Happy Birthday to Antiwar.com (and me)

On My 42nd Birthday, I Launched Antiwar.comApproaching my 42nd birthday on December 24, 1995, I gave myself a present: I launched a website.The nursing industry magazine for which I had worked trained me to set up their website. The World Wide Web opened an exciting...

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Withdrawal from Syria? Don’t Bet On It

Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Wall Street Journal and other outlets are reporting that the U.S. is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria:The U.S. military is preparing to withdraw its forces from Syria, people familiar with the matter said...

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The Pentagon Budget: Aim High!

As a candidate, Donald Trump occasionally tossed a few rhetorical grenades in the Pentagon’s general direction. He said America’s wars wasted trillions of dollars. He said he was smarter than the generals on ISIS (“Believe me!”). He said the...

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