US military

Trump’s Border Wall Pulls Funding From Military Base Schools And Daycares

September 9, 2019 By Marlee Kokotovic, Nationofchange.org Educate! Border, Trump Administration, US military

The Pentagon released a statement on Wednesday saying it has authorized $3.6 billion in military construction funds to help fund 175 miles of Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall. This money was originally allocated for roughly 127 Defense Department projects, which included schools and daycare centers for military families. “The wall is being built. It’s going up rapidly. And we think by the end of next year, which will be sometime right after the election actually, but we think we’re going to have close to 500 miles of wall, which will be complete,” claims Trump.

Should We Feed Hungry Children, Or The War Machine?

September 6, 2019 Medea Benjamin, Opendemocracy.net Organize! Inequality, US military, Wars and Militarism

On August 21, the Humanitarian Coordinator for Yemen, Lise Grande, put out a heartbreaking call for nations to make good on their pledges to send humanitarian aid to feed destitute families in war-torn Yemen. Unless the funds promised are received soon, she warned, food rations for 12 million people would be reduced and at least 2.5 million malnourished children would be cut-off from the services that keep them alive. “When money doesn’t come,” Grande said bluntly, “people die.”

We Can’t Confront Climate Change While Lavishly Funding The Pentagon

August 21, 2019 JP Sottile, Truthout.org Strategize! Climate Change, Pentagon, US military

The Pentagon is staring down the barrel of what could become the longest, hottest war in U.S. history. This titanic clash pits the largest military the world has ever seen against an omnipresent opponent that can marshal resources like no enemy it has ever encountered. That opponent is climate change, and according to a joint investigation by NBC News and InsideClimate News, the extreme heat it brings is already generating military casualties. But soldiers like Sgt. Sylvester Cline are not dying where you might expect, such as scorching, oil-rich targets like Iraq, where Cline served during a lie-tainted war.

The War Of Tankers Is Far From Ending, It Is Just Beginning

August 19, 2019 Elijah J. Magnier, Ahtribune.com Educate! US Imperialism, US military, Wars and Militarism

The UK acknowledged its first defeat by Iran when it released the Iranian supertanker “Grace 1” captured by 30 Royal Navy commandos in the first week of July in response to a US request, as the Spanish Foreign Minister Josep Borrell revealed. In response, Iran will release the British-flagged tanker “Stena Impero”, captured by the “Iran Revolutionary Guard Corps” (IRGC) Special Forces before Saturday mid-day. This tit-for-tat response by Iran showed its determined deterrence policy towards the west: Iran is ready to accept any consequences, including a possible war if necessary.

Is The US Military Preparing US For “Limited” Nuclear War?

July 2, 2019 John Lewallen, Avoidingnuclearwar.com Educate! Nuclear War, US military

Coming now, with active military confrontations between the United States and Russia, China, and Iran, and an ongoing war on North Korea involving the US and United Nations, it amounts to a threat to use “limited” nuclear war against these nations. Without strong opposition from the US Congress and an informed public outcry, I’m afraid our military leaders will believe they have enough public support to escalate threat of nuclear war on many fronts.

US Military Is A Bigger Polluter Than As Many As 140 Countries – Shrinking This War Machine Is A Must

June 29, 2019 Benjamin Neimark, Oliver Belcher, Patrick Bigger, Theconversation.com Educate! pollution, US military, Wars and Militarism

The US military’s carbon bootprint is enormous. Like corporate supply chains, it relies upon an extensive global network of container ships, trucks and cargo planes to supply its operations with everything from bombs to humanitarian aid and hydrocarbon fuels. Our new study calculated the contribution of this vast infrastructure to climate change. Greenhouse gas emission accounting usually focuses on how much energy and fuel civilians use. But recent work, including our own, shows that the US military is one of the largest polluters in history, consuming more liquid fuels and emitting more climate-changing gases than most medium-sized countries.

Bath Police Arrest 22 Protesters Outside BIW Before Warship Christening Ceremony

June 26, 2019 Darcie Moore and Kathleen O'Brien, Timesrecord.com Resist! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Police, Protests, US military

BATH — Police arrested 22 protesters Saturday morning for blocking traffic or gates outside Bath Iron Works leading up to a christening ceremony for the future USS Daniel Inouye. The protests are part of a larger pushback by peace and environmental groups against the United States’ global military presence and, more recently, the military’s contribution to global climate change. Peace and environmental activists gathered in the Portland Public Library Friday demanding BIW convert from making military vessels to wind turbines.

Iran Goes For “Maximum Counter-Pressure”

June 25, 2019 Pepe Escobar, Strategic-culture.org Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Iran, Sanctions, US military

Sooner or later the US “maximum pressure” on Iran would inevitably be met by “maximum counter-pressure”. Sparks are ominously bound to fly. For the past few days, intelligence circles across Eurasia had been prodding Tehran to consider a quite straightforward scenario. There would be no need to shut down the Strait of Hormuz if Quds Force commander, General Qasem Soleimani, the ultimate Pentagon bête noire, explained in detail, on global media, that Washington simply does not have the military capacity to keep the Strait open.

Scenario Fulfillment? Why Should We Believe US On Location Of Drone Shot Down By Iran?

June 21, 2019 By Ann Wright, Opednews.com Educate! Drones, Iran, US military

The Iranian military shot down a US spy drone yesterday. The US says the drone, a $22 million RQ-4A Global Hawk was in international airspace. Iran said the drone was over Iranian airspace. Are we looking into "Scenario Fulfillment?" But why should one believe the US with its history of lying? Remember back to 1988 when a U.S. military warship USS Vincennes, a guided missile cruiser shot down Iran Air Flight 655 with all 290 people on board including 66 children. The regularly scheduled passenger flight was over Iran's territorial waters in the Persian Gulf on the routine flight path shortly after taking off from Bandar Abbas heading on the 28-minute flight to Dubai.

Iran Emphasizes Diplomacy While US Escalates Militarism

June 4, 2019 Finian Cunningham, Informationclearinghouse.info Educate! Iran, US Imperialism, US military

May 28, 2019 "Information Clearing House" - When history of the present US-Iran stand-off in the Persian Gulf is written, future scholars may note how it was Tehran that saved the day from full-scale war by its responsible diplomatic outreach to regional neighbors. This weekend saw the usual feckless American vacillations resulting in even more military power being deployed in the Middle East where US troops already number some 70,000. President Donald Trump has dispatched more squadrons of fighter jets, warships and missiles which he says are for “protection” against alleged Iranian threats.

The Navy’s War Vs. Bolton’s War

June 3, 2019 By Michael T. Klare, Tomdispatch.com Educate! Pentagon, US military, Wars and Militarism

The recent White House decision to speed the deployment of an aircraft carrier battle group and other military assets to the Persian Gulf has led many in Washington and elsewhere to assume that the U.S. is gearing up for war with Iran. As in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, U.S. officials have cited suspect intelligence data to justify elaborate war preparations. On May 13th, acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan even presented top White House officials with plans to send as many as 120,000 troops to the Middle East for possible future combat with Iran and its proxies.

U.S. Army: 0 — Internet: 1

May 29, 2019 Staff, Davidswanson.org Resist! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, PTSD, US military, Veterans, Wars and Militarism

My grandparents were used as pawns serving the US army in aiding them on the Ho Chi Minh trail. They served in The Secret War, and when the US lost the Vietnam war the Hmong were left to die in genocide. To this day Hmong veterans are not recognized by the US army. More than half of my people were wiped out through genocide. Only about a third of what once was the Hmong population are scattered in diaspora around the world. Many in the US who deal with PTSD through alcoholism, abuse, and addiction to opium.

US Army Wasn’t Ready For Outpouring Of ‘Heart-Wrenching’ Responses To Its Ill-Thought-Out Question On Twitter

May 29, 2019 John McEvoy, Thecanary.co Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, US Imperialism, US military

As the US government pumps ever-more money into its military apparatus, it is simultaneously going to extreme lengths to punish those that reveal abuses as well as privatising health care services for veterans. And without any significant change, this will ensure that the types of harrowing stories shared across Twitter will multiply. This, it seems, is worth remembering on Memorial Day. And as war journalist Peter Maass writes in the incredible thread below, we should also “remember the so-called experts” who pushed for the 2003 invasion of Iraq...

Another Empire’s Boot Stomps On Ireland

May 27, 2019 Mike Ferner, Countercurrents.org Educate! Ireland, US Imperialism, US military

That’s the question a new mini-documentary explores about former Marine Ken Mayers and former Army paratrooper, Tarak Kauff as they begin a third month of activist exile in Ireland following a peaceful act of civil disobedience at Shannon Airport on St. Patrick’s Day, walking onto the airfield with a banner that said, “Respect Irish Neutrality. U.S. War Machine Out of Shannon Airport.” Effectively using photos and film accounts of troop planes arriving and departing, as well as images of Ireland’s “Easter Rising,” the Action from Ireland production, “War Crimes Facilitated At Shannon Airport” lets the words of three veterans and Clare Daly an Irish Member of Parliament provide the narration.

Why John Bolton Makes Even Donald Trump Nervous

May 22, 2019 By Vijay Prashad, Globetrotter Educate! Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Trump Administration, US military

The normal aggressiveness of the U.S. military force does not satisfy Bolton; he wants the United States to deepen its aggressiveness. Even U.S. President Donald Trump, who is getting ready to pardon war criminals, fears John Bolton. Trump had hesitated to give Bolton a seat in his Cabinet (initially because of Trump’s distaste for Bolton’s bushy mustache). Bolton and General H.R. McMaster were both in line to become National Security Adviser (NSA). Trump went with H.R. McMaster, who lasted a year. Bolton, called “The Mustache” by Trump, slipped into this consequential post.

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