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Why Chomsky & Kissinger Agree on Ukraine

An hour-long discussion between Laurie Calhoun and Patrick MacFarlane of Liberty Weekly about an array of topics, ranging from the Kissinger-Chomsky concurrence on Ukraine, to the nature and danger of nuclear war and the history of U.S. foreign policy, etc.

Hegemonic Spread and Lethal Creep: The Case of Japan

Originally posted on We Kill Because We Can:
Earlier this year, the people of Japan took to the streets to oppose Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s proposal to reintroduce the possibility of military engagement abroad. After the horrors of World War II, memories of the victims of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 were…

Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Lethality: This Is Your Security Force

On May 24, 2022, eighteen-year-old Salvador Rolando Ramos murdered twenty-one people, including nineteen young children, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The horror of what unfolded over the course of seventy-five minutes is blamed by activists on the fact that guns are readily available to miscreants. But the guns held by the local police … Continue reading Minimizing Risk and Maximizing Lethality: This Is Your Security Force →

Smart War Disinformation and the U.S. Military State

Drone killing has long been billed by the military as a cleaner, smarter way to conduct war. The standard marketing line has been that with drones it is possible to neutralize even elusive enemies such as factional terrorists while sparing the lives of innocent persons, and without sacrificing any soldiers at all. The most effective … Continue reading Smart War Disinformation and the U.S. Military State →

America’s Exceptional Amnesia (About Those War Criminals…)

The top-ranking U.S. diplomat, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, recently denounced Russian president Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, which has resulted in a marked uptick in the usage of that term throughout the media. Putin decided to invade Ukraine in February 2022 and has killed people in the process. That’s what happens when leaders … Continue reading America’s Exceptional Amnesia (About Those War Criminals…) →

Interview: How World Leaders “Justify” Mass murder

Patrick MacFarlane of Libertyweekly.net sat down with Laurie Calhoun to discuss her book War and Delusion: A Critical Examination, plus topics relating to We Kill Because We Can: From Soldering to Assassination in the Drone Age. The wars of 1991, 1999, 2003, 2011, and now, in Ukraine, are all touched upon.

The Necro-neologism of Lethal Legal Experts

The power of language is magical to behold. Through the mere pronouncement of words, people can be persuaded to do what they would never have thought to do, left to their own devices. The playbook with the most success in this regard is that of war. When people are “informed” that they and their families … Continue reading The Necro-neologism of Lethal Legal Experts →

Will drone assassination end anytime soon?

Laurie Calhoun answers David Rosenberg’s questions about drone killing and whether President Biden is likely to curtail the practice. The drone discussion spans minutes 10:15 to 13:20 of the Saturday Evening program on March 26, 2022. (Recorded on March 25, 2022). Other segments of the news report cover the crises in Ukraine and Yemen, and … Continue reading Will drone assassination end anytime soon? →

Sunday Show KPFA: More on War Crimes

Laurie Calhoun joins Philip Maldari on The Sunday Show on KPFA 94.1 in Berkeley to discuss the recent history of war crimes, including the 1999 Kosovo intervention, the 2003 War on Iraq, the 2011 Bombing of Libya, and the current military conflict in Ukraine. Also covered are drone assassination and the Global War on Terror, … Continue reading Sunday Show KPFA: More on War Crimes →

US Hypocrisy on War crimes

U.S. hypocrisy on war crimes is discussed by Laurie Calhoun from minutes 12 to 16:30 of this report on WBAI News with Paul DeRienzo. Recorded on March 25, 2022.