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.
Year 4: Why the US Needed Russia to Invade
Category: Militarism
Year 4: UK Still Helping Ukraine Join NATO
As the war in Ukraine enters its fifth year Tuesday, Britain is running an aid project helping Kiev prepare to join NATO and opening up the country to U.K. businesses, writes Mark Curtis.
Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment
The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both America and Europe alike,” writes Joe Lauria.
Caitlin Johnstone: Dems Quietly Back War on Iran
Democratic Party leaders are doing nothing to oppose Trump’s war plans for Iran because they support those plans. They just don’t want to be the ones pulling the trigger.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Serial Buffoon at the Pentagon
Trump elevated outsiders without necessary experience to his cabinet to avoid the deep state subversion that was rampant during his first term. The “blob” responded by making some of them irrelevant.
Jeffrey Sachs: On Iran’s Comprehensive Peace Proposal
The Middle East stands at a crossroads between endless war and comprehensive peace. A framework for peace does exist. Will the U.S. finally seize it?
Dreaming of Ending Trump’s $1.5 Trn ‘Dream Military’
Not only is Donald Trump’s colossal military spending bad for the country, but it’s bad for the military and may well wreck what’s left of U.S. democracy, writes William J. Astore.
START Is Finished
As the arms treaty ends today, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists advanced its Doomsday Clock to 85 seconds to midnight, the closest it’s ever been to global thermonuclear annihilation.
Judge Dismisses Bid to End ‘Occupation’ of Minneapolis
Marjorie Cohn reports that twelve days before the execution of Alex Pretti by border patrol agents, plaintiffs asked the federal court to stop the deployment by injunction.
Now We Know Who Killed Alex Pretti
The revelation of the identities of the federal agents who shot Alex Pretti revealed a culture of law enforcement impunity amidst calls for accountability, reports Jon Queally.