Who Can Stop the United States From Its Imperialistic Bombing Campaigns?

By Nancy O'Brien Simpson  In the long arc of modern history, no empire has wielded airpower quite like the United States. From the jungles of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, from Balkan skies to Yemeni villages, the U.S. has dropped bombs on at least a dozen nations in the past half-century. These strikes have often been cast as necessary interventions or "surgical" defenses of democracy. But in truth, they are imperial dominance cloaked in noble language.  And, now the "Peace President" has bombed Iran.   According to the Costs of War Project at Brown University, the post-9/11 wars have killed over 940,000 people, displaced at least 38 million, and cost $8 trillion—figures that far exceed any terrorist threat they were meant to prevent. If we strip away the rhetoric, we are left with a blunt question: Who, if anyone, can stop the United States from bombing other countries?