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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 […]
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 […]
