Bush’s post-9/11 address launched sixteen years of war. Trump’s sequel promises many more.
Paul Rogers: Trump’s dangerous State of the Union address

Bush’s post-9/11 address launched sixteen years of war. Trump’s sequel promises many more.
Paul Rogers, writing for Opendemocracy.net, provides a clear analysis of the evolution of ISIS and the western worlds’ failure to find a way out of the trap cast by ISIS (“ISIS’s plan, and the west’s trap”, Opendemocracy.net, 27 November, 2015). Tactics employed by ISIS have continued to change but the West has failed to adapt, […]
With little or no thought of the consequences and impact, of the destruction and chaos, or even of the death and mayhem…Stephen Harper has dragged Canada into an American war. The coalition led by the Americans includes states like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates which are viciously repressing any peaceful dissent in their […]
On the 100th anniversary of World War I, we again see our leaders playing with matches.
Perspectives of peace advocates, other civil society groups, and women were dismissed at the time and continue to be under-represented in mainstream histories.
The government’s love of all things military has reached a new ridiculous high (or low depending on how you see it).