William M. Arkin

@warkin

Thinker, Writer, proud Dad, addicted sea sheller. Old Army vet. . Books in 2021! / The Generals Have No Clothes / History in One Act / On That Day.

Encinitas, CA
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Joined October 2008
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 12

    My cover story , excerpt from The Generals Have No Clothes -- Why We Can't End Our Endless Wars: America's new way of fighting traps us in conflicts that last forever

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Spring is finally here in force.

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  3. Apr 27

    Interview with about perpetual war.

    We speak with about what is left unsaid in U.S.’ announcement of withdrawal from Afghanistan as well as his new book The Generals Have No Clothes: The Untold Story of Our Endless Wars which calls for a new era of civilian control over the military.
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  4. Apr 27

    Parody is reality. Activity has been the objective since the early 1970's, when the United States started fighting the war on drugs. Perpetual war is just a continuation. But even there, it's only a C for effort. But an A for the formula to go on forever.

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  5. Apr 26

    "After 20 years of fighting, we’ve reached the epitome of military efficiency. Fighting terrorists demands fewer and fewer human resources in the form of troops, and what resources are employed are increasingly either unaccountable and secret, or remote from the battlefields."

    COMMENTARY: With the withdrawal from Afghanistan, are we indeed ending perpetual war?
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  6. Apr 26

    Beach today. Beautiful and quiet.

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  7. Apr 26

    San Diego botanical garden orchid exhibit

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  8. Apr 26

    LOL. Just in case we need to drop 80 bombs in one sortie on road blocks and other others trying to stop us from leaving.

    Two additional B-52 bombers arrive at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, to support the Afghanistan drawdown.
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  9. Apr 26

    My latest on my new book, The Generals Have No Clothes

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  10. Apr 25

    My third book to be published this year, On That Day: The Definitive Timeline of 9/11 out in August, is announced. Continuity of Government, DEFCON, faulty intelligence...

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  11. Apr 23

    A fun and lively podcast I did with Tommy Corrigan about The Generals Have No Clothes, political accountability, the American armed forces, and a system of perpetual war that is forever acting without ever showing positive results.

    Episode 423
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  12. Apr 22

    Now.

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  13. Retweeted
    Apr 22

    “The American way of war has become to make war as invisible as possible, not just because counterterrorism demands some special degree of secrecy, but also because (it) lets the government and the military continue without interference.” ⁦⁩

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  14. Apr 22

    The Generals Have No Clothes, book talk on Facebook Live, today at 4 PM Pacific Time. of La Jolla.

    Reminder. Thursday, 4 PM Pacific time, a book talk at for The Generals Have No Clothes.
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  15. Apr 21

    Excellent work. Of course the U.S. is also there "officially," that is, clandestinely through special operations, contractors, and proxies.

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  16. Apr 20

    Reminder. Thursday, 4 PM Pacific time, a book talk at for The Generals Have No Clothes.

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  17. Apr 20

    Interview with Scott Horton about The Generals Have No Clothes and perpetual war, and the truth about the "withdrawal" from Afghanistan.

    I interview William Arkin about the terror wars and the threat of great power conflict
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  18. Apr 20

    Even nuclear deterrence is made stupid in social media while revealing a bald truth of US nuclear planning and imagination.

    So much for deterrence. STRATCOM is warming up for tomorrow’s House Armed Services Committee hearing on the US strategic force posture.
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  19. Apr 19

    Some days just go like this, for the goodnik and the victim.

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  20. Apr 19

    Book talk via of La Jolla, for The Generals Have No Clothes -- Thursday 4 PM Pacific time. On Facebook Live.

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  21. Apr 17

    F-35s from 34th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron began flying bombing missions from Jordan on Feb. 16 but the Pentagon only posted images of flight operations from an "undisclosed location" (on Apr. 20).

    Jordan, consistently growing military base for the US so that successive administrations can say that they are leaving Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
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