Afghanistan War

Brett Wilkins, staff writer
NDS troops escort alleged Taliban fighters in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on January 23, 2019. (Photo: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP/Getty Images)
The Americans, said the head of one provincial government, "step on all the rules of war, human rights, all the things they said they'd bring to Afghanistan," and are "conducting themselves as terrorists."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has been unafraid to criticize members of her own party when she feels they have failed to serve working-class Americans. (Photo: Caroline Brehman/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
The congresswoman attributed the rise of Trump partly to "extreme disdain for...
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Civilian casualties have soared in Afghanistan during the tenure of President Donald Trump. (Photo: Noorullah Shirzada/AFP via Getty Images)
"In 2019 airstrikes killed 700 civilians—more civilians than in any other year...

Further

The empire staggers on. Obama sends more senseless troops to Iraq, revisionists proclaim the "courage" of those who trashed it, and W, accomplishing at least his mission of “replenishing the ol’ coffers,” is raking in millions with $175,000 speeches - including one to a homeless shelter - to people who seem to think he has something to say. David Jay really does. Lest we forget, his huge portraits of mangled veterans - "We need to see them because we created them" - are what Bush wrought.

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