Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire
US leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
The Fine Print on Biden’s Afghanistan Announcement
Contrary to what Joe Biden has said and corporate media has parroted, U.S. warfare in Afghanistan is set to continue well beyond September 11, 2021.
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Maj. Danny Sjursen: What Is It About the Democrats’ Love of War?
The retired army major discusses Biden’s stalling on Trump’s commitment to end the US-Afghanistan war on this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence."
Will Biden Finally Bring Our Troops Home From Afghanistan?
After 7,068 Groundhog-like Days in Afghanistan, the president should know what the right move is.
Will America’s 20-Year ‘War on Terror’ Ever End?
As the 20th anniversary of the catastrophic "war on terror" arrives, it's still difficult to know when the carnage it continues to cause will come to a halt.
What If Trump Had Launched a Global War on Covid-19?
Imagine how differently history might have turned out if Donald J. Trump and George W. Bush had had opposite reactions.
Will Trump Really Be the One to End Our Forever Wars?
Partial withdrawals are reportedly soon to be underway in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia as Donald Trump tries to make good on a promise at the eleventh hour of his presidency.
Reclaiming American Idealism
Why we could use a leader like George McGovern again
American Empire and the New Cold War
Wide-ranging discussion on evolving towards dissent, what’s cooking in recent foreign policy absurdity news …and also, well, life & love & loss, ultimately.
America’s Imperial Expenditures and Escapades Are Stranger Than Fiction
Who needs dystopian novelists or absurd satirists when otherwise banal bureaucrats of the U.S. national security state do the job for them? It’s an old story with a new tech-savvy…
Discredited Russian Bounty Story Exposes Media’s Role in Status Quo
The military says they can't find evidence to support it, yet the New York Times and others have not repudiated the reports or issued corrections.
On Contact: The Price of Speaking Out Against Forever War
Chris Hedges discusses "Ghost RIders of the Baghdad: Soldiers, Civilians, and the Myth of the Surge," with author Danny Sjursen, combat veteran and West Point graduate.
I Was Wrong: Congress Isn’t Cowardly; It’s Evil!
Blocking withdrawal from a hopeless Afghan War opposed even by its veterans, counts as criminally heinous – and par for the congressional course.
Stone & Sjursen: The Unbearable Violence of Being American
Generations of US soldiers have been funnelled through unwinnable wars. Some come home with an urgent new perspective to share.
How the Pentagon Failed to Sell Bunk ‘Bountygate’ story to US Intelligence
Another New York Times Russiagate bombshell turns out to be a dud, as dodgy stories spun out by Afghan intelligence and exploited by the Pentagon ultimately failed to convince US…