Lindsey Graham’s hawkish ideology leaves a legacy of destruction
I wrote about Lindsey Graham for The Guardian. Mourn him if you wish, but let’s be honest about what he promoted. The …
‘Your homes will be destroyed, your family killed’: the US has dropped millions of war propaganda leaflets – but do they work?
A new interactive exhibit by the digital archive group Khajistan displays some of the psyops leaflets released in Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya …
The US may send thousands of troops to Iran. Have we learned nothing from the past?
As I write in The Guardian, the US, in 2003, claimed its Iraq incursion would be brief. Now there’s competition for the …
Benjamin Netanyahu must be stopped
War is the prime minister’s doctrine. Israel’s strikes on Iran – falsely described as pre-emptive – are the latest example, I argue …
Revealed: first picture of war on terror detainee in CIA black site
In this exclusive report for The Guardian, I am able to reveal the public’s first look at picture of a War on …
The Iraq war started the post-truth era. And America is to blame
Twenty years ago, the United States led an invasion of Iraq. There is much to say about this colossal mistake, but this …
In our era, war isn’t hell. War is mundane.
I wrote this essay for The Guardian following Donald Trump’s assassination of Iran’s top general Qassem Suleimani. Donald Trump may act like …
War Stories
I wrote a review essay for The Progressive on Phil Klay’s short story collection Redeployment and Sinan Antoon’s novel The Corpse Washer. …