For a good long time what’s been happening in Ukraine is nothing more than postwar gore. If you have lost a war but cannot admit it, you are playing the old game of pretend.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Trump Dead-Ends Putin
Tag: U.S. President Donald Trump
Renewing a Desecrated Declaration of Independence
If America is to be what the Revolution envisioned on July 4, 1776, a nation governed by laws, then the American people must speak out and defend that vision, writes Dennis Kucinich.
US Supreme Court Affirms the Imperial Presidency
Justices stripped federal judges of their authority to protect people throughout the U.S. when the president breaks the law, writes Marjorie Cohn.
Chris Hedges: Gaza’s Hunger Games
The final impediment to the annexation of Gaza are the Palestinians themselves. They are the primary target. Starvation is the weapon of choice.
NATO’s Obscene 5 Percent Pledge
Medea Benjamin responds to leaders of the Atlantic alliance setting a military-spending target for themselves so staggering it exceeds that of the U.S.
The US-Israeli Compulsion for War
Democracy has nothing to do with the chokehold that the warfare state has on the American body politic, writes Norman Solomon.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: How Iran Allowed Israel to Attack
When the history of this period is written, Tehran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with the U.S. administration of a lame-duck president will be depicted as a trap.
Caitlin Johnstone: Rebooting Iraq-War Lies for Iran
We’ve seen this before: The lies circulating about Iran are just a much dumber, much more obvious version of those that U.S. officials used to push for the invasion of Iraq.
Trump, War & the Constitution
The U.S. Constitution is in the hands of those who ignore it, writes Andrew P. Napolitano. The consequences are deaths of innocents and the undermining of constitutional norms.
Trump: US Forces ‘Could Get Involved’ With Israel Against Iran
The U.S. president’s remarks Sunday alarmed lawmakers who have warned that further involvement would be illegal as well as disastrous, Jake Johnson reports.