Dec 9, 2025
It’s been 20 years since I retired from the Air Force and 40 years since I first entered Cheyenne Mountain, America’s nuclear redoubt at the
William Astore, A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger
POSTED ON DECEMBER 2, 2025
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It’s been 20 years since I retired from the Air Force and 40 years since I first entered Cheyenne Mountain, America’s nuclear redoubt at the
William Astore, A Thermonuclear Hair Trigger
POSTED ON DECEMBER 2, 2025
Like many American boys of the baby-boomer generation, I played “war” with those old, olive-drab, plastic toy soldiers meant to evoke our gr
William Astore, Forever War in the Middle East
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 15, 2024
William Astore: Moraju li SAD biti uključene u svaki rat?
William Astore: Moraju li SAD biti uključene u svaki rat?
William Astore Računajte na jednu stvar: Kongres koji se može dogovoriti oko ničega što bi Amerikanci mogli zapravo željeti ili trebati nesumnjivo će svom dužnom brzinom provesti nedavni zahtjev predsjednika Bidena za oružje i drugu pomoć Ukrajini od 33 milijarde dolara . Po tom (i malo čemu drugom), republikanci i demokrate izgledaju zaista sposobni da se dogovore. Oh, i dodajte tu sumu…
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William Astore says the rise of new Cold War must revive the push for nuclear disarmament. By William Astore TomDispatch In the early 1960s, at the height of America’s original Cold War with the Soviet Union, my old service branch, the Air Force, sought to build 10,000 land-based nuclear m
The American Pentagod - William Astore
The American Pentagod – William Astore
William Astore writes for Tom’s Dispatch on the overreach of the American Industrial complex. The reality of the situation is this, the only thing that arms manufacturers cannot create is peace. Paraphrasing Joe Biden, show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you worship. In that context, there can’t be the slightest doubt: America worships its Pentagod and the weapons and wars that feed…
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What if America Pivoted to America? - William Astore
William Astore, former American Military, dares the public and the American industry of defense to think outside the box. He reimagines the role of the US military as primarily for the defense of the American republic. It is a bold and necessary move as the role of ‘policeman of the world’\imperial power is simply to costly for a nation to fund and take care of its citizens in a reasonable…
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Learning Without Flinching From History - William Astore
Learning Without Flinching From History – William Astore
Learning without Flinching from History
“The United States has been the imperial power of record on this planet since World War II. Lately, the economic and moral aspects of that power have waned, even as our military power remains supreme (though without being able to win anythingwhatsoever). That should tell you something about America. We’re still a “SmackDown” country, to borrow a term…
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The US military is a Toxic Convoluted Ouroboros
The US military is a Toxic Convoluted Ouroboros
William Astore writing for Tom’s Dispatch.
“I first came across the phrase “using a sledgehammer to kill gnats” while looking at the history of U.S. airpowerduring the Vietnam War. B-52 “Arc Light” raids dropped record tons of bombs on parts of South Vietnam and Laos in largely failed efforts to kill dispersed guerrillas and interdict supply routes from North Vietnam. Half a…
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