Tag: US military presence

Categories World

Provocation on the High Seas: U.S. Naval Adventures Near the Shores of Russia, China and Iran

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The war on terror is slowly ending. The U.S. military will try to keep bases in Iraq and Afghanistan, but with most troops gone in the next few years, the lives of the few who remain will be at constant risk. Pressure will mount to get those soldiers out. … Read More >Provocation on the High Seas: U.S. Naval Adventures Near the Shores of Russia, China and Iran

Categories Asia & Pacific

US must immediately stop military contact with Taiwan, revoke arms sales plan, China’s defense ministry says

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China is demanding that the United States end its plan to sell arms to Taiwan and is urging Washington to stop any military contact with the island, Beijing’s military spokesperson said on Tuesday. … Read More >US must immediately stop military contact with Taiwan, revoke arms sales plan, China’s defense ministry says

Categories Middle East

US War in Yemen Worse Under Trump Than Bush, Obama Combined – Report

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A new report by a British nongovernmental organization (NGO) has found that in Yemen, the four years of Donald Trump’s presidency were by far the most violent of the past three US administrations, and might have totaled more operations than his two predecessors combined. … Read More >US War in Yemen Worse Under Trump Than Bush, Obama Combined – Report

Categories Asia & Pacific

‘Chess piece against China’: US & Japan launch major military exercise to prove ‘growing strength’ of their alliance (PHOTOS)

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Tokyo and Washington have kicked off a combined naval, land and air drill aiming to show their readiness to “fight and win” despite Covid-19. Beijing has been warning that such activities lead to more tensions. … Read More >‘Chess piece against China’: US & Japan launch major military exercise to prove ‘growing strength’ of their alliance (PHOTOS)

Categories USA

Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called ‘War on Terror’ Can Heal the United States

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In a 1996 essay in Foreign Affairs, the conservative authors William Kristol and Robert Kagan proposed a U.S. foreign policy of “benevolent global hegemony.” Scoffing at former President John Quincy Adams’s maxim that America “goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy,” they asked, “But why not? … Read More >Only a Reckoning With the Disastrous Legacy of the So-called ‘War on Terror’ Can Heal the United States

Categories Shows

Nigerian youths spark #EndSARS movement & Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation sounds alarms

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Many US troops are now watching their children deploy to the same war in Afghanistan 19 years later. Nigerian youths have sparked an international movement against police violence. And legal experts say Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation raises concerns for a number of reasons. … Read More >Nigerian youths spark #EndSARS movement & Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation sounds alarms