The Coronavirus Could Kill Millions. U.S.-Iran Hostilities Will Make It Worse.
Countless lives in America, Iran, and Iraq depend on leaders’ willingness to put down the sabers and cooperate.
Iraq
The Un-American
Hoda Muthana left the U.S. to join ISIS. Now she wants to return home to stand trial, but the Trump administration won’t let her. She is a test case for the future of birthright citizenship.
60 Minutes Celebrates a War Criminal
Why did the CBS program ignore a historic Afghanistan cease-fire to profile Eddie Gallagher, the Trump-pardoned Navy SEAL?
To End Forever War, Keep the Dollar Globally Dominant
The U.S. has misused its "exorbitant" financial privilege, but American leaders should transform it, not abandon it.
Democratic Hawks Declare War on Bernie Sanders
Maybe they'll win one for a change.
To End Forever War, End the Dollar’s Global Dominance
In its laser focus on military restraint, the present debate about endless war overlooks the financial architecture of U.S. empire.
We Have Reached Peak VetBro Brand
The entrepreneurial warriors' space is so saturated that a top shill now wants to make "Veteran" a brand unto itself, with a capital "V."
Before the U.S. Bombed Soleimani’s Terrorists, It Bribed Them
Other targets of Trump's strikes were “bad dudes” … as well as recipients of American payoffs in the Iraq War.
The Evangelicals Who Pray for War With Iran
Mike Pence and Mike Pompeo, who urged Trump to kill Qassem Soleimani, are ardent proponents of Christian Zionism.
Mike Pompeo Is the Most Dangerous Man in the World Right Now
The Soleimani assassination and its aftermath suggest that America's top diplomat is really the viceroy of its national security establishment.
The Pinnacle of Trump’s Foreign Policy Stupidity
The fatal strike against Iranian Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani has destabilized the world, endangered Americans, and thrilled Republican war hawks.
My Own Private Decade From Hell
A brother's death. An honorable discharge. And a harrowing reentry to civilian life.
America Lost the Iraq War. These Cables Show How.
A newly released trove of Iranian intelligence communiqués demonstrates the deeper folly of U.S. adventurism in the Middle East.
The War Criminals I Have Known
Trump's clemencies were not just to exonerate three trigger-pullers, but to excuse all Americans.
The Weapons America Is Leaving Behind in Syria
Trump’s hasty troop withdrawal could trigger a second "industrial revolution" in terrorism.
America Is Screwing the Kurds Yet Again
Trump's withdrawal from Syria is consistent with his predecessors' treatment of the ethnic minority as a geopolitical pawn.
The Fog of Intervention
Samantha Power did not set out to justify war.
Let’s Get Into a Fight About Foreign Policy
After another two nights of Democratic debates, the 2020 field has spent little time on some of the presidency's most consequential challenges.
Most Veterans Say America’s Wars Are a Waste. No One’s Listening to Them.
There's a widening gap between Washington's bipartisan militarism and veterans' bipartisan war-skepticism.
Bernie Sanders Sets His Sights on Biden
With "electability" dominating the 2020 debate, the Vermont independent reminds Democrats of the frontrunner's long, controversial record.
