For 20 Years, Team Bush Has Escaped Prosecution for Their War Crimes in Iraq
One year after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes.
Biden Announces Support for Senate’s Iraq War Authorization Repeal
The AUMFs have long been used as justification for further military action even after the U.S.’s supposed withdrawal.
Juan Cole: The Meaning of Historic China-Brokered Deal Between Saudi Arabia and Iran
The Iran-Saudi deal spells trouble for U.S. hegemony but potentially a new chapter of peace and prosperity in a deeply troubled world.
The American War from Hell, 20 Years Later
Juan Cole on how Washington lost Its moral compass in Iraq.
Ralph Nader: The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney
Will President Biden, Congress and other Americans recognize the massive war crimes committed against the Iraqi people with appropriate declarations and actions on March 19, 2023?
Top 8 Political and Geopolitical Shifts in the Middle East in 2022
By Juan Cole | Informed Comment We saw a lot of pivotal developments in the Middle East this year, including the impact of climate change in the form of increasing…
Peace Candidate, Ex-Marine Captain Matthew Hoh: War Is a Bipartisan Cancel Culture
How Democrats, their pro-war Republican cohorts and the media canceled the U.S. Senate campaign of ex-Marine and US foreign policy official Matthew Hoh.
A Father Fights for His Son & What’s Left of Democracy
The film Ithaka, about the quest of Julian Assange’s father to save his son, made its U.S. premiere on Sunday in New York City. It is reviewed by Joe Lauria.
Hedges: ‘The Greatest Evil is War’ Excerpt Details the Horrors of a Post-War Life
Chapter X: Wounds That Never Heal
Inside America’s War Machine, Integrity Is Optional
William J. Astore examines the epidemic of lies and dishonor that exists within the US military industrial complex.
Customary Barbarity: Britain’s SAS in Afghanistan
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch The insistence that there is a noble way of fighting war, one less bloody and brutal, has always been the hallmark of forces self-described as…
Chris Hedges: War with Iran
The United States, Saudi Arabia and Israel, responsible for military fiascos, hundreds of thousands of deaths and innumerable war crimes in the Middle East, are now plotting to attack Iran.
John Kiriakou: Biden the Warmonger Gets Played by the Saudis
A fistbump with a torturer doesn’t pay off with cheap oil to grease the president’s growing lust for war.
Biden Falsely Claims US Troops Aren’t Engaged in Combat in the Middle East
The president made the claim in an op-ed on his upcoming trip to the region.