Alfred W. McCoy says victory is no longer in the American bloodstream.
Category: Pakistan
America’s Imperial Expenditures & Escapades Stranger Than Fiction
Danny Sjursen says that when a war-state is constantly shuffling and substituting enemies it is bound, eventually, to turn on its own citizens.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Craig Murray: Your Man in the Public Gallery: Assange Hearing—Day Two
Former British diplomat Craig Murray was in the public gallery at Old Bailey for Julian Assange’s hearing and here is his report on Tuesday’s events.
What Will Lula Do?
Pepe Escobar says revelations of major money laundering in Brazil give the former president an opening to go for broke.
Nuclear Testing, Never Again
Congress must step in and slam the door shut on the idea of resuming nuclear testing, especially if its purpose is to threaten other countries, writes Daryl G. Kimball.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Those Torture Drawings in the NYT
In 2002, John Kiriakou captured the Guantanamo prisoner who drew those sickening pictures. Abu Zubaydah has a constitutional right to face his accusers in court, or be released, Kiriakou says.
Moral Injury & America’s Endless Conflicts
Arnold R. Isaacs reports on a symposium hosted by the U.S. Special Operations Command on a subject that remains controversial within the military, but is gaining recognition.
WATCH: CN Live! Episode 8 on Three Crises: in Britain, Italy and Kashmir, with Pakistan’s UN Ambassador
The 8th episode of CN Live! looked at three political crises: the drama unfolding in Westminster over Brexit; the new cabinet in Italy and India’s attempt to annex Kashmir.
History Runs in Zig-Zags: Crisis in Kashmir, Hope in Argentina
As one door bangs shut in Kashmir, another opens in Argentina, writes Vijay Prashad.
The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 2 —The Leak That ‘Exposed the True Afghan War’
The Afghan Diaries set off a firestorm when it revealed the suppression of civilian casualty figures, the existence of an elite U.S.-led death squad, and the covert role of Pakistan in the conflict, as Elizabeth Vos reports.