The official lies that undergird low-intensity warfare are wearing thin as Tehran challenges the underlying assumptions of the doctrine, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
Iran Challenges US Doctrine of Low-Intensity Warfare
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Judge Convicts US-Trained Pinochet Agents for ’76 Murder
A 25-year-old American was killed, along with the former Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier, as part of Operation Condor, a secret U.S.-backed campaign of terror against Latin American leftists, Brett Wilkins reports.
Vijay Prashad: AI & the US War on Iran
The Iranian schoolhouse in Minab stands as a warning that goes beyond a single strike, or company, or war. It warns of a future in which technological power advances faster than public accountability.
Chris Hedges: Israel’s Game Is Up
PATRICK LAWRENCE: In Praise of Defeat
After a day’s talks with Iran, J.D. Vance’s claims to progress seem flimsy even by the slack standards the U.S. sets for itself these days in its diplomatic endeavors.
Chris Hedges: The Joke Is On Us
The retreat into satirical attacks on Trump and his supporters fuels the solidification of fascism.
A Republic or an Empire?
Andrew P. Napolitano on the form of government U.S. citizens will be celebrating next month, on the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
US Govt Plans to Crush Anti-AI ‘Extremism’
WIRED Magazine has reviewed leaked documents showing how, as the Trump administration prepares for AI to cause a wave of social unrest, it is already using the technology to suppress anti-AI “extremism,” Alan MacLeod reports.
Strait of Hormuz: A Constant in Iranian History
Long before it became the jugular vein of the modern global economy, this narrow waterway was the sacred and strategic maritime gateway to the Persian empire, writes M. Reza Behnam.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trans–Pacific Paskudniks
Is Beijing preparing for war? Of course: It has no choice. But the war it is bracing to wage is one the United States seems intent on provoking. The Chinese have no other such plans.