A winning (losing) formula would look something like: Rush headlong into new conflicts. Create failed states. Prop up dictatorships. Alienate the public. Sound familiar?
How to Lose Every War in the Middle East
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Trump’s Passion for Military Men Will Take Us Back to King George
In real life, human memories work better than they do in Orwell’s 1984. Or do they?
Israel’s Blockade of Gaza is Inherently Violent
Every day Palestinians live in fear of another U.S.-funded attack by the Israeli government.
Your Tax Dollars Are Enabling Police Brutality in Egypt
Washington wants to loosen its human rights aid restrictions even as Egyptian security forces killed 500 people in their custody last year.
Hillary Clinton’s Dark Drug War Legacy in Mexico
Clinton’s State Department overlooked human rights abuses and corruption while keeping a lucrative flow of contracts moving to U.S. security firms working in Mexico.
By Funding Foreign Militaries, the U.S. Is Spreading Terrorism
Nothing recruits terrorists like corrupt security forces committing human rights abuses with impunity.
The U.S. Is Fueling South Asia’s Nuclear Arms Race
Washington is effectively subsidizing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal — the fastest-growing in the world — even as the country drifts closer to China and Russia.
What Comes After Empire?
Let’s say the U.S. actually curbed its military adventurism, reeled in the Pentagon budget, and closed its global network of bases. Then what?
‘Being Tortured Has Been the Best Experience of My Life’
Call it blowback: How one Salvadoran union organizer survived torture by U.S.-backed security forces and took his activism north of the border.
Standing Before Congress, Pope Francis Calls Out the ‘Industry of Death’
In his speech to U.S. lawmakers, the “People’s pope” condemned the arms trade, war profiteering, and even the war on terror itself.