The ISIS-K Hawks at the NYT
Thomas Gibbons-Neff and Christina Goldbaum of The New York Times are clinging to platitudes and generalities in their recent report about the threat of ISIS-K in Afghanistan.
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Washington Demands Acquiescence in Afghanistan
War and conflict rarely benefit the lives of ordinary people. Indeed, the very nature of war is destructive.
Washington’s Wars: The Killing of Zemari Ahmadi
The US government killed no ISIS-K fighters in its drone strike in Kabul last month. Instead, it killed 10 civilians.
Washington’s Hegemony Perches Over the Horizon
Far away on the frontier of the American empire, thousands of US troops remain surrounding the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
The Bipartisan Quarrel Over Defense Spending: Does It Matter?
e Armed Services Committee signed off on a Republican-led amendment that grants an additional $25 billion to next year’s defense budget.
The Bipartisan Quarrel Over Defense Spending: Does it Matter?
Lawmakers are considering an amendment that would grant an additional $25 billion to next year’s budget for national security and defense.
President Biden’s Afghanistan Announcement: War or Peace?
America’s war in Afghanistan will officially end on Aug. 31, 2021. President Joe Biden delivered the message Thursday in the same room that former President George W. Bush commenced the original War on Terror roughly twenty years ago. The objectives have been achieved, Biden said, noting the success of America’s mission to capture and bring … Read more
