…Asia, Africa, and the Americas, and a formidable fleet of warships to defend them. England resented this control and engaged in three maritime wars with the Dutch. The hostilities between…

…important to honor American war dead, according to four people with firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the…

…war with the traffickers, an order to kill all the boat’s occupants if they were no longer able to fight ‘would in essence be an order to show no quarter,…

…Trump’s War The costs could be catastrophic. Robert Reich The United States is now at war with Iran. A single person, Donald J. Trump, has released the dogs of war…

…Day War of 1967 did not cause regime change in Egypt. Likewise the defeat of Iraq in Kuwait in the Gulf War of 1990-1991 did not cause regime change in…

…his 1935 book and speeches. He argued that war creates massive profits for a small “inside” group at the expense of many. He became a vocal anti-war activist and critic…

…for the WW I war effort. They even put in a munitions tax to “appease” opponents of American involvement in the war; levied on manufacturers of military equipment, it was…

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…US is currently at “war” against terrorists when explaining his authority to override US law (note that the “war” he is referring to is not the war in Iraq, but…

…neocon supporters, assembled pundits, and others swore we were nonetheless “at war” and the country in “wartime,” after our media beat the drums for “war” and assured us that “war”…