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Inside Canada’s Outsized and Under-Scrutinized Bid to Overthrow Maduro
VENEZUELAN COUP Inside Canada’s Outsized and Under-Scrutinized Bid to Overthrow Maduro Canada has been a major player in orchestrating repeated coup attempts in Venezuela since Juan Guaido declared himself president in January. OTTAWA — Canada’s foreign policy, under the auspices of Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland, is bucking the country’s long standing tradition of generally staying out […]
The New Tanker War – Trump Pampers the US Shale Oil Industry
The New Tanker War – Trump Pampers the US Shale Oil Industry The situation in the Gulf of Oman is getting worse. After the attacks on two tankers, Khamenei said that he would never sit at the negotiating table with the US again.1)So Iran will continue its nuclear program till the Israeli strategists interpret its […]
The Financial War Escalates
THE FINANCIAL WAR ESCALATES Behind the scenes, the financial war between America and China is escalating dangerously into a war to secure global financial resources. At a time of growing liquidation of dollar assets by foreigners, the US Treasury’s internal analysis will highlight future government funding problems in the light of a developing US recession. […]
More US Warships Arrive In The Mideast Even As Trump Signals Draw Down
More US Warships Arrive In The Mideast Even As Trump Signals Draw Down Despite Trump taking to Twitter Monday morning to question, “why are we protecting the shipping lanes for other countries (many years) for zero compensation,”and asserting further that “All of these countries should be protecting their own ships” — the US naval build-up in the Persian Gulf region […]
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Accelerating Imperial Decline
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Accelerating Imperial Decline Washington’s foreign policy towards Iran is driven by desperation rather than a reasoned understanding of a world in historically significant flux. That can lead only to a continuing succession of failures. The kinetic events of the past week in Washington, Tehran, and the Persian Gulf were nothing if not revealing. President […]
Provoking Iran Could Start a War and Crash the Entire World Economy
Provoking Iran Could Start a War and Crash the Entire World Economy Tensions in the Persian Gulf are reaching a point of no return. In recent weeks, six oil tankershave been subjected to Israeli sabotage disguised to look like Iranian attacks to induce the United States to take military action against the Islamic Republic. Some days ago Iran rightfully […]
The Drone Iran Shot Down Is A Quarter Billion Dollar Surveillance Monster
The Drone Iran Shot Down Is A Quarter Billion Dollar Surveillance Monster The US drone that Iran shot down over the Strait of Hormuz last week is an RQ-4A Global Hawk, a $220 million surveillance monster in the sky, Wired reported. According to Iran, the Northrup Grumman-made Global Hawk – which is part of a multibillion-dollar program that […]
Ten Minutes to War
Ten Minutes to War Donald Trump pulled back from igniting a potentially disastrous war in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night with just 10 minutes to spare, but the super-hawks he surrounded himself with will probably try again, writes Joe Lauria. The commander-in-chief acted like one, if only briefly, on Thursday night when he said […]
Starvation Sanctions Are Worse Than Overt Warfare
Starvation Sanctions Are Worse Than Overt Warfare “We are putting major additional Sanctions on Iran on Monday,” President Trump tweeted today. “I look forward to the day that Sanctions come off Iran, and they become a productive and prosperous nation again – The sooner the better!” Iran’s economy is already floundering due to the steadily mounting sanctions that the Trump administration has been […]
Read THIS Before Cheering the Next War
Read THIS Before Cheering the Next War Truth Is the First Casualty of War Over two thousand years ago, the Greek writer Aeschylus said: In war, truth is the first casualty. That quote could be read to mean that – once a war starts – then truth goes out the window … In reality, however, wars are often […]
Feeling the Heat of a Civilization on the Downside
Feeling the Heat of a Civilization on the Downside An Epic Folly for the Ages Today we begin with a list. A partial list. And in no particular order… Angela Merkel. Donald Tusk. Mario Draghi. Donald Trump. Jerome Powell. Shinzo Abe. Haruhiko Kuroda. Theresa May. Boris Johnson. Mark Carney. Xi Jinping. Emmanuel Macron. Vladimir Putin. Justin Trudeau. Juan Trump. And many, many more… […]
Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran
Bomb Bomb Bomb Iran As a nation, you’re certifiedly (is that a word?!) in deep trouble if and when Donald Trump is your most peaceloving man. But nevertheless, that is America today. It all harks back to the days when Trump was first -grudgingly and painstakingly- recognized as an actual presidential candidate. He campaigned as […]
The Coming Sino-American Bust-Up
The Coming Sino-American Bust-Up Whether or not US President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, agree to another truce at the upcoming G20 summit in Osaka, the Sino-American conflict has already entered a dangerous new phase. Though a negotiated settlement or a managed continuation of the status quo are possible, a sharp escalation […]
Who Survives the Iran Counter-Offensive?
Who Survives the Iran Counter-Offensive? Iran has had enough. I think it’s fair to say that after 60+ years of U.S. aggression towards Iran that the decision to shoot down a U.S. drone represents an inflection point in world politics. In the first few hours after the incident the fog of war was thick. But […]
