US military policy
Pentagon brass on “red alert” over Trump’s coup plotting
By Bill Van Auken
28 December 2020
The senior US military command is operating at what amounts to a state of high alert in anticipation of...
What America’s biggest-ever defence bill of $740bn means for Middle East
MEE looks at national defence bill and what it entails for US military's approach to region
10 December 2020
Both the US House of Representatives and...
Report Blames Trump Admin for 330% Rise in Afghan Civilian Casualties
"In 2019 airstrikes killed 700 civilians—more civilians than in any other year since the beginning of the war in 2001 and 2002."
by Brett Wilkins,
Dec....
House Democrats Warn Biden Against Hiring SecDef With Arms Industry Ties
Biden's top pick sits on the board of a defense firm and has a long history of pushing for US intervention around the world
Nov....
Trump says he wanted to take out Syria’s Assad but Mattis...
By Brett Samuels
09/15/20
President Trump on Tuesday confirmed a plan was in the works to take out Syrian President Bashar Assad in 2017 and that...
Trump Boasts of Nuclear Weapon ‘You Haven’t Even Seen or Heard...
Sep. 9, 2020
Excerpts from journalist Bob Woodward’s forthcoming book “Rage” include comments by US President Donald Trump about the Pentagon having a nuclear weapons...
Ex-general appointed by Trump says he was in Gaza with Israeli...
By Michael F. Brown
6 August 2020
US President Donald Trump picked retired General Anthony J. Tata on Sunday to perform the duties of the deputy...
Trump is trashing arms control treaties and making the world more...
By The Times Editorial Board
June 11, 2020
Since 1947, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has maintained a so-called Doomsday Clock designed to indicate how close...
America to end ‘era of endless wars’ & stop being policeman,...
13 Jun, 2020
US President Donald Trump has declared that America will shift its focus from waging “endless wars” and being the “policeman of the...
Neoliberal Globalizers vs. Neocon Neofascists, Army vs. the President
Joint Chiefs Of Staff Chairman Apologizes For Role In Trump Photo Op | NBC Nightly News
Gen. Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...