Democrats and Neocons have integrated in the age of Trump, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Category: The Bush-43 Administration
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: An Extension of the US War on Terror
Nozomi Hayese looks back at the calamitous events and tyrannical forces that, since 9-11, have turned a whistleblower and her publisher into the enemies of empire.
Team Trump Failed to Bully ICC Into Dropping War Crimes Probe
Now that U.S. officials will be investigated for war crimes, the international court can expect escalating threats and retaliation by the White House, says Marjorie Cohn.
ASSANGE EXTRADITION: Indictment on Political Offense Runs Counter to Extradition Treaty
The WikiLeaks publisher was indicted for a political offense, writes Marjorie Cohn, which is forbidden by the two-nation treaty.
New Leaks Shatter OPCW’s Attacks on Douma Whistleblowers
Aaron Maté reports on new evidence of distortions in the OPCW inquiry as well as a campaign of intimidation against internal dissent.
Trump’s Bantustan-Lite Palestine Plan Shows the ‘Two State’ Solution Was Always a Lie
Trump’s “peace deal” for Israel is ludicrously one-sided and reads as pure, unadulterated zionist propaganda, writes Craig Murray.
Mosul, Epicenter of ISIS Conflict, is a Devastated Iraqi City
The population who suffered under the occupation feel they were doubly punished by the devastating conflict waged to end it, writes Mark Lattimer.
Trump Is Third President to Lie About Afghan War Success
After the deaths of 157,000 people at a cost of $2 trillion, corruption is rampant and the carnage continues, writes Marjorie Cohn.
The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 6 — US Diplomatic Cables Spark ‘Arab Spring,’ Expose Spying at UN & Elsewhere
WikiLeaks’ publication of “Cablegate” in late 2010 dwarfed previous releases in both size and impact and helped cause what one news outlet called a political meltdown for United States foreign policy.
The Human Cost of War on Iran
Left out of the frame of U.S. military strategists is the certainty of mass human suffering, a reality forgotten since the days of the Vietnam War, wrote former U.S. intelligence analyst Elizabeth Murray back in Aug. 2012.