Devastating Airwars

A Hybrid War to Replace Afghan ‘Forever War’?

July 8, 2021 UNAC Editor Afghanistan, Air Wars, Hybrid Warfare

by M.K. Bhadrakumar, published on CounterCurrents, July 7, 2021 The British newspaper Daily Telegraph did some kite-flying in the weekend that London is considering open-ended deployment of a contingent of elite special forces to Afghanistan “ to provide training to Afghan units and deploy with them on the ground as advisers.” At the same time, the New York Times reported[…]

Trump & Biden’s Secret Bombing Wars

March 6, 2021 UNAC Editor US Foreign Policy, War and Weapons

By Medea Benjamin and Nicholas Davies, On February 25th, President Biden ordered U.S. air forces to drop seven 500-pound bombs on Iraqi forces in Syria, reportedly killing 22 people. The U.S. airstrike has predictably failed to halt rocket attacks on deeply unpopular U.S. bases in Iraq, which the Iraqi National Assembly passed a resolution to close over a year ago.[…]