Afghanistan: Manufacturing the American Legacy
The US-led overthrow of this government paved the way for the coming to power of Islamic fundamentalist forces, which led directly to the awful Taliban.
Read MoreWilliam Blum is an author, historian, and renowned critic of U.S. foreign policy. He is the author of numerous books, including "Killing Hope: U.S. Military and CIA Interventions Since World War II" and "Rogue State: A Guide to the World’s Only Superpower".
Posted by William Blum | Feb 8, 2013 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints |
The US-led overthrow of this government paved the way for the coming to power of Islamic fundamentalist forces, which led directly to the awful Taliban.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Feb 8, 2013 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints |
Over the past four decades, of all the reasons people over a certain age have given for their becoming radicalized against US foreign policy, the Vietnam War has easily been the one most often cited.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Jan 9, 2013 | US, Viewpoints |
Could it be any worse if bin Laden were still alive?
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Jan 9, 2013 | Middle East, US, Viewpoints |
Nor any explanation of what it says about the mission of the Holy Triumvirate (the United States, NATO and the European Union) that they have been supplying these jihadist rebels with funds, arms and training.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Dec 13, 2012 | Americas, US, Viewpoints |
Each fall the UN vote is a welcome reminder that the world has not completely lost its senses and that the American empire does not completely control the opinion of other governments.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Dec 13, 2012 | Europe, Middle East, US, Viewpoints |
NATO, an organization that not only has a questionable raison d’être in the present, but never had any good reason-to-be in the past other than serving as Washington’s hit man.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Dec 13, 2012 | US, Viewpoints |
If there’s even a small chance that the greenhouse effect is driving the changes, is it not plain that, at a minimum, we have to err on the side of caution?
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Nov 3, 2012 | Americas, US, Viewpoints |
Both Hugo Chávez and Salvador Allende had sinned by creating “nationalistic” regimes that served the wrong “national interest”.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Nov 3, 2012 | US, Viewpoints |
The existence of the U.S. ‘kill list’ has been publicly known for nearly two years and was the subject of a 6,000-word exposé in the New York Times in May.
Read MorePosted by William Blum | Nov 3, 2012 | Asia Pacific, US, Viewpoints |
The United States is planning to continue its policy of assassinating individuals, via drone attacks, for the foreseeable future.
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