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 …
America lied about the Iraq war. Then they weren’t believed about Ukraine
Will US intelligence learn its lessons from the Iraq war, and just how badly their legitimacy has been undermined? I raise the …
When will US generals stand-up to Trump?
The president has been rapidly intensifying military operations on United States soil during his second term. Generals need to say something, I …
The destruction of Palestine is breaking the world
The Guardian has a weekly “featured essay,” and this week, the newspaper featured my essay titled “The destruction of Palestine is breaking …
Trump’s coalition is self-destructing over the Iran war question
You don’t have to be a fan of Tucker Carlson to enjoy the spectacle of a Republican civil war, I write in …
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 …
The shooting of Israeli embassy staffers was a stupid and horrific attack
The killing of two Israeli embassy staffers is unconscionable and does not advance the cause of Palestinian liberation, I argue in The …
Exclusive: New transcript of Signal chat
[SATIRE] I have obtained a new transcript of the Signal conversation between high-level government officials and journalist Jeffrey Goldberg and am publishing …
Mahmoud Khalil’s treatment should not happen in a democracy
For The Guardian, I wrote about how the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil is an attempt by the Trump administration to destroy free …
The Banal Evil of Atrocity Photography
In the dark genre of self-reported atrocity photography, governments take pictures of their crimes and file them away in an act of …