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Admirals and Generals Attack a Corporal

For telling the truth about a US war. Article by Tom Engelhardt.

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8/6/2010

Profligate Lunacy

Andrew Bacevich on the warfare state.

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7/30/2010

Big Screen and Recliner Imperialism

The predator drone sums up US foreign policy, says Tom Engelhardt.

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6/25/2010

Pragmatic Killing

Tom Engelhardt on Obamian wars.

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5/19/2010

America and the Dictators

Alfred McCoy and Tom Engelhardt on the true nature of US intervention in Afghanistan.

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4/17/2010

Strange, Hmm?

Middle Easterners don't want armored aliens shooting up their countries.

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4/16/2010

The American Church Militant

It's the Pentagram. Article by William Astore and Tom Engelhardt.

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3/19/2010

Seven Days in May

Is the "defense" secretary dreaming of a military coup?

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2/2/2010

Authoritarian USA

Counterinsurgency war tactics are being used in our neighborhoods.

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11/19/2009

The Presidential Dictatorship

He can make war, spend, torture, occupy, spy without warrants, all in secret.

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10/19/2009

Wars of the World

Tom Engelhardt on Americans as the Martians of the 21st century.

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10/9/2009

Only the Government Army

Criminalizes changing your job. Article by Tom Engelhardt, Dahr Jamail, and Sarah Lazare.

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8/10/2009

Bringing Down Office Buildings, Homes, Schools, Hospitals, Temples, Churches

Of course, the "gooks" deserved to be nuked from a safe height, twice. Article by Tom Engelhardt.

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8/6/2009

Time To Liquidate the Democratic Empire

Chalmers Johnson and Tom Engelhardt on a 10-step plan.

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7/31/2009

How Dare They Resist the Empires?

British, Russian, American – even Macedonian and Roman – they've all hated the Pashtun. Article by Juan Cole and Tom Engelhardt.

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7/28/2009

A Life Against War

Tom Engelhardt on the face in the mirror.

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7/21/2009

The ‘Gooks’ of Afghanistan

Are their lives worth anything? Article by Tom Engelhardt.

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7/8/2009

The Vietnam-Era Draft Almost Wrecked the Military (Ha Ha)

But there is unrest in the volunteer legions too. Article by Dahr Jamail and Tom Engelhardt.

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7/1/2009

Barack’s Chief Enforcer

Tom Engelhardt on the bloodthirsty McChrystal.

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6/17/2009

Confronting the CIA’s Maze of Evil

Tom Engelhardt and Alfred McCoy on the heart of torture.

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6/12/2009

Forget ‘Terrorism’

The federal security apparat is far more of a threat.

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5/8/2009

Farewell, US Hegemony

And about time. Article by Andrew Bacevich and Tom Engelhardt.

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4/29/2009

The Empire Is Corrupting Our Language

The better to rule through lies. Article by Tom Engelhardt.

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3/2/2009

Tyrannical States Love Foreign Troops

Tom Engelhardt and William Astore on the US military.

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2/17/2009

Going Bankrupt for ‘National Defense’

Dismantle the empire, or wear a barrel. Article by Tom Engelhardt and Chalmers Johnson.

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2/3/2009

Five Questions for George Mitchell

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1/28/2009

Waltz With Bashir

Tom Engelhardt on the Israeli antiwar movie, now a graphic novel.

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1/26/2009

Yes You Can

Tom Engelhardt and Tony Karon on Gaza and Obama.

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1/23/2009

The Afghan Scam

Financial as well as military. Article by Tom Engelhardt and Ann Jones.

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1/12/2009

The Ponzi President

Tom Engelhardt on Bush the Destroyer.

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1/6/2009

Want To Constrain Terrorism?

Then stop promoting it, say Arundhati Roy and Tom Engelhardt.

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12/13/2008

The Imperial Transition

After the imperial campaign and before the imperial presidency. Article by Tom Engelhardt.

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12/9/2008

Deciphering the Afghan Debacle

Tom Engelhardt and Anand Gopal on the real Taliban.

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12/5/2008

The Obamacons

Will they murder Persians? Article by Tom Engelhardt and Robert Dreyfuss.

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12/3/2008

The Democratic Warfare State

Tom Engelhardt and Frieda Berrigan on the Pentabama.

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12/2/2008

A Truth-Telling State Functionary

Tom Engelhardt and Nick Turse on the unusual Lawrence Wilkerson.

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11/24/2008

Operation Predator

Tom Engelhardt and Tariq Ali on the bloody occupation of Afghanistan.

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11/17/2008

The Next Dear Leader

And the empire's long war. Article by Tom Engelhardt and Andrew Bacevich.

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10/31/2008

The US’s Iraq Desert

They call it peace. Article by Tom Engelhardt and Michael Schwartz.

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10/24/2008

Grading Bush’s ‘War on Terror’

Give him an F, says Tom Engelhardt.

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10/22/2008

The Surge That Failed

An on-the-ground report by Anand Gopal.

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10/10/2008

Will the Election Matter?

Chalmers Johnson thinks so.

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10/8/2008

Third Front in the War of Terror?

Tom Engelhardt and Tariq Ali on the US invasion of Pakistan.

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9/17/2008

US Mass Murder

Tom Engelhardt on the war on Afghanistan.

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9/12/2008

The US Idol

Tom Engelhardt and Andrew Bacevich on the world's allegedly indispensable nation.

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9/10/2008

Imperial Planet

Tom Engelhardt on garrisoning the earth.

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9/5/2008

Apocalypse Later

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8/21/2008

Six Questions About That Federal Anthrax

Tom Engelhardt on regime WMD and regime lies.

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8/19/2008

Conservative DC

From the left, Tom Engelhardt and Thomas Frank on the horror.

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8/8/2008

Murderous Modern Times

Could the 21st century surpass the world-war-happy 20th?

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8/1/2008