Tag: U.S. Military
Tom Engelhardt: Dumb and Dumber
February 2013A secret CIA drone base, a blowback world, and why Washington has no learning curve.
Anything That Moves
January 2013Recently unearthed documents and testimony reveal that the U.S.’s war crimes in Vietnam were far more widespread—and egregious—than previously known.
Tom Engelhardt: The Pentagon as a Global NRA
January 2013For Washington, there is no arms control abroad.
Justin Elliott: Have U.S. Drones Become a ‘Counterinsurgency Air Force’ for Our Allies?
November 2012Micah Zenko talks about the uncertain motives underlying US drone policy.
Nick Turse: Afghanistan’s Base Bonanza
September 2012Despite years of talk about American withdrawal from Afghanistan, the number of military bases there has steadily expanded.
Brandon Lingle: Queen’s Creek
August 2012Back from Iraq, a veteran meditates on the past, present, and future of American warfare, and the small creek in Virginia where they all flow together.
Tom Engelhardt: It Couldn’t Happen Here, It Does Happen There
June 2012The value of American—and Afghan—lives.
Richard Falk: U.S. Military Suicides and Palestinian Hunger Strikes
June 2012What do the suicides of U.S. military personnel have in common with the food strikes put on by Palestinian detainees?
