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BC guest Commentator WJ Astore is the Creator of Bracing Views. Contributor to TomDispatch, Truthout, HNN, Alternet, Huffington Post, Antiwar, and other sites. Retired AF lieutenant colonel and professor of history. Senior fellow, Eisenhower Media Network.
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Body counts and truck counts from the Vietnam War era are being brought back to show what a great “investment” the Ukraine War has been for the U.S.
Did you know the Russia-Ukraine War is a great “investment” for the United States? A terrific opportunity to kill lots of Russians and to destroy lots…
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Let the Freedom Bomblets Ring!
A popular song of defiance that came soon after the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941 was “Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition.” Today,…
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It’s rather amazing to think about the incredible variety of weaponry being sent to Ukraine in the name of “victory.”
News that the Biden administration is sending cluster munitions to Ukraine highlights the dangerous escalation nature of wars. These are special bombs and artillery shells with…
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It’s not just about greed and authority, it’s about full-spectrum dominance of all aspects of American life and society.
The military-industrial-congressional complex (MICC) has a huge advantage over its critics. Its proponents are united by greed and power. They know exactly what they want. Like…
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If you’re an American and 100% pleased with your medical care, you are a rare bird indeed.
When I was teaching college in Pennsylvania, I had a colleague whose car sported a telling bumper sticker: “Our national health care plan: Don’t get sick.”…
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there are all too many signs of America’s decline, ranging from mass shootings to mass incarceration to mass hysteria about voter fraud and “stolen” elections to massive Pentagon and police budgets.
I turn 60 this year. My health is generally good, though I have aches and pains from a form of arthritis. I’m not optimistic enough to…
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America has so many deadly shootings on a daily basis that they hardly qualify as news anymore. What gives?
Shootings are all over the news today. A young woman killed in rural New York when she drove up the wrong driveway and the owner of…
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We live in a violent society with roughly 400 million guns, and we’ve already seen 146 mass shootings in 2023.
Yet another mass shooting, this one in Louisville, Kentucky, and once again I marvel at the language used to describe such occurrences. The shooting that left…
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Names Like Minuteman, Peacekeeper, and Sentinel Are Diabolically Dishonest.
Ever think about names of U.S. weapons of war? Rarely are those names honest. I do applaud the relative honesty of Predator and Reaper drones, because…
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