How the U.S. and Pakistan Became the Dysfunctional Nuclear Family of International Relations By Dilip Hiro via Tom Dispatch The United States and Pakistan are by now a classic example of a dysfunctional nuclear family (with an emphasis on “nuclear”).… Continue Reading
The Discrediting of U.S. Military Power By Tom Engelhardt via Tom Dispatch (a version of this article appeared in the LA Times) Americans lived in a “victory culture” for much of the twentieth century. You could say that we experienced an almost 75-year stretch… Continue Reading
Joe McCarthy Would Understand By Andrew J. Bacevich via Tom Dispatch First came the hullaballoo over the “Mosque at Ground Zero.” Then there was Pastor Terry Jones of Gainesville, Florida, grabbing headlines as he promoted “International Burn-a-Koran Day.” Most recently, we have an American posting… Continue Reading
Total Tops Iraq at That War’s Height By Nick Turse via Tom Dispatch Afghanistan may turn out to be one of the great misbegotten “stimulus packages” of the modern era, a construction boom in the middle of nowhere with materials largely… Continue Reading
How Quickly Will the U.S. Leave Afghanistan? By Tom Engelhardt via Tom Dispatch In the wake of several deaths among its contingent of troops in a previously peaceful province in Afghanistan, New Zealand (like France and South Korea) is now expediting the departure of… Continue Reading