Our Benevolent Empire Sanctions Are War. Coward’s War. 'There are certain weapons and tactics that we consider inherently indiscriminate and unjustifiable, and we should apply the same restrictions to sanctions' Daniel Larison 15 May 21 553 5
Stop Prostrating America Before Its Middle East Clients Presidential Administrations — addicted to dancing to the tune of Riyadh and Tel Aviv Daniel Larison 11 Mar 21 170 0
A Malevolent Decision That Will Kill Countless Yemenis "Like all other so-called Pompeo victories this one is empty and comes at a high price in the blood and suffering of innocent people" Daniel Larison 12 Jan 21 321 2
Our Benevolent Empire Trump’s Parting Move? Push Yemen Deeper Into Famine 130,000 dead children is not enough Daniel Larison 6 Dec 20 352 26
Our Benevolent Empire Allies Aren’t Friends and Clients Aren’t Allies "Permanent alliance structures create perverse incentives for the most reckless members, and the other members of the alliance are then stuck with them" Daniel Larison 28 Oct 20 460 6
Empire Eyeing Expansion of Drone War to Kenya, Neither Congress nor Voters Will Be Consulted "That the government is contemplating launching airstrikes against Somalis in Kenya a generation after the 9/11 attacks illustrates how futile the 'war on terror' has been" Daniel Larison 1 Oct 20 190 0
Our Benevolent EmpireRogue State USA Nothing Brings More Joy to Imperial City Than Using American Power to Bully and Wreck Small Powers The bully Empire Daniel Larison 27 Aug 20 518 2
Declaring Cold Wars Is Easy. Winning Them Is Another Matter Does the US look in any shape to fight a Cold War right about now? Daniel Larison 3 Aug 20 942 0
Our Benevolent Empire Trump Escalates Somalia Drone Murder and No One Cares Hand in hand with the Afghanistan drawdown there has been a bulking up of the Somalia intervention Daniel Larison 30 Jun 20 278 4
Empire Woes US Hegemony Is Already on Its Way Out; What’s Left Is for America to Decide What Its Role in the World Will Be After US dominance in the world is in the rear view but the Imperial City refuses to make peace with it Daniel Larison 25 Apr 20 1641 26
Bonesaw Saudis MBS Ramps Up Purges, Arrests Ousted Crown Prince and King’s Only Surviving Full Brother for ‘Treason’ America's 52nd state Daniel Larison 9 Mar 20 1066 4
Trump Picks Fool Who Blew Up US-German Relations to Head US Intelligence Agencies Absurdly Grenell gets to also stay on as Ambassador to Berlin Daniel Larison 21 Feb 20 1050 31
Our Benevolent Empire Comedian Mike Pompeo Says “West Is Winning” Against Russia, China, and It’s Because It Respects Sovereignty So Much Pompeo mistakes the Munich Security Conference for an improv comedy club Daniel Larison 16 Feb 20 1791 17
Adventures in Trumpia Trump’s Neocon State of the Union Address Foreign policy part of the speech that could have been writen by Paul Wolfowitz Daniel Larison 5 Feb 20 1187 11
Adventures in Trumpia Mike Pompeo Is a Weak and Pathetic Loser "The Secretary of State has all of the vanity and arrogance of a diva, but none of the talent" Daniel Larison 29 Jan 20 944 12
Pompeo Crumbles Under Pressure An obnoxious, thin-skinned excuse for a foreign affairs minister. He sure is good at kissing up to Trump however Daniel Larison 27 Jan 20 1334 7
Our Benevolent Empire The Failure of Trump’s Pseudo-Engagement With North Korea Is Now Complete All because Trump isn't a member of the reality-based community Daniel Larison 23 Jan 20 674 16
Here’s the Menagerie of Idiots, Fanatics and Hacks Competing to Take Over From Pompeo at State Cotton and Rubio in the mix, it could even go to trainwreck Ric Grenell, the shambolic ambassador in Berlin Daniel Larison 27 Dec 19 856 5
Empire vs the United States Trump Admin Is Going to Take Saudis at “Their Word” on Pensacola Terrorist Attack A treacherous attack on US officer candidates on US soil and Trump' first reaction is to run interference for the Saudis with the press Daniel Larison 11 Dec 19 264 4
The Coming US-North Korea Crisis North Korea has been very clear year-end is a deadline for them to end the freeze if realistic talks are not resumed Daniel Larison 1 Dec 19 642 5
Killing New START Is Crazy so of Course the Trump Admin Is Doing It And saying it has to be killed because China is not in it is the dumbest thing yet Daniel Larison 21 Nov 19 458 7
Adventures in Trumpia The Trump Administration’s Weird Cyrus the Great Fixation Daniel Larison 5 Nov 19 674 4
Our Benevolent Empire Trump, the Cartoon Version of an Imperialist What the Russians are calling “state banditry” he is proud of it and wants credit for it Daniel Larison 31 Oct 19 624 8
Our Benevolent Empire How the Pentagon Used Trump’s Fixation on Plunder to Get Its Syria Occupation Reinstated "'This is like feeding a baby its medicine in yogurt or applesauce' said the official" Daniel Larison 30 Oct 19 658 1
