Forever Wars

The outcome of your journey lies in your hands. Forever Wars aims to document, analyze, and question the ongoing changes and constants of the War on Terror. Every week, Forever Wars releases a mix of original articles, critiques, essays, and historical insights—often combining all four elements. The platform will expand to cover the evolving landscape of the War on Terror while also narrowing down to examine specific events that influence its changes and continuities. Additionally, it will take a broader view to assess how the War on Terror affects the decline of American democracy. At times, Forever Wars may resemble a blog post; other times, it may read like a magazine feature. Many entries will serve as a companion to my book, *Reign of Terror*. (Please consider purchasing it; this is not the moment for pride.)

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Negotiate With Iran or the Whole of the Middle East Could Burn (Director's Cut)

Mar 20, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by The Nation Remember how I wrote in the last Director's Cut* that I felt like my last Nation column should have made more of the Qods Force-ordered stand-down of the Hashd militias in Iraq and Syria? It occurred to me afterward that I should write a follow-up addressing that in the context of a more forthright call to negotiate with Iran than the one the column offered.
And Now, A Message About Gaza From Montana

Mar 19, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanI'M A MEMBER OF THE JEWISH LABOR BUND, a revived Jewish socialist group rekindling an antizionist tradition. Members of the Montana chapter brought to my attention the following statements concerning Gaza that I thought would interest FOREVER WARS readers. They're meant to be read together.
The TikTok Ban Is Security State Protectionism

Mar 18, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanA FUNNY THING happened as the House of Representatives moved in swift, bipartisan fashion to ban TikTok on the grounds that it puts American users' privacy at risk from a malicious state actor. Rep.
Requiem for the Biden of the Afghanistan Withdrawal (Director's Cut)

Mar 13, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

The brightest moment in the president’s foreign policy feels like light from a dead star. The Biden of that moment would stop aiding Israeli war crimes. Edited by The NationOne quick note I want to give on this one. This was written fairly early in February, which is why the examples and the numbers stop there. I'm adjusting to writing something that needs to be nonperishable a month out. I'll be the first to admit that's a process.
An Iraqi 'Terrorist' Leader on The Future of 'Resistance' To U.S. Forces

Mar 11, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanA LONGTIME SOURCE AND FRIEND returned from Baghdad recently. I asked him to read me out on what he saw and heard there. Almost all he wanted to talk about was a speech he watched Qais Khazali give last week at the Rafidain Center for Dialogue. If you instantly remember who Qais Khazali is, don't forget to schedule your colonoscopy or mammogram. For everyone else, Khazali was one of the most infamous of the 2003-2011 U.S. occupation's Iranian-sponsored enemies.
My Robotic Doppelganger Is The Grim Face of Journalism's Future!

Mar 6, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanA FEW WEEKS AGO I wrote about the Washington Independent, a liberal nonprofit experiment in substantive reporting online about politics, and the doomed media environment it represented. I worked there from 2008 to 2010. It ceased to exist not long afterwards. When it fell apart, I lost the archive of those years of my work. Or at least I did for a long time. At some point, long after I had ceased paying attention, the Washington Independent reappeared on the internet.
All Kamala Harris Has To Tell Benny Gantz Is No

Mar 4, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanBENNY GANTZ, a member of the Israeli War Cabinet and one of Benjamin Netanyahu's political rivals, is in Washington. Netanyahu is reportedly mad about Gantz's trip, since the entire point of it is to undercut Netanyahu before the Biden administration.
The Anti-Palestinian Origins of The War on Terror

Feb 28, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanLET'S START WITH A PASSAGE FROM REIGN OF TERROR: In October 2002, rallying in Washington to support Israel's violent suppression of the second Palestinian intifada, [evangelicals] portrayed Israel's fight as indistinguishable from America's. "We are in a war on terrorism," said Gary Bauer, the conservative Christian activist. "We are trying to limit and lessen the number of terrorist nations.
'This Is What Our Ruling Class Has Decided Will Be Normal'

Feb 26, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

Edited by Sam ThielmanI HAD A PLAN for what this edition of FOREVER WARS would be. But then I saw a young airman named Aaron Bushnell end his life in what he called an "extreme act of protest" against the Israeli genocide in Gaza. We know this thanks to the journalist Talia Jane, so I want to express my gratitude to her. I don't think it's necessary to show a man burning to death to make the points that follow.
American Delusions at The International Court of Justice

Feb 21, 2024 | foreverwars.ghost.io | Spencer Ackerman

The U.S. "Rules-Based International Order" continues to eat international law alive. PLUS: Come get your comics signed by me and Evan Narcisse!Edited by Sam ThielmanFOR MORE THAN FIFTY YEARS, the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem, seized when Israel won the 1967 Six-Day War, has been illegal under international law. That is the meaning of United Nations Security Council Resolution 242 from November 1967, and reaffirmed in 1973's Resolution 338.