A politically embattled President Trump is under pressure to reverse his campaign promise to finally bring U.S. troops home and instead commit to open-ended wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, writes Gareth Porter for Middle East Eye.
Category: Trump Administration
The Glorious Return of Condi Rice
Deeper into the Afghan ‘Big Muddy’
The Scandal Hidden Behind Russia-gate
Complexities of a ‘Post-Truth’ Era
Watergate Redux or ‘Deep State’ Coup?
The Silent Slaughter of the US Air War
European Union’s Democracy Dilemma
Exclusive: The European elites want the European Union as a means for controlling the Continent’s economies, but that often requires overriding the popular will of nation states, a dilemma for “democracy,” explains Andrew Spannaus.
Turning Gen. Flynn into Road Kill
Dems Still Blaming Others for Trump
Failed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton suggests she would have gone to war in Syria by now, but Democrats still can’t grasp why some “peace” voters defected to third parties, as Nat Parry explains.