The Most Dangerous Country
From 2003 to 2026 and Beyond David Bromwich for Tom Dispatch The joint US-Israeli killing of Iranian leaders on February 28th marked the second time in a year that the…
The US Military Aided Mass Child Rape in Afghanistan. Now Its Soldiers Are Committing This Crime At Fort Bragg
What has been happening at Fort Bragg, then, is part of the wider psychological degradation of American society, one that is controlled a by a government that has sacrificed everything…
We Tolerated Their Violence Abroad. Now We See Its Victims Here
Posted by Joshua Scheer I wanted to post this stand‑alone tweet from Chris Hedges for those who wanted to have his thoughts on what’s going on — as the streets…
Old Bonespurs Spits on Graves of European NATO Soldiers who gave Lives for US in Afghanistan
By Juan Cole for Informed Comment In an interview with Fox “News” in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald J. Trump a.k.a. “Old Bonespurs” and “Five-time-Deferment,” smeared the European NATO soldiers who…
Trump Shifts Blame to ‘Shithole Countries’ Amid Economic Skepticism
By Skyler Voss Yesterday, the president blamed immigrants during a speech about inflation, asking, “Why is it we only take people from shithole countries, right? Why can’t we have some…
DC National Guard Shooter Worked for CIA-Backed Kandahar Strike Force in Afghanistan
His cooperation with the CIA has been confirmed by the spy agency’s director, John Ratcliffe, who said Lakanwal worked “with the US Government, including CIA, as a member of a…
Reporting on War (w/ Ben Anderson) | The Chris Hedges Report
War correspondent Ben Anderson joins host Chris Hedges to detail the numbing physical and psychological elements of war reporting — and ponders whether or not the truth can really change…
Trump’s New ‘Muslim Ban’ Wipes Out Hope for 250,000 Afghans Seeking Refuge in US
The US owes Afghans a huge debt, but instead of starting to repair decades of harm, Trump is banning them from the US.
‘Lots of Psychotic Murderers’: Ex-Elite UK Troops Break Silence on Iraq, Afghanistan War Crimes
"They handcuffed a young boy and shot him," said one Special Air Service veteran.
Whistleblower David McBride To Be Sentenced
Australian whistleblower David McBride was back in court Monday for his sentencing hearing in a case in which his disclosures revealed Australian war crimes in Afghanistan.
Avoiding the War on Terror Would Have Saved Over 10 Million Lives at Home and Abroad
By Bharat Dogra / CounterCurrents The peace movement in various parts of the world has emphasized in various contexts that if the huge amounts spent on various wars had been…
22 Years of Drone Warfare and No End in Sight
Biden's Rules on Drone Warfare Mask Continued Violent Islamophobia
Taliban’s Massively Successful Opium Eradication Raises Questions About What US Was Doing All Along
It has already been called “the most successful counter-narcotics effort in human history.” Armed with little more than sticks, teams of counter-narcotics brigades travel the country, doing something the US…
The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch While the United States, along with its allies, left Afghanistan in August 2021 in spectacularly humiliating circumstances, the departure was never entirely complete, nor bound…
Censorship at the American Psychological Association
By Roy Eidelson / CounterPunch The publishing process in academic psychology journals isn’t typically known for its drama or intrigue. It’s true that there can be frustrations and challenges for…