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It’s the empire, stupid!
Why does the US pursue such boneheaded foreign policies? Can you say empire? Over at Colonel Pat Lang’s shop–Sic Semper Tyrannis , they write of the dilemma the US faces as an empire that’s dependent on allies to provide bases … Continue reading
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Tagged Colonel Patrick Lang, deep state, empire of chaos, Ian Welsh, ISIS, Mike Lofgren, neoconservatives, proxies, proxy forces, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, terrorists, UAE
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Class-Warfare
The free-market economic policy our leaders have chosen for us–neoliberalism–requires coercion to make people participate. Enforcing market obedience is something I’ve written about at CK before. It’s also one of the salient points made about early capitalism in Karl Polanyi’s masterpiece, The … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Traffic Controllers, Argentina, Chile, Corey Robin, death squads, deep state, James Petras, Karl Polanyi, libertarians, military coup, neoliberalism, Pinochet, President Reagan, primitive accumulation, Rand Paul, Ron Paul, The Great Transformation, violence, X-Files
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My Pet Goat
That Trump fellow sure is making things interesting with his recent statements. “Say what you want, the World Trade Center came down during his time.” Trump’s attack forced Jeb Bush to defensively claim that his brother, President George Bush, “kept us safe.” … Continue reading
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Tagged AUMF, Bin Laden, Clean Break, Cold War, Donald Trump, empire, George Bush, Jeb Bush, My Pet Goat, neoconservatives, patsy, President Obama, war on terror
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The Next Phase
It’s back. Like the monster in a B-grade Hollywood movie that refuses to stay in the grave, the TPP (Trans-Pacific Partnership), the so-called trade treaty that many of us had assumed dead, was ratified in Atlanta this weekend. Trade ministers from … Continue reading
Chickens Come Home to Roost
This is awkward. By bombing Islamic terrorists in Syria, Russia has exposed the US’s war on terror for what it really is–a war of terror. The dirty little secret of the Syrian conflict is that the US and their allies … Continue reading
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Tagged Al-Qaeda, CIA, Consortium News, Emptywheel, ISIS, Marcy Wheeler, neoconservatives, Robert Parry, Russia, Syria, war on terror
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Revolution Blues
In the US we have a neoliberal political and economic consensus among elites that has produced deregulation for corporations and banks, tax cuts and subsidies for the wealthy, punitive austerity for the poor, and a violent, militaristic foreign policy focused … Continue reading
Epic Fail
Here’s what our efforts in Syria have amounted to. “The West is more hated than ever. A recent poll found that 80 per cent of Syrians believe we created the Islamic State — a common belief, incidentally, throughout the Middle … Continue reading
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Tagged epic fail, Iran, ISIS, neoconservatives, Russia, Syria, US foreign policy
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“Boy Play”
Thought I’d become inured to “war-on-terror” blowback. Boy was I wrong. In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984, Afghanistan, blowback, George Orwell, opium, war on terror
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Ahmed
14 years since 9/11 and we’re still so deathly afraid of terrorists that we freak the fuck out and arrest and handcuff a teenage honor student for making a clock and bringing it to school. To no ones surprise, his name … Continue reading
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