a US Crusade of Torture
The impunity of those who orchestrated and carried out these crimes is one of the darkest legacies that will forever haunt the nation’s history, writes Norman Solomon.
Hedges Report: ‘Biggest Strategic Blunder in US History’
With its military options exhausted and China, Russia and key regional powers refusing to isolate Tehran, Washington is flailing in a war it cannot win, says John Mearsheimer.
Hormuz: US & Israel Escalated the Known Risks
Washington has converted a military operation into a strategic endurance contest in which Iran possesses an exceptionally powerful economic weapon, writes Dan Steinbock.
Patrick Lawrence: The US Seeing Itself & Others as They Are
Imagine the consequences for the empire’s managers were Americans to understand others and have some grasp of how they look upon the world.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘A Life of Intelligence’
Ex-C.I.A. analyst Ray McGovern turned 87 Tuesday. From his Bronx days, to Fordham, the U.S. Army and C.I.A., McGovern grew close to power, then became one of its fiercest critics. Watch the replay!
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Last Empire’
Abby Martin joins CN Live! to discuss her newest film, The Earth’s Greatest Enemy, about U.S. militarism, empire and environmental destruction.Watch the replay.
Paper Tiger: The US Trillion-Dollar War Machine
With its unwinnable war on Iran, the U.S. urgently needs to rethink the illegal and corrupt policy of aggressive war it has pursued since 2001, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies
The Normalcy of US Wars
A government willing to kill millions and spend trillions on war while borrowing to pay interest on borrowed money will one day collapse of its own weight; as have all empires, writes Judge Andrew Napolitano.
WATCH: Abby Martin on Standing Up to Monsters
The director of the documentary Earth’s Greatest Enemy, about U.S. empire, militarism and environmental destruction, says we aren’t angry enough.