CNN’s Jim Acosta has had his White House press credentials suspended following a tense exchange with Trump on Wednesday. CNN, the White House Correspondents’ Association and others have denounced the move. CNN says it’s “Facts First.”...
The weekend commemoration of the end of World War I, and particularly the speech from the French president, demonstrate why the "war to end all wars" did not at all end all wars. They still don't get it, so we are forced to repeat it. How does our current policy look...
Today French President Emmanuel Macron officiated at a ceremony before the Arc de Triomphe in Paris marking the 100th anniversary of the Armistice which ended the First World War. While dozens of heads of state from around the world were present, the featured guests...
Originally posted at TomDispatch.Death-by-ally: now that, by definition, is a fate from hell. You might at least imagine that such “insider attacks” – in which a member of the Afghan security forces turns his weapon on his American or NATO trainers or...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Trump administration’s Yemen policy is already indefensible, and they may be about to make it even worse:The Trump administration is considering designating Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist...
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.After two years reckless and irresponsible Trump administration foreign policy, the new Democratic House majority is in a position to provide greater oversight and scrutiny of the president’s policies:A...
A few months ago, I was talking to a researcher about the Pentagon, the military-industrial complex, and America’s fourth (and most powerful?) branch of government: the national security state. After talking about the enormous sweep and power of these entities,...
No matter what happens in today’s voting, it won’t end the bipartisan support for war or the need for antiwar activism outside the sphere of electoral politics.Case in point: The bipartisan National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is continuing to...
Antiwar.com Editorial Director Scott Horton delivered this talk on November 3, 2018 in Lake Jackson, Texas. He shared the stage with Lew Rockwell, Ron Paul, Daniel McAdams, et. al.
There was plenty of noise in the run up to today's mid-term election in the US, but were there any real differences when it comes to substantive issues? Or was it all about manufactured outrages designed to motivate people to support this or that tribe with no real...
