military

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Thu, 13/04/2023 - 20:07

By David Swanson / World BEYOND War The New York Times routinely tells bigger lies than the clumsy nonsense it published about weapons in Iraq. Here’s an example. This package of lies is called “Liberals Have a Blind Spot on Defense” but mentions nothing related to defense. It simply pretends that militarism is defensive by applying that word […]

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Created
Tue, 11/04/2023 - 20:05

A federal watchdog called for ending the practice nearly 50 years ago, but the military pushed back. Now, soldiers leave the Army with a negative discharge, avoiding possible federal conviction and with little record of the allegations against them.

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Created
Fri, 07/04/2023 - 11:23
Israel has begun bombing Gaza, and Tyre in southern Lebanon, according to emerging reports. No further details of the attack are yet available, but recent protests against the right-wing extremist Israeli government’s attack on the country’s legal system may well have led Netanyahu and co to seek a distraction from their woes and lawlessness at […]
Created
Tue, 04/04/2023 - 20:07

On the floor of Germany’s parliament, Left Party MP Sevim Dağdelen called for the c. 38,000 US soldiers in her country to leave, and to take their nuclear weapons with them. She lamented that Washington “doesn’t actually want allies, just loyal vassals”.

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Created
Fri, 31/03/2023 - 07:36

Andrea Mazzarino explores how so many of the American military personnel dispatched to fight it and the rest of the disastrous Global War on Terror have suffered until this very day, while this country largely turned its back, leaving them in the lurch.

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