militarism

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• SOURCE: Informed Comment
  10/28/19
  

  US Militarism, Having Provoked ISIL into Being, Kills Cult Leader Baghdadi

  by Juan Cole

  “Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,” the nom de guerre of the notorious Iraqi terrorist Ibrahim al-Samarrai, is dead, killed in a US special forces raid on his compound in Syria’s northwest Idlib province. 

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  10/24/19
  

  Killing Me Softly with Militarism

  by William J. Astore

  Besides TV shows, movies, and commercials, there are many signs of the increasing embrace of militarized values and attitudes in this country. The result: the acceptance of a military in places where it shouldn’t be, one that’s over-celebrated, over-hyped, and given far too much money and cultural authority, while becoming virtually immune to serious criticism.

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• SOURCE: The Daily Beast
  7/9/19
  

  The War Against Endless War Heats Up With Koch-Soros Salvo

  by Ronald Radosh

  The otherwise ideologically opposed billionaires are the latest unlikely pair to find common ground in the idea that American power is the root cause of the world’s problems.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  7/9/19
  

  The Riptide of American Militarism

  by William Astore

  As Americans wrestled with the possibility of finding themselves in a second looming world war, what advice did the CFR have for then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1940?

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• 4/28/19
  

  Breaking the Grip of Militarism: The Story of Vieques

  by Lawrence Wittner

  The successful struggle by the Viequenses to liberate their island from the burdens of militarism also provides a source of hope for people around the world.  

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  2/28/19
  

  What Does It Take to Destroy a World Order?

  by Alfred W. McCoy

  A Wide-Ranging History Explaining How Climate Change Could End Washington’s Global Dominion

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  2/19/19
  

  New Interactive Tool Maps the American War on Terror

  by Stephanie Savell

  In general, the American public has largely ignored these post-9/11 wars and their costs. But the vastness of Washington’s counterterror activities suggests, now more than ever, that it’s time to pay attention.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  4-18-17
  

  Scholar: Why presidential candidates (like Trump) campaign as isolationists but (like Trump) govern as hawks

  by Verlan Lewis

  The pattern goes back at least to 1900.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  2-17-17
  

  Quit calling Donald Trump an isolationist. He’s worse than that.

  by Stephen Wertheim

  What Trump really believes is far more dangerous.

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• SOURCE: Tom Dispatch
  8-11-16
  

  Retired Colonel William Astore says the military needs to embrace dissent

  by William J. Astore

  This is especially needed now that victory is elusive in wars that cost trillions.

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• 8-30-15
  

  Militarism Run Amok: Russians and Americans Get Their Kids Ready for War

  by Lawrence S. Wittner

  How long will we continue raising our children to be soldiers?

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• SOURCE: History and Policy
  9-29-14
  

  Are democracies susceptible to militarism? Veblen thought so.

  by Dr Marc-William Palen

  When it comes to foreign policy, the key divide is no longer between Democrats and Republicans. It’s between the elites of both parties and their rank and file.

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• Clinging to Mass Violence

  by Lawrence S. Wittner

  Resorting to violence is a long-term, deeply-ingrained habit in human history, and is not easily discarded.

• 6-2-2003
  

  Japan's Continuing Obsession with Militarism

  by Rick Shenkman

  Visiting the Japanese War Museum in Tokyo this spring brought to mind a line from Schopenhauer: "Clio, the muse of history, is as thoroughly infected with lies as a street whore with syphilis."