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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Voting in a De-Facto Military State

August 31, 2020 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Between Biden and Trump, U.S. voters have no alternative to our anxious empire’s lawless conduct abroad. What are we in for on the foreign policy side come Nov. 3? Whoever wins this election, Joe Biden or Donald Trump, the answers…

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 7— Crimes Revealed at Guantánamo Bay

THE REVELATIONS OF WIKILEAKS: No. 7— Crimes Revealed at Guantánamo Bay

June 24, 2020 · by Patrick L. Smith · in Articles, Consortium News

“Gitmo Files” lifted the Pentagon’s lid on the prison, describing a corrupt system of military detention resting on torture, coerced testimony and “intelligence” manipulated to justify abuses at the base, writes Patrick Lawrence. Today we continue our series The Revelations of…

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Brighter US-Iran Prospects

PATRICK LAWRENCE: Brighter US-Iran Prospects

July 22, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

Despite the seemingly escalating risks of war, last week also produced an unexpected drift toward the mahogany table. There was no shortage of alarming incidents in and around the Persian Gulf last week. But the risks of open conflict between…

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 3—The Most Extensive Classified Leak in History

The Revelations of WikiLeaks: No. 3—The Most Extensive Classified Leak in History

May 16, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Consortium News

The “Iraq War Logs” disgorged an unprecedented profusion of documents, military reports and videos, reports Patrick Lawrence.  For WikiLeaks, 2010 was an exceptionally eventful year. In April the transparency organization released “Collateral Murder,” the video of U.S. Army helicopters as they shot more…

Sharmine Narwani on the end of the Syrian war and the "post-imperial Middle East"

Sharmine Narwani on the end of the Syrian war and the “post-imperial Middle East”

April 28, 2019 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, Salon

Middle East correspondent Narwani sees a new era emerging in Asia, while Trump, Pompeo and Bolton bluster In part one of my exchange with Sharmine Narwani, the Beirut-based correspondent dissected the just-ended Syrian conflict as one of the very few journalists…

Reporter Sharmine Narwani on the secret history of America's defeat in Syria

Reporter Sharmine Narwani on the secret history of America’s defeat in Syria

April 21, 2019 · by Clifford Tremblay · in Articles, Salon

After years covering the “main battlefield in World War III,” Narwani says everything you think you know is wrong When the war in Syria was recently declared decisively over, there were few correspondents or witnesses to turn to for a…

Trump’s Next Challenge: Russia Returns to Afghanistan

Trump’s Next Challenge: Russia Returns to Afghanistan

March 24, 2017 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

America’s 16-years in Afghanistan has so far resulted in 2,216 dead soldiers, 20,049 casualties, and an estimated $800 billion in direct war costs — not including veterans’ health and pension payments that could reach $400 billion before it’s all over….

The Militarization of Diplomacy and Other Corruptions of US Empire

The Militarization of Diplomacy and Other Corruptions of US Empire

November 22, 2016 · by Patrick Lawrence · in Articles, The Nation.

In part two of our interview, former ambassador Chas Freeman gives a master class in foreign policy. Part one of my interview with Chas Freeman, the retired diplomat who served in senior posts at State and Defense over a career…

Defense and State In a Tug of War Over Obama’s Syria Policy

Defense and State In a Tug of War Over Obama’s Syria Policy

November 2, 2015 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

For many of us, the news last week that President Obama is sending U.S. Special Forces to Syria to oversee the training of Syrian rebels fighting ISIS is confusing. It begs the question—what exactly is the Obama administration’s policy, strategy,…

Obama’s Failure in Syria Now Extends to Turkey

Obama’s Failure in Syria Now Extends to Turkey

October 12, 2015 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Fiscal Times

The Obama administration’s failure in Syria after four years of wasted lives, money, and effort deepens by the day now. The Russians have just benched us, whether Washington wants to admit it or not, and we may well sit out the…

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