Imperial Wars

17 Years of Getting Afghanistan Completely Wrong

October 2, 2018 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Imperial Wars

by David Swanson, Originally published on DavidSwanson.org, September 28, 2018 We expect 17-year-olds to have learned a great deal starting from infancy, and yet full-grown adults have proven incapable of knowing anything about Afghanistan during the course of 17 years of U.S.-NATO war. Despite war famously being the means of Americans learning geography, few can even identify Afghanistan on a[…]

Demonization of Russia in a New Cold War Era

September 30, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Russia

Featured Image: It is time for political leaders and each individual to move us back from the brink of catastrophe to begin to build relationships with our Russian brothers and sisters.(Photo: U.S. Department of Defense/flickr/cc) by Mairead Maguire, from Common Dreams, September 14, 2018 In examining the future, we must look to the past. As we watch the media today,[…]

Washington’s Long War on Syria Isn’t About to End

September 29, 2018 UNAC Editor Abuses of Empire, Imperial Wars

Featured Image from SyrianCivilWarMap.com Washington’s Long War on Syria Isn’t About to End: On the Contrary, the White House Has Blessed Pentagon Plans for More Aggression By Stephen Gowans, from Whats Left, September 10, 2018 The United States has a new strategy for Syria, according to The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal. The new direction, however, is simply[…]

Seventeen years after 9/11: From “war on terror” to “great power conflict”

September 14, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial Wars, Political Analysis, Syria

by Andre Damon, published on World Socialist Website, September 12, 2018 Seventeen years after the September 11, 2001 terror attacks—which became the official pretense for the “war on terror” and a series of bloody conflicts that cost the lives of at least one million people—Washington is on the verge of launching a massive new military offensive in Syria in defense[…]

Trump Protects Al Qaeda, “The Resistance” Applauds, Cursing “Russians”

September 6, 2018 UNAC Editor Imperial greed, Imperial Wars, Syria

The “Russians” had to be reinstalled as the “enemy” after Obama made his alliance with Islamist jihad. Trump has now signed on as Protector of the Idlib Caliphate. by Glen Ford, originally published on Black Agenda Report, September 6, 2018 “The so-called ‘resistance is the world’s phoniest ‘left.’” The Trump administration, just like the Obama regime, is willing to start[…]

Military Parade Cancelled, How Does Peace Movement Build On This Victory?

August 21, 2018 UNAC Editor Featured, Imperial Wars, Resistance

Above: People protest war at the Democratic National Convention 2016. By Brendan Smialowski for AFP-Getty Images. By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, Popular Resistance, August 19, 2018 This week, the Trump military parade, planned for November 10, was canceled for 2018. In February, a coalition of groups went public, announcing we would organize to stop the military parade and, if it[…]