Boondoggle, Inc. Making Sense of the $1.25 Trillion National Security State Budget
Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, and their cohorts -- are laughing all the way to the bank.
Tomgram: Nick Turse, Victory in Our Time (The U.S. Military is Winning. No, Really, It Is!)
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 Had One Enemy; Now We Have Three—A Conversation With Malalai Joya of Afghanistan
US forces used the plight of Afghan women to justify war—but twelve years later, women are still suffering. By Dani McClain, THE Nation Nov.13, 2013 Defense Committee for Malalai Joya In 2003, Malalai Joya was the 25-year-old director of a clinic and orphanage in Afghanistan’s Farah province. She was not a scheduled speaker at a national convention More
Robert Sheer: The Super Bowl of War — Three Decades of Failure in Afghanistan
By Robert Scheer truthdig.com February 3, 2014 Lt. Chuck Nadd and his girlfriend wave as they ride on the wagon pulled by Clydesdales aboard the famously-red Budweiser beer wagon in a parade, led by a marching band in Winter Park, Fla. The brewer fashioned an ad around the parade that ran during the Super Bowl. (AP More
CNN Poll: Afghanistan war arguably most unpopular in U.S. history
Posted by CNN Political Unit December 30, 2013 Washington (CNN) – Support for the war in Afghanistan has dipped below 20%, according to a new national poll, making the country's longest military conflict arguably its most unpopular one as well. The CNN/ORC International survey released Monday also indicates that a majority of Americans would like to More
‘We Had One Enemy; Now We Have Three’—A Conversation With Malalai Joya of Afghanistan
US forces used the plight of Afghan women to justify war—but twelve years later, women are still suffering. Dani McClain November 13, 2013 | This article appeared in the December 2, 2013 edition of The Nation. In 2003, Malalai Joya was the 25-year-old director of a clinic and orphanage in Afghanistan’s Farah province. She was not a More
Mary Beaudoin: On the 12th Anniversary of the U.S. war on Afghanistan
According to Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, all the years of the American wars on Afghanistan and Iraq will end up costing $6 Trillion ($2 trillion of that has been borrowed from foreign investors); this amount is the equivalent of $75,000 for every American household per year. By Mary Beaudoin October 5, 2013 This speech was More
Meredith Aby: On the 12-year anniversary of the war on Afghanistan
"The UN reported this year that civilian casualties have increased 16 percent this year. In two different UN reports this year they documented that the increase in fighting this year has overly affected women and children – there has been a 30 percent increase in injuries and deaths of children and a 60 percent jump in deaths More
From Afghan youth to leaders of today: Daylight is almost here
The daylight of a global awakening By Dr. Hakim 16 September 2013 Voices for Creative Nonviolence VCNV.org We, the Afghan Peace Volunteers, are finding strength amidst our dark nights because, in the daylight of a global awakening, we see people throughout the world refusing to comply with oppressive systems. We see that we aren’t alone More
New Survey Shows Record-High Opposition to ‘Worthless’ Afghan War
Majority of Americans also believe Afghan war has not contributed to any long-term security. Lauren McCauley, staff writer Friday, July 26, 2013 by Common Dreams (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/ cc/ Flickr)Americans have reached a 'new high' in war-weariness. An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Friday reveals that two-thirds of Americans don't think that the war in Afghanistan is 'worth fighting.' More
New Survey Shows Record-High Opposition to 'Worthless' Afghan War
Majority of Americans also believe Afghan war has not contributed to any long-term security. Lauren McCauley, staff writer Friday, July 26, 2013 by Common Dreams (Photo: Fibonacci Blue/ cc/ Flickr)Americans have reached a 'new high' in war-weariness. An ABC News/Washington Post poll released Friday reveals that two-thirds of Americans don't think that the war in Afghanistan is 'worth fighting.' More
Kathy Kelly> From Afghanistan, thank you Bradley Manning! & An appeal from Afghanistan to whistle-blow on war
[youtube=http://youtu.be/lj6RmxdTpPQ] Here are two items from the Afghan Peace Volunteers in Kabul. Access to internet is sporadic there, so I wanted to send these items out on their behalf. —Kathy Kathy Kelly June 18, 2013 From Dr. Hakim and the Afghan Peace Volunteers Recognition that 95 million human beings were killed in World More