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
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
Obama’s Risky Oil Threat to China By Michael T. Klare Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch When it comes to China policy, is the Obama administration leaping from the frying pan directly into the fire? In an attempt to turn… Continue Reading
Lessons From the Dead in a No-Learning-Curve World By Tom Engelhardt He was 22, a corporal in the Marines from Preston, Iowa, a “city” incorporated in 1890 with a present population of 949. He died in a hospital in Germany… Continue Reading
This Is What Defeat Looks Like By Tom Engelhardt Reposted by arrangement with Tom Dispatch How about a moment of silence for the passing of the American Dream? M.R.I.C. (May it rest in carnage.) No, I’m not talking about the old dream… Continue Reading