America’s ‘War on Terror’ Has Cost Taxpayers $5.6 Trillion
"Never has a great power still in its imperial prime proved quite so incapable of applying its military and political might in a way that would advance its aims."
"Never has a great power still in its imperial prime proved quite so incapable of applying its military and political might in a way that would advance its aims."
"The US increasingly looks like a banana republic, where the permanent state and not the people get to decide who’s in charge."
"How did a person who should be in the criminal dock both in the US and in the International Criminal Court for running a torture prison get appointed the Director of the US Central Intelligence Agency?"
"The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to force a public accounting of the current U.S. role in torture prisons across the south of Yemen."
"McCain, who is battling brain cancer, writes that the Iraq War 'can’t be judged as anything other than a mistake, a very serious one, and I have to accept my share of the blame for it.'"
"Why the lie? Why keep saying that U.S. soldiers have died protecting our rights and freedoms? Because the truth is too embarrassing and too shameful."
"It appears that the only way not to be killed, according to Netanyahu, is to meekly accept imprisonment inside the prison of Gaza."
"This wasn’t some newborn infant, you know? This was a baby who could probably sit up independently. I was scared, but I acted quickly."
"Doctors, teachers, and social workers can be jailed for failing to report child abuse here at home. But, 6,000 miles away, U.S. troops risk their career for protesting pederasty."
"Not only do they attach strings to project funding such as this camera requirement in Richmond, they also finance many state and local surveillance programs outright."