... described the torpedoing of an Iranian warship off Sri Lanka — an attack that killed more than 80 sailors — as “quiet death,” with a relish that has no place in the public voice of American war.
Curiously, the statement by US secretary of state Marco Rubio – that American strikes were pre-emptively launched because of Israel’s plans to attack – came a full three days after hostilities began.
... Trump finally broke one of the oldest taboos in American politics by issuing a statement celebrating the 178th anniversary of America’s victory in the frequently maligned Mexican-American War.
And there is no more stunning display of American violence than a big war. The US has been at war for 222 out of 239 years since 1776... American violence ... Because massive war crimes are an American tradition.
When EmmaBliss arrived with her husband and young daughter in Columbia in 1898, she would spend the next several months capturing the magically mundane in the capital city ... .