To recap: North Korea – Has threatened mission strikes on U.S. land; has missiles capable of said strike; continues to develop nuclear weapons; starving
Category: Foreign Policy
Trump transcripts: Latest “thinking” on Syria
For those who think that Donald Trump is thinking about issues, think again. From his utterances [let’s not dignify them by calling them “statements”]
What a Hell of a Way to Organize: An Interview With Francis Horton
(reprinted from Midwest Socialist) Francis Horton is that rarest of U.S. soldiers: a leftist and self-identifying socialist. Born in Missouri in 1983, he joined
What we don’t say about the Gold Stars
If we needed to be re-awakened, the PBS Series “The Vietnam War” reminded us that men and women who served in Vietnam were certainly
Where does US have troops in Africa, how many, and why?
Recently, many of us learned that the US has troops stationed in Niger and in other African nations. The news came as a surprise
A review of “October: The Story of the Russian Revolution”, by China Mieville
Centennials don’t have much objective relevance, but they are marked nonetheless. It shouldn’t surprise, then, that everyone from The New York Times to Alex
US has troops in Niger? Why?
I was surprised to learn that last week, four US soldiers were ambushed and killed in the northwestern African nation of Niger. I was
Trump’s Saudi arms deal: Phony
During his visit to Saudi Arabia, Donald Trump crowed about completing a $110 billion arms deal. But, like so many of Trump’s other big-number
Bombing His Way to Re-Election: The Trump Doctrine
“We are going to stop the policy of regime change overseas” “[Hillary Clinton] wants to start a shooting war in Syria in conflict with
The Global Gag Rule Is Back: The Human Cost
Do you remember last year’s reports of undecided voters who vowed not to cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election because they just couldn’t