“The first thing any sane commander-in-chief with an urge to help this country would do is cancel those new nuclear delivery systems tomorrow. Instead of rearming, America should begin disarming, but don’t hold your breath on that one.”
Fellow Coleen Rowley discusses the bipartisan support for Israel in DC, the decline of the American empire, the U.S.’ addiction to forever wars, and the ongoing attack on whistleblowers like herself.
The opening session of the Merchants of Death War Crimes Tribunal focuses on Israeli war crimes funded by American taxpayers and facilitated by U.S. weapons manufacturers like Lockheed Martin, Boeing and Raytheon.
While the US was an empire before the Second World War, the victory in 1945 created an America that was The Empire. We have been reaping the consequences of that transformation ever since.
President Biden has said his call for $100B in weapons for Israel and Ukraine is good for the economy because it creates jobs. But Air Force veteran Christian Sorensen says that’s not true.
55%… of the Defense Budget goes to contractors
What we were doing didn’t have anything to do with national defense.
Americans have a lot less to be proud of than we think.
You don’t have to be antiwar to be highly suspicious of the U.S. military.
The system will not reform itself. It will always demand and take more—more money, more authority, more power. It will never be geared for peace.