Tag Archives: American War State

War criminal and torture maestro Dick Cheney grooving on the amazingness of hisself. (handsurfing.com) By Glenn Greenwald The Intercept (12/5/15) As vice president, Dick Cheney was a prime architect of the worldwide torture regime implemented by the U.S. government (which … Continue reading →

www.hdwallbackgrounds.com These fanatical fighters have excellent military training and love death. Western soldiers love life. The west cannot beat Isis with military means. By Jürgen Todenhöfer The Guardian (11/27/15) Since the Paris attacks, western politicians have been walking open-eyed into a … Continue reading →

By Jim Naureckas Fairness and Accuracy in Media (11/25/15) CNN host Michael Smerconish (Huffington Post, 11/23/15) brought onto his November 21 show former CIA officer Michael Scheuer, who said that if the US is going to go after ISIS, it … Continue reading →

Cruise missiles don’t work Jet fighters don’t work Bombs don’t work Drones don’t work Invasion don’t work Boy-oh-boy What to do, What to do…   (Daily Call cartoon by Mark L. Taylor, 2015. Open source and free to use with … Continue reading →

Recently retired Lt. General Michael Flynn. (www.activistpost.com) “We strategically marched in the wrong direction.” By Matt Ferner The Huffington Post (11/30/15) Retired Lt. General Michael Flynn, former U.S. special forces commander in Iraq and Afghanistan who was the country’s highest … Continue reading →

www.cleveland.com American special ops forces operating in 75% of the world’s nations. Democracy Now! (11/13/15) The recent U.S. deployment of special operations forces to Syria expands a global U.S. battlefield that is at a historic size. This year, special ops … Continue reading →

By Marc Ash Reader Supported News (11/14/15) Call it the War on Terror, an ISIS Caliphate, defense of Islam or a battle for freedom. The bullets are flying and people everywhere are dying from global colonialist domination. The West and … Continue reading →

www.washingtondctours.com Language is used to obscure more often than communicate the presence and role of US troops. By Scott Beauchamp The Guardian (11/13/15) When it comes to describing our military engagements across the world, Orwellian seems to be the language of … Continue reading →

By Jonathan Chait New York Magazine (11/13/15) When Donald Trump impugned the honor of his brother earlier this year, Jeb Bush proudly fell back on the achievement of the Dubya administration that has endured in public memory, despite his other … Continue reading →

American Crucifix: US torture victim at Abu Ghraib Prison. Ignoring the torture report won’t make it go away. Truth has a way of coming out eventually. By Ashley Gorski and Noa Yachot ACLU (11/11/15) Multiple government agencies are doing their … Continue reading →

Médecins Sans Frontières medical personnel treat civilians injured following an offensive against Taliban militants by Afghan and coalition forces, at the MSF hospital in Kunduz. (photo: MSF/AFP/Getty Images) This sort of hyper-nationalism and reflexively tribalistic self-love is pervasive in American journalism. … Continue reading →

www.illustrationsource.com (Editor’s Note: All fascist states regularly mix the state, sports and the military together. Hitler did that with the 1936 Berlin Olympics. It is why the gold medal performance of African American track star Jesse Owens was so humiliating … Continue reading →

  Former Vice President Dick Cheney (L) speaks as former Sen. Trent Lott (R-MS) looks on at the U.S. Capitol, April 24, 2007 in Washington DC. By Marina Fang Huffington Post (11/4/15) WASHINGTON — Starting in December, the likeness of … Continue reading →