This evening, the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal both broke extraordinary news. Months ago, American intelligence officials concluded that during peace talks to end the war in Afghanistan, a Russian military intelligence group offered to Taliban-linked fighters bounties for killing American troops. They paid up, too, although it is unclear which of the twenty US deaths happened under the deal. But this wasn't breaking news for the National Security Council.
June 3, 2020Military leaders past and present and all four former U.S. presidents condemn Trump's "troops on the ground."
May 22, 2020"I never expected that I would be writing about the needless deaths of almost 100,000 of our countrymen, rapidly approaching the number who died in wars from Korea to Afghanistan combined. It is bitterly appropriate that we should reach that grim milestone on this particular weekend." (Robert Edwards was formerly an infantry and intelligence officer in the US Army and a captain in the 82nd Airborne in Iraq during the first Gulf War.)
May 21, 2020 | Updated January 5, 2016 | Moyers & CompanyHistorian Harvey J. Kaye talks to Bill about why FDR's “Four Freedoms” are more important now than ever.
December 19, 2017The whole world burns while Trump satisfies his ego and his need for attention.
December 18, 2017Trump has consistently sold out the blue-collar, socially conservative whites who brought him to power, while pursuing policies to enrich his fellow plutocrats. What might he do to keep the "base" on his side?
November 20, 2017The possible use of nuclear weapons is about to be normalized.
November 16, 2017Brought to you by its chief beneficiary: the military-industrial complex.
