Over the weekend, several news report have suggested that the US is planning an attack on Iranian nuclear facilities. Other reports suggest that the US is going to unleash the Saudis to do the fighting. What's behind the relentless – going back 60 years – US drive to...
Yemen Is the Most Important and Most Ignored Story in the World
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.Matt Taibbi comments on the widespread ignorance and lack of coverage of the war on Yemen and the world’s worst humanitarian crisis:Yemen features the wrong kinds of victims, lacks a useful partisan angle and,...
William J. Astore on Grade Inflation in the US Military
I was looking at some old military history notes today and came across this photo of Lieutenant General Hubert Reilly Harmon, known today as the father of the Air Force Academy and its first superintendent:I love the simplicity of this photo. General Harmon is wearing...
Same Strategy, Different War, Same Failed Results
In brief, you will find that the illogical direction the Pentagon and Department of State have directed this nation's foreign affairs and military has its roots in the defeat of the United States Military in Vietnam. The Vietnamese used terrain and guerrilla...
The Aftermath of a Saudi Coalition Wedding Massacre in Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.The Washington Post reports on the aftermath of the April 23 wedding massacre Alex Potter reported on last month:The 22 fatalities included 12 of the dancers, four musicians and six villagers, including one who played...
The Gray Lady Thinks Twice About Assange’s Prosecution
Well, lordy be. A lawyer for The New York Times has figured out that prosecuting WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange might gore the ox of The Gray Lady herself.The Times’s deputy general counsel, David McCraw, told a group of judges on the West Coast on Tuesday that...
The US Enables Deliberate Saudi Attacks on Civilian Targets in Yemen
Originally appeared on The American Conservative.UNICEF reports on the latest Saudi coalition attack on a water system in Saada. This is the third time that the same site has been bombed:UNICEF deplores in the strongest terms yet another attack on vital and lifesaving...
US Military Investigating Afghanistan Air Strike That Killed Family of 14
The US military announced on Wednesday that it was investigating an air strike on a home near the northern city of Kunduz last week that reportedly killed 14 members of a single family, including eight women and three young children. Reuters reports Afghan officials...
‘Shock’ Poll: Most Americans Support Another Trump/Putin Summit… But Congress Says ‘No!’
According to a new poll by HarrisX Polling Company and The Hill newspaper, more than half of all Americans – and nearly 90 percent of Trump voters – support President Trump's invitation to his Russian counterpart to the US for another meeting. Meanwhile, House Speaker...
Tucker Carlson: An Iran War Would Destroy Trump’s Presidency
Last night Tucker Carlson warned against a war with Iran, one of his best segments I've ever seen. He finishes with an interview with Col. Douglas MacGregor warning against a likely false flag against Iran.


