The U.S. secretary of state has consistently undercut Trump’s professed goals of diplomacy, negotiated settlements and “America First” priorities, write Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies.
Marco Rubio, Forever-War Maker
Tag: President Dwight Eisenhower
ATOMIC BOMBINGS AT 80: The Enduring Myth of Hiroshima & Nagasaki
After the U.S. atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki On Aug. 6 and Aug. 9, 1945, there then ensued a U.S. propaganda campaign to claim the slaughter of more than 200,000 people saved lives, writes John LaForge.
Patrick Lawrence: Exit the Man from Scranton
When a president has failed as miserably as Joe Biden, you had to change the subject. You had to distract the public.
Cutting the Pentagon Down to Size
Making major cuts to military spending would increase U.S. national security, argues William J. Astore.
How the CIA Destabilizes the World
Jeffrey Sachs regrets that the C.I.A.’s rogue operations did not end after the crimes exposed by the 1975 Church Committee.
Japan Reenlists as Washington’s Spear-Carrier
Patrick Lawrence reflects on Prime Minister Kishida’s radical turn toward the militarism his country’s pacifist constitution forbids.