Michael Brenner considers the latest round of disputes over the latest presidential elections in Afghanistan.
The Not-So-Great ‘Great Game’
Category: Until This Day–Historical Perspectives on the News
The War in Afghanistan Is a Fraud (and Now We Have Proof)
The Establishment has stopped talking about the Afghanistan Papers, but Lee Camp’s searing humor isn’t letting go.
Trump’s Twitter Threat to Destroy Iran’s Cultural Sites is a Historic Mistake
By threatening Iran’s cultural heritage, Trump puts himself in history’s club of barbarians, writes David J. Wasserstein.
US Empire’s Passion for Iraqi Democracy Magically Disappears
This is, of course, because the invasion of Iraq had nothing whatsoever to do with democracy, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Misreading Victory: US After the Cold War
Andrew Bacevich highlights some of the world-shaping developments that Washington policy elites overlooked back in 1989, when the U.S. was intoxicated by a belief in its own omnipotence.
The USA’s Slavish Saudi Allegiance Against Iran
The assassination of a top Iranian general reflects a U.S. foreign policy tied to Saudi interests, says Craig Murray.
Qassem Suleimani Air Strike Escalates US Assassination Policy
The killing of the Iranian general signals an escalation in the U.S. policy of assassination and targeted killing, says Luca Trenta.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: ‘As the Clever Hopes Expire’: A Look Back at the Ending Decade
A monumentally destructive U.S. decade — symptomatic of imperial decline — exposed a shamefully pliant press. But we have at least one reason to resist incurable pessimism.
The Pentagon Budget Still Rising, 40 Years Later
William D. Hartung surveys U.S. military spending, which in 2019 was higher than at the peak of either the Korean or Vietnam conflicts.
Remembering America’s First (& Longest) Forgotten War on Islamists
Danny Sjursen finds America’s Moro War – which included misleading accounts of progress by military commanders — grimly familiar in the context of today’s Afghan War.