The Bipartisan Neoliberal Regime Is No Alternative to Trumpism and the Far-Right
Tag: Raytheon
A Tainted Perspective to Look at “China’s Tainted Cotton” Report from the BBC
Trump’s Parting Shot at Yemen
How the ‘West Point Mafia’ Runs Washington
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin: A Certain Kind of Diversity
That’s no small thing to my old tribe. While there’ve been real militarists, monsters, and just plain jerks to come out of West Point’s academic departments – Petraeus and Trump’s national security adviser H.R. McMaster come to mind – in my assessment, most TAC-types were less intellectually curious or inclined to challenge prevailing assumptions (with some exceptions). Don’t take just my word for it. “He just doesn’t knock your socks off,” a former defense official close to the Biden transition team told Politico – “I just don’t see him as an independent thinker.”
None of that bodes well in crisis times – think pandemic, climate catastrophe, and reprised Cold War nuclear madness – that demand system-shaking visionaries, not company men. Unfortunately, the company man’s president may have just nominated the first black one.
Biden Picks Raytheon Board Member to Run Pentagon
App makes killing Palestinians as easy as ordering pizzas
App makes killing Palestinians as easy as ordering pizzas
When the weapons industry makes killing as easy as ordering a pizza, there is a risk we will no longer be shocked by how it profits from suffering. Activists who are determined to keep us shocked must be applauded.
What If They Called an Election and Nothing Changed in the War State?
What If They Called an Election and Nothing Changed in the War State?
This election season, neither Democrats nor Republicans challenged the cultural components justifying the great game, which is evidence of one thing: empires come home, folks, even if the troops never seem to.
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Despite Vow to End ‘Endless Wars,’ Here’s Where About 200,000 Troops Remain
House Democrats Warn Biden Against Hiring SecDef With Arms Industry Ties
House Democrats Warn Biden Against Hiring SecDef With Arms Industry Ties
Related:
Progressive House Democrats urge Biden against Defense chief with contractor ties
“The transition from President Trump’s administration to yours promises to be the end of what you have called ‘the dark era,’ ” they added. “The legacy of Trump’s presidency will undoubtedly linger, but one way we can quickly distance the nation from the stain of his tenure is to immediately remove the profiteering ethos Donald Trump fostered throughout government.”
Defense Sectary Visits Hawkish Atlantic Council to Announce US Troop Buildup on Russia Border
Defense Sectary Visits Hawkish Atlantic Council to Announce US Troop Buildup on Russia Border
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper visited the notorious Atlantic Council, funded by a who’s who of weapons makers and despotic regimes, to announce that the US would not, indeed, be withdrawing troops from Germany but sending them to Russia’s border instead.
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