President Trump pardoned four employees of the Blackwater mercenary corporation who were convicted of war crimes—three of voluntary manslaughter and one of first-degree murder. All had participated...
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Nixon’s Leniency After My Lai Hurt Veterans. Trump’s May, Too.
Revisiting My Lai pardons in the wake of Trump’s clemency for four Blackwater mercenaries convicted of war crimes.
Trump’s pardons recall the case of Lt. Calley Jr., convicted in the My Lai Massacre
Today, President Trump pardoned four employees of the Blackwater mercenary corporation who were convicted of war crimes.
Reflections on Vietnam and Iraq; Lessons of Two Failed Wars
The Age of Biden beckons. Yet I’m anything but certain that 2021 will inaugurate a happier time. By Andrew Bacevich.
Nearly Twenty Years Since 9/11, Can We Finally Stop Marching to Disaster?
If you didn’t travel by plane much or weren’t deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq, it was hard to remember that we were still in war time at all.
New U.S. Citizenship Test Is Longer and More Difficult
Question #111 on the proposed new test is “Why did the United States enter the Vietnam War?” Answer: “To stop the spread of communism”
Fighting and Writing Against America’s Forever Wars
Podcast with William J. Astore and Danny Sjursen from fortressonahill.com. Bill Astore is a retired Lieutenant Colonel (USAF), professor of history.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the American Empire
As in Election Campaign 2016, Donald Trump isn’t the cause but a symptom (though what a symptom!) of an American world going down.
Unexploded bomb found under downtown Hanoi
More than 1,400 households with 4,500 inhabitants were evacuated while the bomb was being removed. The unexploded bomb weighed about 340kg.
Ending the War on Afghanistan, Webinar Recording
Enough is enough! Ann Wright is the moderator. Panelists are Kathy Kelly, Matthew Hoh, Rory Fanning, Danny Sjursen, and Arash Azizzada.
A Washington Echo Chamber for a New Cold War
War: what is it good for? Apparently, in Washington’s world of think tanks, the answer is: the bottom line.
Top Poisoner of Pacific Is U.S. Military
Photo: Okinawans have endured PFAS foaming for years. By David Swanson, World BEYOND War “We’re number one!” The...
Legislation introduced to fund humanitarian assistance in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia
“Sen. Baldwin’s bill recognizes the refugee and immigrant communities who supported the US Armed Forces during conflict in Southeast Asia.”
For Veterans, Bonds Forged in Battle Are Tested by 2020’s Rancor
Toxic rhetoric and political polarization are doing what nothing else could: driving apart ex-Marines who had one...
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