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US Withdrawal from INF Treaty: Implications for Asia Pacific
US Withdrawal from INF Treaty: Implications for Asia Pacific One of the motives behind the US withdrawal from the INF Treaty is its desire to acquire first-strike capability against Russia from Europe, while keeping intact its strategic nuclear arsenal. Another motivation is the need to keep China, America’s fiercest geopolitical challenger, in its crosshairs by forcing it […]
The War on Terror is the Reign of Terror
The War on Terror is the Reign of Terror Photo Source POMED | CC BY 2.0 So, does an accidental killing lead to dismemberment of the body and hiding of all the evidence and waiting days before admitting to the killing? If the United States accepts this version of events for the killing of Jamal […]
The Middle East, Not Russia, Will Prove Trump’s Downfall
The Middle East, Not Russia, Will Prove Trump’s Downfall Photo Source The White House | CC BY 2.0 The Middle East has a century old tradition of being the political graveyard of American and British political leaders. The list of casualties is long: Lloyd George, Anthony Eden, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, Tony Blair and George W Bush. All […]
The Taiwan Strait Getting Hot, Hot, Hot…
The Taiwan Strait Getting Hot, Hot, Hot… We posted the following in July after President Trump threw Montenegro under the bus. Taiwan may be about to get hot, hot, hot in the next year after last night’s Commander in Chief’s ambiguous message on defense treaties. – GMM One of GMM‘s most excellent followers, who we very much […]
By Going Nuclear the EU Has Already Lost Its Battle with Italy
By Going Nuclear the EU Has Already Lost Its Battle with Italy “Here’s where we hold ’em by the nose, and kick ’em in the ass” — Patton If you ever want to know who’s losing an argument simply look at who’s doing the most threatening. Not who’s shouting the loudest or who’s the angriest, […]
It Is Like A Western Movie: A Showdown Is In The Making
It Is Like A Western Movie: A Showdown Is In The Making It has taken the US military/security complex 31 years to get rid of President Reagan’s last nuclear disarmament achievement—the INF Treaty that President Reagan and Soviet President Gorbachev achieved in 1987. The Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was ratified by the US Senate […]
Putin: In a Nuclear Holocaust “We Will Be Martyrs, They Will Drop Dead”
Putin: In a Nuclear Holocaust “We Will Be Martyrs, They Will Drop Dead” Ever since the Euromaidan color revolution in Ukraine, the threat of a thermonuclear confrontation between Russia and the United States has been steadily growing. With the United States and NATO forces having pushed their proxy fighters literally to the border with Russia, the world’s […]
U.S. Media Refuses to Inform the Public When Its Commentators and Pundits are Paid Foreign Agents
U.S. Media Refuses to Inform the Public When Its Commentators and Pundits are Paid Foreign Agents Unbelievably – Rothkopf has the audacity to criticize Trump for having “repeatedly shown great fondness for foreign leaders—even despots and known murderers, human rights abusers and criminals”, while Rothkopf himself is literally a paid agent working to disseminating propaganda for one of […]
Jamal Khashoggi’s Murder Could Drive Congress to Finally End Support For Brutal Saudi War in Yemen
Photo: Kevin Dietsch, Pool/Getty Images JAMAL KHASHOGGI’S MURDER COULD DRIVE CONGRESS TO FINALLY END SUPPORT FOR BRUTAL SAUDI WAR IN YEMEN THE SUSPECTED MURDER of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi Arabia is pushing the U.S. government toward a major internal confrontation over its role in the war in Yemen, one that could have […]
This Alliance Could Mark A New Era For Oil
This Alliance Could Mark A New Era For Oil Saudi Arabia and Russia could formalize a strategic partnership that would last indefinitely, potentially marking a new era for the oil market. In a wide-ranging interview with TASS, Saudi oil minister Khalid al-Falih said that he hopes to setup an official OPEC+ governing body, including a […]
Trump Threatens US Will Increase Nukes Until Russia, China “Come To Their Senses”
Trump Threatens US Will Increase Nukes Until Russia, China “Come To Their Senses” After hours of closed door talks in Moscow between US National Security Advisor John Bolton and his Russian counterpart Secretary of the Russian Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, Bolton told reporters that the United States has yet to take a decision on whether it plans […]
American War Declaration
American War Declaration Wess Mitchell, Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs in the US State Department, gave a remarkable presentation to the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on 21 August 2018. Titled “US Strategy Towards the Russian Federation” it ostensibly lays out the US reaction to Russia’s continuing aggression, hostility, interference and […]
Russia Signals Renewed Arms Race, Says Scrapping INF Would Force It To ‘Restore Balance’
Russia Signals Renewed Arms Race, Says Scrapping INF Would Force It To ‘Restore Balance’ Now that President Trump has officially declared his intention to scrap the INF arms control treaty to remove constraints preventing the US from countering China’s menacing military presence in the Western Pacific, as well as what many military officials see as […]
Pence v. China: Cold War 2.0 May Have Just Begun
Pence v. China: Cold War 2.0 May Have Just Begun U.S. Vice President Mike Pence announced what could already be described as the beginning of World Cold War II, with Washington and Beijing as the first belligerents but soon the stage will be global. Pence spoke at the Hudson Institute, a think tank specializing in […]
Time Out for Nukes!
Time Out for Nukes! With 122 nations having voted last summer to adopt a treaty for the complete prohibition of nuclear weapons, just as the world has banned chemical and biological weapons, its seems that the world is locked in a new Cold War time-warp, totally inappropriate to the times. We were warned last week […]
