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450 Bases and It’s Not Over Yet – The Pentagon’s Afghan Basing Plans for...
Summary: While the evidence accumulates that we’re accomplished little in Afghanistan, we continue to pour vast sums into building bases there. Perhaps in time to be abandoned like the vast bases in...
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Obama + assassination + drones = a dark future for America
Summary: Today we have a review of Mark Mazzetti’s new book about the CIA’s drone war, discussing America’s adoption of assassination as one its major modes of warfare. It’s a momentous step which,...
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The Psychology of Killer Drones – action against our foes; reaction affecting us
From the archives. It describes America today more than it did when written in September 2011. Summary: GI WIlson explains that we now have enough experience with drone warfare to study its effects....
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We’re goading our enemies to attack America. Eventually we’ll succeed, and...
Summary: Our national security agencies have put us on course for a dark future, albeit one that greatly benefits them. We feel exceptional in our ability to kill people in far-away lands, yet fear the...
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Victory through airpower! We always believe the promise, despite the past.
Summary: We gear up for another round of wars, repeating the same methods that failed repeatedly since WWII, with pregame performances more predictable than a Superbowl’s halftime festival. Today we...
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Review of “Kill Chain: Rise of the High-tech Assassins”
Summary: Today we have a review of an important book about America’s post-9/11 policy of mass assassination. We’ve adopted a tactic that both history and theory suggests will fail, and which has...
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The real significance of our drone war, and why you’ll hear little about it...
Summary: Nothing shows the decay of the Republic like our drone wars, almost mindless killing — now including execution of Americans by Presidential decree. To see how accustomed we’ve become to these...
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Martin van Creveld: it’s the age of failed airpower. Yet we try, try, try again.
Summary: Today Martin van Creveld examines one of the great oddities of our time — our persistent and absurdly unjustified faith in the power of airpower to defeat 4th generation foes. Future...
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America’s gift to the world: exports of the best armed drones
Summary: America has played a special role in the post-WWII era, repeatedly unleashing horrors on the world. We started the nuclear arms race by bombing Japan, staged the first cyberattack on Iran (we...
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Stratfor looks at the next phase of terrorism: ISIS drones
Summary: Stratfor looks at the videos of ISIS using drones and discusses their potential applications of this new weapon. Will we see ISIS drones in the skies of America? Beyond the Buzz: Assessing...
View ArticleThe deadly, cowardly U.S. drone wars in Africa
The Black Agenda Report examines with cold harsh logic America's drone wars in Africa. Not secret wars, just ignored by Americans and so seldom in our news – and then usually misreported.
View ArticleThe Houthi of Yeman just changed the nature of war
Milestones in warfare often slide pass with few seeing their importance, and experts explaining them away as nothing new. So it is with the recent attack on Saudi Arabia. Here William Lind explains why...
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The Psychology of Killer Drones – action against our foes; reaction affecting us
Tweet From the archives. It describes America today more than it did when written in September 2011. Summary: GI WIlson explains that we now have enough experience with drone warfare to study its...
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We’re goading our enemies to attack America. Eventually we’ll succeed, and...
Tweet Summary: Our national security agencies have put us on course for a dark future, albeit one that greatly benefits them. We feel exceptional in our ability to kill people in far-away lands, yet...
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Victory through airpower! We always believe the promise, despite the past.
Tweet Summary: We gear up for another round of wars, repeating the same methods that failed repeatedly since WWII, with pregame performances more predictable than a Superbowl’s halftime festival....
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