Antiwar.com | War profiteers Lockheed Martin, Boeing, General Dynamics, Raytheon, Northrop Grumman and Blackwater kept the ‘blood money’ flowing out of the Pentagon.
REPORT: Pentagon Paid Defense Contractors at Least $4.4 Trillion Since 9/11
US Military ‘Concedes’ to 1,410 Civilian Deaths in Iraq and Syria During Operation Inherent Resolve
21WIRE + Antiwar.com | According to the monitoring group, Airwars, the real total is believed to be much higher.
US Isolation of Iran and a Regional War Nobody Wants [Part II]
Hossein Askari | To Iranians, America is a bully that has broken its word and threatens its security. Increased sanctions and a potential war will only harden their resolve.
US Support for ISIS: An ‘Open Dirty Secret’ That Continues
21WIRE + Stephen Lendman | US coalition support for ISIS is an “open dirty secret” that continues to this day.
The Military-Security Industrial Complex: Brainwashed Public. Endless Wars Presented as “The New Normal”?
Global Research | As the Pentagon’s budget approaches $1 trillion per year, the military-industrial complex has ways to make continuous war seem normal and even necessary.
16 Years On: End Goal of Afghanistan is ‘Admit No Failure’
RT | For Afghanistan war arbiters, learning lessons of the past would mean being out of a job.
AFGHANISTAN: Trump Surges Into the Graveyard of Empires
21WIRE + Finian Cunningham | Trump’s announcement on Afghanistan reveals something about his administration. But whether he’s directing the agenda or not, Trump remains accountable.
AFGHANISTAN: Forgotten, But Not Gone
Miles Elliott | After 16 years, more troops are about to be deployed and the war ramped up for a fourth time. What could go right?
China and Russia Ready to Overtake American Military Technology Capabilities
21WIRE + RT | A disastrous misappropriation of funds under the bank bailouts has left technological development by the wayside.
Corporatocracy: Your Guide to ‘No Bid’ Government Contracts
James Hall | As El Duce once said: “Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”.
Covered-up: Drone Crashes Are Mounting at Civilian Airports
By Craig Whitlock The U.S. Air Force drone, on a classified spy mission over the Indian Ocean, was destined for disaster from the start. An inexperienced military contractor in shorts and a T-shirt, flying by remote control from a trailer at Seychelles International Airport, committed blunder after blunder in six minutes on April 4. He sent […]