NPR, the Pentagon, and U.S. Foreign Policy
While of dubious value, it is common practice at NPR to seek perspective on wrongdoing from the wrongdoers themselves.
While of dubious value, it is common practice at NPR to seek perspective on wrongdoing from the wrongdoers themselves.
Expressed differently, the United States has not won a major conflict since 1945; has a trillion-dollar national security budget; has had 17 military commanders in the last 17 years in Afghanistan, a country plagued by 23,744 “security incidents” (the most ever recorded) in 2017 alone; has spent around $3 trillion, primarily on that war and the rest of the war on terror...
WE MUST UNITE FOR PEACE!
Chomsky: Page after page of the book contains graphic examples of --you can only call it--this kind of insanity and at one point describes the book as a chronicle of human madness, which captures the character of the era we have been living in very accurately. And we should bear in mind that this is only one of two existential threats, the other...is another dramatic illustration of human madness, the threat of global warming...
Every child killed or maimed by US-made weapons inevitably creates enemies among survivors.
The actual expense of the X-37 is hidden in the Pentagon's 'black,' or classified, budget but is likely to cost more than $1 billion.
The actual expense of the X-37 is hidden in the Pentagon's 'black,' or classified, budget but is likely to cost more than $1 billion.
Presidents...do have a duty under the Constitution to get Congress’s approval before waging war.
Presidents...do have a duty under the Constitution to get Congress’s approval before waging war.
Trump’s failure to grasp the necessity of the New Cold War with Russia “threat[ens] … Washington’s broader imperial strategy. … The economic integration of Asia and Europe must be blocked to preserve Washington’s hegemonic grip on world power.”
Trump’s failure to grasp the necessity of the New Cold War with Russia “threat[ens] … Washington’s broader imperial strategy. … The economic integration of Asia and Europe must be blocked to preserve Washington’s hegemonic grip on world power.”
The military feared Congress would use the confidential data as an excuse to slash defense spending