The Trump administration has shifted from extermination to annihilation in its war against the Islamic State.
Killing Civilians in Iraq and Syria
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Iraq
A Bipartisan Vote to Put the Brakes on War
By putting such a sinister face on it, Trump might have finally inspired lawmakers to rein in America’s post-9/11 war machine.
Trump: Toward War in the Middle East
By staying out of the conflicts in the Middle East, the United States can benefit both American citizens and the citizens of those distant lands.
How to Lose Every War in the Middle East
A winning (losing) formula would look something like: Rush headlong into new conflicts. Create failed states. Prop up dictatorships. Alienate the public. Sound familiar?
There’s No Strategy Behind Trump’s Wars — Only Brute Force
Trump’s wars are now all over the map. The peace movement can fight back by joining already thriving intersectional campaigns.
The Neocons Are Almost Giddy Over Trump’s Syria Strike
Many architects of the Iraq War openly hope Trump will go further in pursuing regime change in Syria — and then Iran.
How the Iraq War Gave Us Trump
From 2003 to 2017, the U.S. went from from sole global superpower to potential super-pariah.
Under Trump, the U.S. May Now Be Killing More Civilians Than Russia
With mass-casualty events from Raqqa to Mosul, some think the U.S. military is scrapping rules designed to protect innocents.
If Aleppo Was a Crime Against Humanity, Isn’t Mosul?
When U.S. rivals committed atrocities in Aleppo, Western talking heads were appalled. But when the U.S. supports them in Mosul? Silence.
Why Spend $54 Billion More on the Pentagon? To Start a War, Obviously.
The president apparently wants to put the U.S. on a permanent war footing to sustain his unpopular presidency.