As long as this current count of 750 military bases in 81 places remains a reality, so, too, will U.S. wars, writes Patterson Deppen.
The All-American Base World
Tag: U.S. imperialism
Create Two, Three, Many Saigons
Vijay Prashad recalls the obliterations of U.S. interventionism, including any memory of the women’s rights leaders who were active in Afghanistan before 2001.
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.
How to Destroy a Nation in 10 Years
Danny Sjursen offers a U.S. case study in Burkina Faso on how to destroy a country in a decade.
Media Once Again Trolling US Withdrawal from Afghanistan
As usual it comes in an outbreak of various “concerns,” which Caitlin Johnstone says are all designed to conceal the real agenda.
DIANA JOHNSTONE: The Imperialism of Foolery
Pro-Western Syrian exiles have issued a diatribe against the most informative critics of U.S. war policy at a time when Washington’s aggressiveness is reaching new levels of intensity.
‘Tankie’ & Other Popular Terms of Narrative Control
Caitlin Johnstone presents some of the most common pejoratives deployed by imperial-narrative managers to smear critical thinkers as untrustworthy.
Washington’s Delusion of Endless World Dominion
Like the British establishment of the 1950s, current leaders of U.S. foreign policy have been on top of the world for so long that they’ve forgotten how they got there, writes Alfred W. McCoy.
Biden Official Blasts US-Style Law in Nicaragua
Ben Norton reports on the State Department’s ire at “foreign agent” legislation that made a U.S.-funded, right-wing foundation decide to close.
Biden’s Bolt From Yemen: Not So Fast
Improved language – however admirable – often masks much more stable, status quo, indecency, warns Danny Sjursen.