An American World of War

Tomdispatch.com by Tom Engelhardt & Nick Turse | Jan. 4, 2010 (Opinion)
What to Watch for in 2010

So, let's pause a moment as the New Year begins and take stock of ourselves as what we truly are: the preeminent war-making machine on planet Earth. Let's peer into the future, and consider just what the American way of war might have in store for us in 2010. Here are 10 questions, the answers to which might offer reasonable hints as to just how much U.S. war efforts are likely to intensify in the Greater Middle East, as well as Central and South Asia, ... Full Story »

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Topics: War, U.S. Military
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 4, 2010 - 7:35 PM PST
Reviewed by: Dwight Rousu (review), Benjamin Slade (review), James Canning (review)
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Dwight Rousu
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 4, 2010

Engelhardt and Turse look at ever-expanding US war that appears to be facing us looking forward, without an end in sight.

Cut off the war funds.

counterterrorism — which is just terrorism put in uniform and given an anodyne name More »

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James Canning
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 by James Canning - Jan. 5, 2010

A quick review of the colossal American War Machine and its myriad activities - - many of which seem to be of no use whatever to the national interests of the US.

Is Bob Gates going to keep the US squandering more hundreds of billions on the Iraq adventure? Looks like it. The War Machine threatens to devour the Republic.

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 by Benjamin Slade - Jan. 4, 2010
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