Si bien Bush se apresuró a designar a la Holy Land Foundation como una organización terrorista y declaró que cerrarla era de alguna manera un gran logro en la lucha contra el terrorismo, el hecho era que no tenía pruebas.
O seremos recordados como un país que se tomó la libertad y la libertad para todos en serio o seremos recordados como una nación de cobardes que, impulsados por el miedo, estaban dispuestos a privar a este grupo, luego a ese grupo, de su libertad, antes de perder esa libertad por completo.
The 20th anniversary of September 11, 2001 is a particularly somber one, not just because of the horrific nature of events of that day reaching its second-decade milestone, but because of how little we seem to have learned in that amount of time. The fear and trauma generated by the events of 9/11 were used by the U.S. national security state
La propaganda estadounidense-occidental, que ha afectado nuestra comprensión colectiva de Afganistán durante veinte años y contando, ha sido tan abrumadora hasta el punto que nos quedamos sin la más mínima comprensión de la dinámica que condujo a la rápida toma de poder de los talibanes.
For twenty years, two dominant narratives have shaped our view of the illegal US invasion and occupation of Afghanistan, and neither one of these narratives would readily accept the use of such terms as ‘illegal’, ‘invasion’ and ‘occupation.’ The framing of the US ‘military intervention’ in Afghanistan,
En esta franca discusión, Glenton se abre sobre el culto al imperialismo dentro del ejército británico, sus experiencias con el comercio del opio y el colapso completamente previsible del gobierno afgano.
The world’s news feeds have been inundated this week with a deluge of images of the extremely hasty American retreat from Afghanistan. After militarily occupying the country for two decades and spending an
A medida que la conversación nacional sobre Afganistán se centra en lo que depara el futuro del país, Adley y Wilkerson tienen una discusión franca sobre el imperio estadounidense, los especuladores de la guerra y el estado de la Guerra contra el Terrorismo.
After 20 years of war and occupation that have caused the deaths of almost a quarter of a million people and displaced 5.9 million more, the
By the end of 2019, Washington’s global war will cost American taxpayers no less than $5.9 trillion already spent and in commitments to caring for veterans of the war throughout their lifetimes.
In September 2001, the Bush administration launched the “Global War on Terror.” Though “global” has long since been dropped from the name, as it turns out, they weren’t kidding. When I first set out to map all the places in the world where the United States is still fighting terrorism so many years later, I didn’t think it would be that hard to
Where is the call for the New Peace Deal that would free up hundreds of billions from the overblown military budget to invest in green infrastructure?
In the spirit of a new year and a new Congress, 2019 may well be our best and last opportunity to steer our ship of state away from the twin planetary perils of environmental chaos and militarism, charting a course toward an earth-affirming 21st century.
The environmental crisis was laid bare by the sobering December
