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Washington and Tokyo strongly opposed China’s attempts to unilaterally change the status quo by force or coercion in the East China Sea. Still, the U.S. doesn’t promise anything special about defending Japan. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida held a Summit Meeting with U.S. President Joseph Biden during his official visit to Washington D.C., On April … Continue reading "The US Will Not Defend Japan, But Tokyo Doesn’t Tell the Truth to the Public" The post The US Will Not Defend Japan, But Tokyo Doesn’t Tell the Truth to the Public appeared first on Antiwar.com

When a solution to a problem has not worked, throwing more of the same solution at the problem is folly. That’s what the U.S. seems to have done with the recent signing into law of another $61 billion in aid for Ukraine. Sometimes that folly is inflated. A series of recent hints and revelations suggests … Continue reading "The Recent Risk of Escalation in Ukraine" The post The Recent Risk of Escalation in Ukraine appeared first on Antiwar.com.

Ultimately, there is no mystery as to why the Forever Wars go on endlessly. Or why at a time when Uncle Sam is hemorrhaging red ink a large bipartisan majority saw fit to authorize $95 billion of foreign aid boondoggles that do absolutely nothing for America’s homeland security. To wit, Washington has morphed into a … Continue reading "Washington DC: The Unaffordable and Unecessary War Capital of the World" The post Washington DC: The Unaffordable and Unecessary War Capital of the World appeared first on Antiwar.com.

This originally appeared on May 15, 2015 Many of us have heard the song, most of those probably know its famous backstory: “Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming/We’re finally on our own/This summer I hear the drumming/Four dead in Ohio” sang Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young in 1971. The Kent State shootings – done by National … Continue reading "Jackson State and Forgotten History" The post Jackson State and Forgotten History appeared first on Antiwar.com.

On May 8, 2024, as Israel escalated its brutal assault on Rafah, President Biden announced that he had “paused” a delivery of 1,700 500-pound and 1,800 2,000-pound bombs, and threatened to withhold more shipments if Israel went ahead with its full-scale invasion of Rafah.  The move elicited an outcry from Israeli officials (National Security Minister … Continue reading "The Arsenal of Genocide: The US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza" The post The Arsenal of Genocide: The US Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza appeared first on Antiwar.com.

From its founding in 1949 until the start of NATO’s proxy war against Russia in 2022, the principal troublesome issue for the Alliance was Washington’s repeated calls for greater burden-sharing on the part of its allies.  Discontent on Washington’s part emerged early and often.  President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, warned … Continue reading "NATO’s New Burden-Sharing Objectives" The post NATO’s New Burden-Sharing Objectives appeared first on Antiwar.com.

From Richard Nixon to the Israel lobby, the late Republican Congressman Paul Norton “Pete” McCloskey Jr. challenged the most powerful elements of the ruling class on the American people’s behalf. On September 29, 1927, McCloskey was born in San Bernardino, California. He was raised in South Pasadena. After graduating high school in 1945, McCloskey joined … Continue reading "Goodbye to Pete McCloskey, an Antiwar Hero" The post Goodbye to Pete McCloskey, an Antiwar Hero appeared first on Antiwar.com.

Five more were wounded. The post <I>Iraq Weekly Roundup</I>: 16 Killed appeared first on Antiwar.com.

There are plenty of very real things to criticize Russian President Vladimir Putin for, not least of which is invading Ukraine. But lying (in this instance) may not be one of them. Putin lied when he said Russia was not going to invade Ukraine. But, wrong though the invasion may have been, it is not … Continue reading "Biden Said Putin Killed Navalny; He Didn’t" The post Biden Said Putin Killed Navalny; He Didn’t appeared first on Antiwar.com.

On May 1, the US House of Representatives passed the fraudulently titled “Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023.” It’s not yet law, pending Senate passage and a presidential signature, but the lopsided House vote (320 to 91) should worry all Americans, including the country’s 7.6 million Jews. In theory, the bill merely clarifies how the US … Continue reading "We’ve Already Got an ‘Antisemitism Awareness Act.’ It’s Called the First Amendment." The post We’ve Already Got an ‘Antisemitism Awareness Act.’ It’s Called the First Amendment. appeared first on