Tag: Iraq War

  • How Empire Fabricates Atrocities

    How Empire Fabricates Atrocities

    Another atrocity. Yesterday, the dam holding back the waters for the Kakhovskaya hydroelectric power station was destroyed releasing a massive flood surge, imperilling people and places below the dam on the Dnieper River. Both sides blamed each other. From the Russian standpoint, it makes no sense to blow up the dam. According to Russian Defense […]

  • The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

    The Not-So-Winding Road from Iraq to Ukraine

    U.S. soldiers breaking into a home in Baquba, Iraq, in 2008   Photo: Reuters   March 19 marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S. and British invasion of Iraq. This seminal event in the short history of the 21st century not only continues to plague Iraqi society to this day, but it also looms large […]

  • The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush-Cheney

    I wrote the following column ten years ago. Note the absence of any accountability or regret by Bush, Cheney and their co-war criminals. Ten years ago [now 20 years ago, on March 19, 2003] George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, as war criminals, launched the sociocide of the people of Iraq – replete with embedded […]

  • An Objective Look at U.S. Foreign Policy

    Events continue to unfold at a quickening pace. Facing an alarming escalation in tensions around the world, we asked Matthew Hoh for his current thoughts. We focus on the realities of the international power struggle unfolding in real time, specifically addressing the role of the U.S. in the tensions and its capacity to reduce them. […]

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