The Detached Cruelty of Air Power
Tracing a historical line from 1937 to modern conflicts, Solomon contends that air campaigns—particularly in Gaza—sanitise killing and allow operators to remain insulated from the carnage.
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Tracing a historical line from 1937 to modern conflicts, Solomon contends that air campaigns—particularly in Gaza—sanitise killing and allow operators to remain insulated from the carnage.
Daniel Ellsberg, the man who risked life in prison to leak the Pentagon Papers to the New York Times, spent the rest of his life warning us about the possibility of nuclear war and how to avert it.
The author describes how the U.S. has turned much of the planet into a global free-fire zone. The so-called “war on terror” has resulted in the deaths of nearly a million people and the “indirect deaths” of perhaps 3.6 million more.
Without a strong progressive program as a rudder, the Biden presidency will be awash in much the same old rhetorical froth and status-quo positions that have so often caused Democratic incumbents to founder, bringing on GOP electoral triumphs.
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