Two U.S. service members, one Department of Defense civilian and one contractor were killed by an explosion while conducting a local engagement in the northern Syrian town of Manbij on Wednesday. Three other U.S. service members were injured in the blast, according to U.S. officials. Operation Inherent Resolve, the U.S.-led mission to defeat the Islamic […]
In Air Force Milestone, First Female F-35 Test Pilot Completes Mission…
In a recent string of firsts for the male-dominated U.S. military, Maj. Rachael Winiecki became the first female F-35 pilot to complete a test mission at Edwards Air Base in California. Winiecki, of the 461st Flight Test Squadron, said while aviation is mostly male, the number of women conducting flight tests is on the rise […]
Trump Scores, Breaks Generals’ 50-Year War Record by Gareth Porter…
The mainstream media has attacked President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria as impulsive, blindsiding his own national security team. But detailed, published accounts of the policy process over the course of the year tell a very different story. They show that senior national security officials and self-interested institutions have been playing […]
U.S. to Leave Syria Immediately…
President Trump Delivers a Message on Syria (VIDEO)…
The Film the Israel Lobby Does Not Want You to See by Chris Hedges…
“The Lobby,” the four-part Al-Jazeera documentary that was blocked under heavy Israeli pressure shortly before its release, has been leaked online by the Chicago-based website Electronic Intifada, the French website Orient XXI and the Lebanese newspaper Al-Akhbar. The series is an inside look over five months by an undercover reporter, armed with a hidden camera, […]
Pentagon Fails Its First-Ever Audit…
After generations of being a black hole down which money goes, never to return, a team of 1,200 auditors tried to give the Pentagon its first ever comprehensive audit, just to see where all that money went. Unsurprisingly, it went poorly, and was declared a failure. How bad the failure was is something of a […]
UN Report Finds ISIS Given “Breathing Space” in U.S.-Occupied Areas of Syria…
A recent report from the UN Security Council’s Sanctions Monitoring Team has found that many of the places in Syria where the terror group Daesh (ISIS) continues to operate, recuperate and extract oil for profit are in areas of the country occupied by the United States. According to the report’s executive summary: Islamic State in […]
STUDY: Costs of War…U.S. Budgetary Costs of the Post-9/11 Wars Through FY2019: $5.9 Trillion Spent and Obligated…
America Has Spent a Whopping $5.9 Trillion on Wars in the Middle East and Asia Since 9/11. 244k Have Been Killed. 10 Million Have Been Displaced…
The U.S. wars and military action in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers $5.9 trillion since they began in 2001, according to a new study. That total is almost $2 trillion more than all federal government spending during the recently completed 2017-18 fiscal year. The report, from Watson Institute of International and […]
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