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US Needs To Occupy Syria Because Of Kurds Or Iran Or Chemical Weapons Or Oil Or Whatever
US Needs To Occupy Syria Because Of Kurds Or Iran Or Chemical Weapons Or Oil Or Whatever President Trump reiterated to the press today that the United States is maintaining its military presence in Syria not to patrol the nation’s border with Turkey, but to control its oil fields. “We’ve kept the oil,” Trump said. “We’ve stayed back and […]
First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields Stir Outrage
First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields Stir Outrage The reality of American foreign policy all in one stunning image: regional Iraqi Kurdistan24 television has broadcast the first footage of the United States Army seizing and ‘protecting’ a Syrian oil field in the country’s northeast. Specifically the images are of a US armed convoy at Rumelan […]
Assad Calls Trump “Best US President” Ever For “Transparency” Of Real US Motives
Assad Calls Trump “Best US President” Ever For “Transparency” Of Real US Motives Arguably some of the most significant events since the eight-year long war’s start have played out in Syria with rapid pace over just the last month alone, including Turkey’s military incursion in the north, the US pullback from the border and into […]
How Central Banks Fund Our Age of Endless War
How Central Banks Fund Our Age of Endless War [This talk was delivered at the Mises Circle in New York City on September 14, 2012.] The 20th century was the century of total war. Limitations on the scope of war, built up over many centuries, had already begun to break down in the 19th century, but they […]
Is The Era Of U.S. Energy Dominance Already Over?
Is The Era Of U.S. Energy Dominance Already Over? The global oil industry is a highly lucrative sector that is strongly influenced by geopolitical developments. As the Post-Cold War era comes to an end, a new status quo is arising. The U.S. was once the only player with the capability to significantly influence energy markets around the […]
Trump Loses More than Just the Battle Over Nordstream 2
Trump Loses More than Just the Battle Over Nordstream 2 For the past three years the U.S. has fought the construction of the Nordstream 2 pipeline from Russia to Germany every inch of the way. The battle came down to the last few miles, literally, as Denmark has been withholding the final environmental permit on […]
In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace
In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace American activist Angela Davis once said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Our responsibility to truth and justice isn’t fulfilled by merely witnessing the perverse tendency in western society toward white supremacy without […]
U.S.-China Relations in the Years Ahead: The Trade War Is a Sideshow
U.S.-China Relations in the Years Ahead: The Trade War Is a Sideshow As President Trump has said many times, we rebuilt China over the past 25 years. No truer words were spoken, but those days are over. The United States now recognizes China as a strategic and economic rival. – Vice President Mike Pence during a […]
RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962
RAY McGOVERN: Thanks to a Soviet Navy Captain — We Survived 1962 Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov spared humanity from extinction on what has been called “the most dangerous moment in human history.” Oct. 27, 1962, is the date on which we humans were spared extinction thanks to Soviet Navy submarine Captain Vasili Alexandrovich Arkhipov. Arkhipov insisted on […]
Retired General: Trump’s Syria Oil Plan Turns US Troops Into “Pirates”
Retired General: Trump’s Syria Oil Plan Turns US Troops Into “Pirates” After President Trump suggested on Sunday that he would like to make a deal with Exxon Mobil or “one of our great companies” to go into occupied Syria and take the oil, one of the few former top defense officials to explicitly condemn the plan which clearly smacks of naked US […]
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Cyberattack
Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Hit By Cyberattack India’s second nuclear power unit stopped operating on 19th October 2019. It is suspected that the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant was hit by a cyberattack and the authorities were already alerted of the threat months in advance. Even as cybersecurity experts are investigating the case, the authorities were quick to […]
Trump Wants Deal With Exxon or Other Company to Take Syrian Oil
Trump Wants Deal With Exxon or Other Company to Take Syrian Oil ‘We should be able to take some’ Having sent growing numbers of troops into eastern Syria explicitly to control the oil, President Trump now says he is seeking a deal with Exxon Mobil or “one of our great companies” to go into occupied Syria and […]
Wexit: Will Alberta Ditch Canada?
Wexit: Will Alberta Ditch Canada? The re-election of Justin Trudeau has revved up Wexit talk in Canada. Brexit, Italexit, Frexit, Nexit, CalExit, Texit, and now Wexit? What likely started as a social media campaign to air a considerable portion of the electorate’s grievances against the federal government, a serious political movement in Canada may be born. Would this have serious ramifications […]
The United States, Turkey and the SDF: The Internal War Between Syria’s Enemies
The United States, Turkey and the SDF: The Internal War Between Syria’s Enemies The truth is that in addition to Turkey, the US, the UK, France, Saudi Arabia and Qatar have armed, financed and trained about 250 thousand jihadis from all around the world since 2010 for the purposes of attacking Syria, precipitating a disaster […]
Pentagon Confirms: Tanks & Additional US Forces To Deploy At Syrian Oil Fields
Pentagon Confirms: Tanks & Additional US Forces To Deploy At Syrian Oil Fields Less than 30 minutes after President Trump tweeted early Friday, “Our soldiers have left and are leaving Syria for other places, then…COMING HOME!” — Defense Secretary Mark Esper confirmed prior reports that the Pentagon will indeed leave behind a small military presence to include “mechanized forces” at “the oil fields”. As […]
