Failed wars and thousands of lives lost are good for (some) business, writes William Hartung.
How Corporations Won the War on Terror
Tag: Pentagon
Consortium News: Exposing the Myths of America
Consortium News delivers first-rate journalism that bursts the myths that U.S. elites depend on to fool people into supporting their designs.
That $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11
Corporate behemoths such as Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing and General Dynamics have been hoovering up much of that money, according to this analysis.
Reinventing the US Military for Real National Defense
Collectively, Americans need to imagine a world in which they are no longer the foremost merchants of death, writes William J. Astore, as the arsenal of democracy became the arsenal of empire.
Misusing the Sacrifices of WW II
The unjustified interventions and increasingly ugly defeats simply don’t get mentioned. It is as though 70 years of U.S. military history has been whitewashed from the American mind, writes Joe Lauria.
Global 2020 Military Spending Grew to Nearly $2 Trillion
Despite the Covid-19 pandemic the U.S. continued to lead the surge in militarism, accounting for 39 percent of the world total.
What Biden Didn’t Say About US in Afghanistan
Troops on the ground aren’t the only measure of horrific warfare, writes Norman Solomon.
The Liberal Contempt for Martin Luther King’s Final Year
This Sunday, on the anniversary of his assassination, few will recall Dr. King’s condemnation of U.S. militarism, write Jeff Cohen and Norman Solomon.
Pentagon Could Use Some Cancel Culture
William J. Astore provides a tour of some major weapons systems that should be on the scrap heap, and a rare case of one that finally is.
Biden’s Bolt From Yemen: Not So Fast
Improved language – however admirable – often masks much more stable, status quo, indecency, warns Danny Sjursen.