militarism

US Concern for Cuba, Latin America is Spin for Intervention
The US government says it is going to help Central America fight corruption, will combat the “root causes” of migration in Mexico and Central America, and it wants to help the Cuban people with freedom too. But the US’s domestic and foreign track re ...[Read more]
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Into the Quagmire with Donald Rumsfeld
As President Ronald Reagan’s special envoy to the Middle East, Rumsfeld travelled to Baghdad to shake hands with Saddam Hussein and assure him of US support in the eight-year war that the Iraqi dictator had launched against Iran. His camaraderie with Sa ...[Read more]
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Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Jailed Ahead of Sentencing
Daniel Hale, a former Air Force intelligence analyst who pleaded guilty to sharing classified documents about drone strikes with a reporter, has been arrested ahead of his sentencing in July. In March, Hale pleaded guilty to one charge under the Espionage ...[Read more]
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End ‘Forever Wars,’ Biden Told as White House Releases Document on Trump’s Secret Lethal Force Rules
President Joe Biden faced a fresh call to fully end "forever wars" after his administration released former President Donald Trump's secret rules regarding the use of lethal strikes outside of designated war zones. The Biden administration released the pa ...[Read more]
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The Bewildering Search for the Islamic State in Congo
The 'Kony 2012' stampede failed, and after the Pentagon had spent more than $780 million on it, President Donald Trump quietly shut it down in 2017. But now the Bridgeway Foundation appears to be luring the Biden administration into another, far more dang ...[Read more]
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The United States as a mass-killing machine
By the time you read this piece, it will already be out of date. The reason's simple enough. No matter what mayhem I describe, with so much all-American weaponry in this world of ours, there's no way to keep up. Often, despite the headlines that go with m ...[Read more]
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Biden Is Doubling Down on Trump’s Anti-China Cold War Policy
Beijing has accused the U.S. of perpetuating a Cold War mentality as President Joe Biden and senior administration officials shore up alliances in the Pacific region to counter China’s growing influence and increasingly describe the country as a geop ...[Read more]
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US co-opted Cuba’s hip-hop scene for regime change
For more than two years, a U.S. agency secretly infiltrated Cuba’s underground hip-hop movement, recruiting unwitting rappers to spark a youth movement against the government, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press. The idea was to use ...[Read more]
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Center hit in US attack produced cancer drugs
Western powers claim their missile attacks struck at the heart of Syria's chemical weapons program but what they destroyed included a scientific research institution producing cancer drugs. ...[Read more]
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Syrian Army Captures British Militants in Eastern Ghouta
A number of British forces have been captured by the Syrian army during military operations in Eastern Ghouta, according to reports by local media. ...[Read more]
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Russia will never be our friend, well slap them when needed US envoy to UN
Nikki Haley has erupted in another fiery Russophobic rant, warning that Russia will “never be America’s friend.” Moscow can try to behave “like a regular country,” but the US will “slap them when we need to,” Haley said. ...[Read more]
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