We are fighting wars in order to secure oil for future wars
The US war machine is said to use an average of 12,600,000 US gallons (48,000,000 L) of fuel per day. We will never
Iraq War: ‘How does this end?’
Twenty years on, that question has become: ‘How does our exasperation with the failure of nation-building end? Photo: President George W. Bush declares
Study: US has 867 military bases around the world
Estimates of the yearly cost to the U.S. of its foreign military bases range from $100 – 250 billion,” according to World Beyond
Backstory: The U.S. Military Budget (2022)
Remember, just about every single military or political problem you see in the world right now stems from the money allocated in these
US formally ends combat mission in Iraq. Troops, equipment to remain in place
‘Remember, this is a change in the mission, right? Not necessarily a changing physical posture,” Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said Thursday. Since 2020,
US House Passes $768 Billion Defense Policy Bill
Lawmakers ‘rejected’ the president’s request to keep military spending essentially flat, and instead overwhelmingly called for increasing it substantially. 07 December 2021 |
Want to Go Green? Stop Flying Your F-35 on Family Vacations
Did you know that we can personally save the world if we stop eating meat and cutting down trees? Did you know that
The Cost of The US Afghanistan War
‘Most Afghans alive today were not born when the U.S. war began.’ Oddly, we are not told the actual figure of ‘most’ but
Report: Dangerous levels of ‘forever chemicals’ found at six Great Lakes area military sites
Six military bases in the Great Lakes region, including Michigan’s Selfridge Air National Guard Base, which sits on the coast of Lake St.
Pentagon to ‘evaluate’ safety of ‘nuclear football’
Photo: A White House military aide and member of the US Navy carries a briefcase known as the “football,” containing emergency nuclear weapon
Bagram Airfield: Last one, turn off the lights
Photo: Afghan security forces member keep watch after the American military left Bagram air base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday,
Rumsfeld: ‘Freedom’s untidy.’ So is history
Photo: David Hume Kennerly / Getty America’s worst secretary of defense never expressed a quiver of regret. 01 July 2021 | George Packer