Category: U.S.

Imperial Decline in the Strait of Hormuz

By exploring the geopolitical implications of Washington’s latest intervention in Iran, Alfred McCoy says it’s possible to imagine how Trump’s war of choice might well become Washington’s very own version of the Suez crisis. 

Silent Attacks

Israel’s zero-click spyware is profoundly unconstitutional as it is an AI version of computer hacking, which is a felony, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. But don’t expect the feds to prosecute their own.

Craig Murray: Joy at Death & Destruction

After the genocide in Gaza, and now on a far larger field in Iran, those in power in Israel and the U.S. have a lust to kill and revel in impunity. There’s an urgent need for regime change – in…

Crushing the Right to Conscientiously Object

Elizabeth Vos on the social-media suppression of information that could help U.S service people refuse to join the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran as fears grow that Trump will send ground troops into the conflict.

Vijay Prashad: The Nuclear Deception

There are no nuclear weapons in Iran. To go to war on that pretext is for Trump to follow the example of George W. Bush and his “weapons of mass destruction” in Iraq. Where were those weapons? In his imagination.

Hegseth Brags of Mass Killings

With more than 1,000 civilian deaths in Iran, the U.S. secretary of war said the U.S. has loosened the rules of military engagement. “We are punching them while they’re down, which is exactly how it should be,” he said.

Trump’s Unjust & Unconstitutional War

If the U.S. gets into the business of congressional ratification of presidentially initiated wars, it will continue the slow and inexorable normalization of presidential force, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. That’s not what the Constitution requires.