Regretting Western Intervention in the Middle East
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/20/regretting-western-intervention-in-the-middle-east/
“Wars for oil, control and strategic dominance were cloaked in the language of democracy” — Ann Wright delivers an argument at the Cambridge Union Debates. Here is a video of the entire debate; author’s segment 2:39 — 14:16. By Ann…
#Politics #Afghanistan #Commentary #Environment #Gaza #HumanRights #Iraq #Lebanon #Libya #Militarism #Pakistan #Palestine #Propaganda #Somalia #Syria #U.s. #WarCrimes #Yemen #9/11Attacks #AbuGhraib #AnnWright #BlackSites #C.i.a.Renditions #C.i.a.Torture #CambridgeUnionDebates #ChilcotReport #CostsOfWarProject #DonaldRumsfeld #Fallujah #GazaIsraelWar #GlobalWarOnTerror #GuantanamoBayPrison #Isis #Mosul #OccupiedPalestinianTerritory(opt) #PresidentGeorgeW.Bush #U.s.DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity #WeaponsOfMassDestruction(wmd)

Ex-Elite UK Troops Recount War Crimes in Iraq & Afghanistan
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/14/ex-elite-uk-troops-recount-iraq-afghanistan-war-crimes/
Those who exposed illegalities — including Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Chelsea Manning, John Kiriakou & David McBride — were almost always the only ones punished for the crimes they exposed. By Brett Wilkins Common Dreams Dozens of former United Kingdom Special…
#Politics #Afghanistan #Commentary #Iraq #Libya #Pakistan #Terrorism #U.s. #WarCrimes #Yemen #BbcPanorama #BrettWilkins #ChelseaManning #EdwardSnowden #GlobalWarOnTerror #InternationalCriminalCourt(icc) #JohnKiriakou #PrimeMinisterDavidCameron #SpecialAirService(sas) #U.k.SpecialForces(uksf) #Whistleblowers

The Warfare State & Trump’s Rise to Power
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/03/07/the-warfare-state-trumps-rise-to-power/
While the military industrial complex seems all too natural to most politicians and journalists, Norman Solomon says its consequences have transformed U.S. politics. By Norman Solomon TomDispatch Donald Trump’s power has thrived on the economics, politics, and culture of war.…
#Politics #Afghanistan #BidenAdministration #Campaign2016 #Campaign2024 #Commentary #Gaza #Iraq #Israel #Militarism #Palestine #Terrorism #TrumpAdministration #U.s. #CatherineLutz #CostsOfWarProject #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk #GlobalWarOnTerror #HillaryClinton #JohnMccain #MarkZuckerberg #NormanSolomon #PresidentBarackObama #U.s.PresidentJoeBiden #VicePresidentKamalaHarris

Today in #Connecticut History, September 11: Twenty-Two Years. So Many Connecticans. Still Like Yesterday.

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https://todayincthistory.com/2023/09/11/september-11-twenty-years-still-like-yesterday/

#20thcentury #9/11 #connecticuthistory #globalwaronterror #memorials #newyorkcity #september #september11 #stateparks #terrorism #thestate #waranddefense #westport

#histodons and #academicmastodon does anyone know of a #worldhistory of the #GlobalWarOnTerror?

Part 2 of our chat w/ Graham Clumpner, anarchist and veteran of the US military. Graham talks about US society's responsibility for the continuing harm of the #GlobalWarOnTerror, veterans in social movements, movement building & ecological direct action w Mosquito Fleet.

https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2020/05/20/graham-clumpner-p2/