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Rumors of War: Washington Is Looking for a Fight
Rumors of War: Washington Is Looking for a Fight It is depressing to observe how the United States of America has become the evil empire. Having served in the United States Army during the Vietnam War and in the Central Intelligence Agency for the second half of the Cold War, I had an insider’s viewpoint […]
American Wars Are off the Charts Under Donald Trump
American Wars Are off the Charts Under Donald Trump He’s failed to deliver his promised withdrawals from Afghanistan and Syria, vetoed an order to get out of Yemen, and expanded the U.S. bombing of Somalia, all while eyeing Iran. Here’s a statement it might be hard to disagree with: American war is off the charts. […]
The U.S. Is Losing Influence In The World’s Biggest Oil Region
The U.S. Is Losing Influence In The World’s Biggest Oil Region Egyptian President Abdul Fatah al-Sisi’s visit to the White House on April 9, 2019, resulted in one of the worst setbacks for U.S. Middle Eastern policy under the Donald Trump Administration. What was supposed to be a fence-mending exercise between the two countries essentially […]
Respecting the Other
Respecting the Other One of my old friends’ father was at one time something of a Cold Warrior: he did something or other for the US defense establishment—nuclear submarine-related, if I recall correctly. This work activity apparently led him to develop a particularly virulent form of Russophobia; not so much a phobia as a pronounced […]
Canada to Russia: Interference Is Okay If It Destabilizes You but Not the Other Way Around
Canada to Russia: Interference Is Okay If It Destabilizes You but Not the Other Way Around In the midst of one of the most de-stabilizing scandals to rock Canada in years, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on April 5 that the threat of “Foreign interference” going into the October 2019 elections was at an all-time high. Sitting beside […]
The US’ War Against Iran & Venezuela’s “Deep States” Is Going Public
The US’ War Against Iran & Venezuela’s “Deep States” Is Going Public The US’ desire to dismantle the network of Iranian influence in Latin America and specifically in Venezuela speaks to its commitment to counter the regional sway of its rivals’ “deep states”, though it’s hitherto unprecedented for any country to make such a crusade […]
The Martyrdom of Julian Assange
The Martyrdom of Julian Assange The arrest Thursday of Julian Assange eviscerates all pretense of the rule of law and the rights of a free press. The illegalities, embraced by the Ecuadorian, British and U.S. governments, in the seizure of Assange are ominous. They presage a world where the internal workings, abuses, corruption, lies and crimes, especially […]
IMF Hands $4.2 billion in loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange
IMF Hands $4.2 billion in loans for Ecuador for Julian Assange The evidence of political pressure on Ecuador is surfacing. The IMF Executive Board Approved US$4.2 Billion (435% of quota and SDR 3.035 billion) Extended Fund Facility for Ecuador. The Executive Board agreed to this arrangement with strings attached. The Board’s decision enables the immediate disbursement of […]
Assange is a scapegoat, distraction for scandal-ridden Ecuadorian government
Assange is a scapegoat, distraction for scandal-ridden Ecuadorian government FILE PHOTO: A truck carrying a poster relating to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is driven away from the Ecuadorian embassy, London, April 5, 2019 © Reuters / Peter Nicholls As he faces a major corruption probe, Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno has met another demand from Washington […]
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S.
Chomsky: Arrest of Assange Is “Scandalous” and Highlights Shocking Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Noam Chomskyworld-renowned political dissident, linguist and author. He is a laureate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Arizona and professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he taught for more than 50 years. Attorneys for WikiLeaks […]
The Next Geopolitical Flashpoint For Oil
The Next Geopolitical Flashpoint For Oil The removal of long-time Sudanese dictator Omar Bashir by the Sudanese army has been hailed by some as a sign of a new “Arab Spring”. From a Western point of view, the removal of president Bashir of Sudan, after several weeks of mass protests in Khartoum and other cities, […]
B-52 Bombers Conduct ‘Training ‘Mission’ With Japan Over East China Sea
B-52 Bombers Conduct ‘Training ‘Mission’ With Japan Over East China Sea Two Boeing B-52 long-range, subsonic, jet-powered strategic bombers recently conducted an “integration training” mission with the U.S. Navy and the Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) over the East China Sea. A statement issued by the U.S. Pacific Air Force (PACAF) last month indicated that two B-52s departed […]
Will US Troops Be At Greater Risk After Tit-For-Tat ‘Terrorist Org’ Designations With Iran?
Will US Troops Be At Greater Risk After Tit-For-Tat ‘Terrorist Org’ Designations With Iran? Following the US decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, and Iran’s decision to do the same with US Central Command in response, Russia’s RT has suggested that the escalation in tensions may put American troops at greater […]
Beneath the Surface of Brexit
Beneath the Surface of Brexit Geography matters, the balance of power matters, and democracy–it’s not yet clear if democracy matters or not. I’ve been asked to comment on Brexit. I’m happy to do so, but not by promoting a position yes or no, or by attempting to unravel the political machinations, as I have neither the knowledge nor the […]
Ugo Bardi: “Energy Dominance,” what does it mean? Decoding a Fashionable Slogan
Ugo Bardi: “Energy Dominance,” what does it mean? Decoding a Fashionable Slogan Preface. A very good article about energy and war, explains a lot about how the world really works. *** “Now, I know for a fact that American energy dominance is within our grasp as a nation.” Ryan Zinke, U.S. Secretary of the Interior […]
