American Decline in Perspective, Part 1 By Noam Chomsky Published by Tom Dispatch Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example. Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons… Continue Reading
It Can’t Happen Here Posted by Tom Dispatch Exclusive: New Iranian Commando Team Operating Near U.S. (Tehran, FNA) The Fars News Agency has confirmed with the Republican Guard’s North American Operations Command that a new elite Iranian commando team is… Continue Reading
Making Warbirds Instead of Thunderbirds By William J. Astore Republished by Tom Dispatch Perhaps you’ve heard of “Makin’ Thunderbirds,” a hard-bitten rock & roll song by Bob Seger that I listened to 30 years ago while in college. It’s about… Continue Reading
Following the Money in the Iran Crisis Posted by Tom Dispatch By Pepe Escobar Let’s start with red lines. Here it is, Washington’s ultimate red line, straight from the lion’s mouth. Only last week Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta said… Continue Reading
How Two Wars in the Greater Middle East Revealed the Weakness of the Global Superpower Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch By Tom Engelhardt It was to be the war that would establish empire as an American fact. It would… Continue Reading