Regime change, not disarmament, was always the driving factor behind U.S. policy towards Saddam Hussein. Powell knew this because he helped craft the original policy.
SCOTT RITTER: Powell & Iraq—Regime Change, Not Disarmament: The Fundamental Lie
Category: The Bush-43 Administration
Colin Powell: An Appraisal
Robert Parry, the founding editor of Consortium News, wrote this profile in 2004 of Colin Powell, who died at 84 of Covid-19 on Monday.
Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
Karen J. Greenberg says the past two decades have seen no accountability for the lawless U.S. policies of the war on terror.
A Different Sort of Truth
In the novel released this year, Mohamedou Ould Slahi offers a glimpse of the world he created to escape Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, writes Alexander Hartwiger.
How Corporations Won the War on Terror
Failed wars and thousands of lives lost are good for (some) business, writes William Hartung.
9/11: 20 Years Of Phony Tears
Wars were planned, writes Caitlin Johnstone. And the public was psychologically brutalized into accepting them.
Friends, Enemies & Four Failed Wars
The British public can no longer afford its governments to run reckless around the world with no heed to the long-term consequences, write Phil Miller and Mark Curtis.
Afghan Refugees’ Long Search for Sanctuary
To grant U.K. asylum was to admit the occupation was failing to provide safety, writes Phil Miller. The extent of civilian casualties only became know because of Julian Assange.
John Pilger: The Great Game of Smashing Nations
More than a generation ago, Afghanistan won its freedom, which the U.S., Britain and their “allies” destroyed.
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.