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Huge Military Budgets Make Us Broke, Not Safe
Backing down from nuclear war would make us a lot safer.
William Rivers Pitt | They’re Talking About “Winnable” Nuclear War Again
How have we forgotten these weapons are existentially lethal?
Trump Joins Obama and Bush in Using State of the Union to Hail “Progress” in Afghan War
President Trump became the third president in a row to attempt to put a positive spin on the war.
In Warmongering First State of the Union, Trump Doubles Down on Gitmo and Escalates Nuclear War Threat
Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation, discusses more.
In Retrospect: Public Intellectuals and Activists Weigh In on the Tet Offensive 50 Years Later
The US is still peddling illusions of winnable wars.
The War That Never Ends for the US Military High Command — and It’s Not the War on Terror
Today's leaders don't even pretend that the post-9/11 wars will ever end.
Creating an Empire of Graveyards? At the Circus With Donald Trump
Trump is treated as if he were the only three-ring circus in town.
We Cannot Survive a Nuclear Apocalypse by Ducking and Covering
For a reality check, look at accounts about Hiroshima.
Avoiding Armageddon in Korea or Launching a War for the Ages
There remains the continuing danger of a war in the Koreas, whether premeditated or triggered accidentally.
2018 Will Be an Arms Bonanza
Trump is pumping more money into the Pentagon and increasing overseas arms sales.