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Imagine a truly "progressive" military

I'm not talking about painting rainbow flags on B-52s — imagine a humble, faithful and much smaller U.S. military

Salon · Oct 15, 2023

"Israel's 9/11" is a dangerous trap

The 9/11 parallel is real, in the worst way: Hamas' crimes will become the excuse for mass killing of Palestinians

Salon · Oct 13, 2023

How 9/11 bred the endless war on terror

The crimes of 9/11 wounded America — and fueled an endless, pointless war that could never be won, or even ended

Salon · Sep 11, 2023

3 takeaways 20 years after the invasion of Iraq

Two decades ago, then-President George W. Bush announced the start of combat operations in Iraq. The bloody occupation that followed lasted longer and cost more in lives and money than anyone guessed.

WEKU · Mar 19, 2023

Inside Abu Ghraib prison where US tortured Iraqi detainees in horrendous war crimes

WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: On March 20, 2004, the US and UK Coalition invaded Iraq on the false belief that dictator Saddam Hussein was manufacturing weapons of mass destruction and planned to use them on his own people

Daily Mirror · Mar 17, 2023

Blair’s rush to make friends with Bush revealed in newly released files

Aides to the then PM warned at the time that the new US president would not be as helpful as his predecessor Bill Clinton.

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022

Editorial: Defense personnel should be covered by the 9/11 health program

The 9/11 hijackers and Osama bin Laden, all deservedly dead, planned a coordinated attack with multiple strikes, killing thousands. They made no distinction between victims at the World Trade Center or at the Pentagon or at the likely target of the Capitol, which was saved when heroic passengers brought down…

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

Seven children dead: Who's to blame?

Who killed those kids as the U.S. left Afghanistan? Donald Rumsfeld? George Custer and Barack Obama? You and me?

Salon · Aug 27, 2022

Sir Christopher Meyer obituary

British ambassador to the US in the run-up to the invasion of Iraq who later served as chair of the Press Complaints Commission

The Guardian - UK · Jul 29, 2022

Boris Johnson steps up war of words with Archbishop of Canterbury

Last week, a war of words between the Conservative Prime Minister and the Archbishop of Canterbury was not on my bingo card. But this is 2022, and as Donald Rumsfeld almost said, you open your newsletter with the headlines you have, not the headlines you might wish to have.

Evening Standard · Apr 20, 2022