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The Forever War Is So Normalized That Opposing It Is “Isolationism”
The Forever War Is So Normalized That Opposing It Is “Isolationism” After getting curb stomped on the debate stage by Tulsi Gabbard, the campaign for Tim “Who the fuck is Tim Ryan?” Ryan posted a statement decrying the Hawaii congresswoman’s desire to end a pointless 18-year military occupation as “isolationism”. “While making a point as to why America can’t […]
On This Day: One Wrong Turn & History’s Biggest “Butterfly Effect”
On This Day: One Wrong Turn & History’s Biggest “Butterfly Effect” This post seems more relevant than ever as many believe the initial conditions of today are very similar to those of the Spring and Summer of 1914. One wrong turn, one small change in initial conditions can change the course of history enormously. Originally Posted on June 27, […]
The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve
The Oil Crisis Saudi Arabia Can’t Solve Saudi Arabia’s CEO Amin Nasr’s message to the press that oil flows to the market are guaranteed, should be taken with a pinch of salt. Looking at the current volatility in the Persian/Arabian Gulf and the possibility of a temporary closure of the Strait of Hormuz, the Aramco CEO’s message […]
Trump To Unleash Hell On Europe: EU Announces Channel To Circumvent SWIFT And Iran Sanctions Is Now Operational
Trump To Unleash Hell On Europe: EU Announces Channel To Circumvent SWIFT And Iran Sanctions Is Now Operational With the world waiting for the first headlines from the Trump-Xi meeting, the most important and unexpected news of the day hit moments ago, when Europe announced that the special trade channel, Instex, that will allow European firms […]
West’s Moral Bankruptcy Exposed
West’s Moral Bankruptcy Exposed The moral bankruptcy of Western powers was exposed – inadvertently – with the recent publication of three separate news reports. Taken together the reports out last week illustrate the rank hypocrisy of Western governments. Also, the way that the reports were prioritized or left disconnected demonstrates how the Western mainstream media […]
Scenario Fulfillment? Why Should We Believe US on Location of Drone Shot Down By Iran?
Scenario Fulfillment? Why Should We Believe US on Location of Drone Shot Down By Iran? The Iranian military shot down a US spy drone yesterday. The US says the drone, a $22 million RQ-4A Global Hawk was in international airspace. Iran said the drone was over Iranian airspace. Are we looking into “Scenario Fulfillment?” Global Hawk surveillance […]
Russia warns of another Cuban Missile Crisis
Russia warns of another Cuban Missile Crisis Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov warned that the deployment of U.S. land-based missile systems near Russia’s borders were comparable to the same situation that sparked the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Russia has historically been critical of any plan by the United States to deploy missile systems […]
Don’t Leave Nukes on the Shelf. Use Them!
Don’t Leave Nukes on the Shelf. Use Them! Photograph Source: United States Department of Energy – Public Domain On June 20, the London Guardian ran a curious headline: “Nuclear Weapons: Experts Alarmed by New Pentagon ‘War-Fighting Doctrine.” Last week, a report from the Joint Chiefs of Staff was briefly available to the public on the Pentagon’s website. […]
The Dying Days Of An Empire
The Dying Days Of An Empire Something’s been nagging me for the past few days, and I’m not sure I’ve figured out why yet. It started when Donald Trump first called off the alleged planned strikes on targets in Iran because they would have cost 150 lives, and then the next day said the US […]
Washington’s wager concerning Iran
Washington’s wager concerning Iran Even more than Syria, Iran is now at the heart of the confrontation between East and West. The astounded public is witnessing Washington’s daily about-turns in what seems – mistakenly – to be an escalation towards war between the two countries. But this is not what it is about. Fortunately, the […]
How to Start an Unnecessary War
How to Start an Unnecessary War I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing a good job. To be sure, the economy continues to add mostly low paying jobs but claims that the new tax law benefits the […]
The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East
The Ongoing Restructuring of the Greater Middle East Map showing the 40 military bases the US has been compelled to position around Iran to combat Iranian aggression. So, according to the corporate media, and to President Literally Hitler, himself, while America was sleeping last Friday morning, the U.S. Air Force was just minutes away from bombing […]
Instigators of a Persian Gulf Crisis
Instigators of a Persian Gulf Crisis Photograph Source: Mehrnews – CC BY 4.0 Recent weeks have seen tensions between the United States and Iran soar, initially after a May 2019 incident in which four commercial vessels were struck in the Gulf of Oman (two Saudi oil tankers, one Norwegian and an Emirati ship), ebb thereafter and […]
Two Events That Will Determine Oil Prices
Two Events That Will Determine Oil Prices Two big events over the next two weeks will determine the trajectory for oil prices in the second half of the year. One of those events will take place in Japan, the other in Austria. U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Chinese President Xi Jingping on the sidelines […]
