Glenn Greenwald breaks it down.

The Imperial City on the Potomac becomes even more imperialistic.

"That is by now a familiar consequence of U.S. operations that have helped to spread jihadism from a corner of Afghanistan to a large part of the world."

"The twin conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq “ended” – if that’s the right word for these late-stage fiascoes– with two additional stars pinned to Petraeus’s uniform and with some 6,700 gold stars sent to the wives, husbands, or parents of US troops killed, plus tens of thousands of purple hearts for those badly injured in both body and mind."

He went on to say he’d "tried everything" to influence reporting about Israel, "including threats."

"As thefts, assaults, rapes, murders, and other crimes perpetrated by the volunteers mounted... ordinary Mexican citizens began to have serious reservations about the American invasion. ...particularly pro-expansionists such as Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker, believed that Mexicans would welcome the Americans as liberators. Instead, public opinion turned against the Americans and began to create a climate for guerrilla bands to form in the area."

How the U.S. turned Pakistan into a military corporate state.