Biden Calls for Unity in 9/11 Remembrance Video
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.President Joe Biden called on Americans to find unity and strength in a solemn, six-and-a-half minute pre-recorded address commemorating the 20th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. After 9/11, he said, Americans “saw something all…
Inside the Wild, Twitter-Fueled Race to Airlift Dogs From Afghanistan
Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.On the morning of August 29, a little more than 24 hours before the United States military would complete its withdrawal from Afghanistan, an Army veteran named Tom Amenta took to Twitter for a big announcement. “Good…
It Took Approximately Zero Seconds for Hawks to Make the Afghanistan Withdrawal About China
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Over the past two weeks, virtually every national security expert has found a way to weigh in on the United States’ chaotic departure from Afghanistan. But at a time when the foreign policy conversation in…
Donald Trump Says Osama Bin Laden Had Just “One Hit.” What?!?!
Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx 2017 Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.As we near the 20-year anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks—which spurred two wars, including the one in Afghanistan that is currently causing so much pain and trauma for Americans and their…
The Airlift From Afghanistan Is Continuing, Amid Threats and Widespread Criticism
U.S. Marines face Afghans hoping to join evacuees at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.Lance Cpl. Nicholas Guevara/U.S. Marine Corps via AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Amid threats, delays, chaotic scenes, and a cascade of criticism, the US military is evacuating…
On Afghanistan, the Old War Hawks Are the New War Hawks
Former US National Security Advisor John Bolton. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.The utter chaos as the Taliban seized Kabul following the US withdrawal of troops in Afghanistan has horrified the world, drawing rare bipartisan rebuke at…