Category Archives: Middle East

Port Authority Cop Who Survived 13 Hours Under Collapsed Towers Shares Message of Darkness and Light

A personal take on the collapse of the twin towers.

US Has No Intention of a Global Military Retreat Despite Biden’s Promise

The US military-industrial complex will promote remote warfare as a myriad of risks diminish worldwide security.

The Two Satans of Afghanistan – And Jimmy Carter’s Lips Are Sealed

How the Carter Administration nudged the USSR into its Afghanistan mire.

Notes on the ‘Loss’ of Afghanistan

Cleaning up some misperceptions about the US operation in Afghanistan, including the idea that it was a country.

Afghanistan: Another Reminder for Withering Britain

Afghanistan as an echo of the end of imperial Britain.

Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger

A new Iran gas find has the potential to supply 20% of Europe’s needs. But its pricing and delivery will be coordinated with Russia.

Why Did the Taliban Take Over Afghanistan So Fast?

How the Taliban outfoxed the US.

Michael Hudson: Biden Forfeits His Afghan Victory by Defending His Deep State Advisors

Biden gave a bizarre justification of the horrifically mismanaged US exit from Afghanistan, revealing his capture by intel incompetents.

The War Nerd: Was There a Plan in Afghanistan?

Trying to make sense of Afghanistan.

Biden Follows Trump On Foreign Policy

Biden’s hawkishness has resulted in his preserving many of Trump’s foreign policy positions, or worse, upping the ante on them.

Biden Must Call Off the B-52s Bombing Afghan Cities

The US is really bad at losing, as our (literal) parting shots at Afghan cities shows.

The Disturbing Rise of the Corporate Mercenaries

Now that Congress is showing interest in taking back its control of war powers, it could look at stealh warmaking via mercenaries too.

Tom Englelhardt: Our Empire in Decline

Trying to understand America’s self-and-other-destructive empire fetish.