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Ellsberg Sees Vietnam-Like Risks in ISIS War
Daniel Ellsberg, the former Defense Department official who leaked the Pentagon Papers exposing the Vietnam War lies, is alarmed at the many parallels between Vietnam and President Obama's new …
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William Rivers Pitt | Bush, Flying Shoes and Remembering the Truth
The word “shameless” has been burned out completely by stupid people from the Bush Administration with blood on their hands from the mess they made in Iraq, who still …
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Underestimating ISIS: An Indictment of Decades of Failed US Policy in the Middle East
The US underestimated the IS and overestimated the ability of the Iraq military to fend off the militant group IS.
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Did We Really Create ISIS?
It has been alleged in many online circles that Western powers and their allies created ISIS, which a US-led coalition is now battling in Syria. How accurate is this …
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Story of a War Foretold: Why We’re Fighting ISIS
The West's current military campaign against ISIS is already being used to neuter mass surveillance reforms at home and will likely produce further political destabilization in the region.
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The United States’ New War in the Middle East
As Congress skipped town and avoided a vote on war, President Obama announced this week that the US was taking the lead in bombing jihadists in Iraq and Syria.
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Veterans and Human Rights Attorneys Seek Information on Toxic Weapons Use in Iraq
Depleted uranium coordinates needed for clean-up of dangerous sites in Iraq.
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We Need to Listen to the Founders and Stop the Forever War
War without end poses a very real threat to our democracy.
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Another War, Another Evil: Haven’t We Learned That the Devil Cannot Be Slain?
The public is sold the idea of the need for violence to cure the world's ills, despite our responsibility for creating those ills.
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William Rivers Pitt | War Eternal: One Man Gathers What Another Man Spills
President Obama and his administration have been dancing as fast as they can to explain why this newest chapter in the Iraq war can be called legal without fully …