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Is US Bellicosity Backfiring?
Is US Bellicosity Backfiring? U.S. threats to crush Iran and North Korea may yet work, but as of now neither Tehran nor Pyongyang appears to be intimidated. Repeated references by NSC adviser John Bolton and Vice President Mike Pence to the “Libya model” for denuclearization of North Korea just helped sink the Singapore summit of […]
Decades of Unconstitutional Wars
Decades of Unconstitutional Wars Despite United States Congress members insisting that Congress debate and vote on US military actions overseas, congressional leadership has chosen inaction, allowing military actions unilaterally pursued by the executive branch to continue unrestrained. And, when, this year, consideration has begun to move forward on an authorization for use of military force […]
End of unipolar world? New world order evolves in response to US demands on Iran
End of unipolar world? New world order evolves in response to US demands on Iran © Getty Images If Mike Pompeo’s ultimatum to Iran, after US withdrawal from the Iranian nuclear deal, was fulfilled it would inflict economic warfare on the country and set up Tehran for failure while reasserting a US-led unipolar world order. […]
Russia Finance Minister: We Are Ready To Ditch The Dollar In Favor Of The Euro
Russia Finance Minister: We Are Ready To Ditch The Dollar In Favor Of The Euro In a testament to the success of the latest Trump sanctions against Russia, overnight Russian aluminum giant Rusal announced that its chief executive, Aleksandra Buriko, and half of its managerial board resigned to make sure the firm avoids U.S. sanctions […]
Weather Impacted Wars & Migrations in Pre-Recorded History
Weather Impacted Wars & Migrations in Pre-Recorded History Archaeologists working in the wetlands of Denmark have uncovered 2,000-year-old human remains are revealing that the Germanic “barbarians” were engaging in warfare in northern Europe against other barbarian tribes which had nothing to do with Rome. The research, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of […]
Bolton Trying to Convince Trump to Topple Iran
Bolton Trying to Convince Trump to Topple Iran Now that the Trump administration has derailed the Iran nuclear deal, the old issue of regime change in Iran is back again. National Security Advisor John Bolton is obviously the chief regime-change advocate in the administration, and there is every reason to believe he has begun to […]
The U.S. and the Fate of the World
The U.S. and the Fate of the World Americans ought to be more honest about U.S. military interventionism. There ought to be a serious debate about it. Instead there seems to be three, entrenched foreign policy camps who never talk to each other. The first is made up of avowed imperialists. They are easy to […]
Germany Accuses Italy of “Debt Blackmail”: Hello EU, Time for Reform Expired
Germany Accuses Italy of “Debt Blackmail”: Hello EU, Time for Reform Expired For 10 years, the EU and EMU promised reform. None was delivered. Time is Up. Populists have taken control of Italy. Merkel’s CDU/CSU coalition is in a state of panic regarding Italy. The German parties went on the attack accusing Italy of “debt […]
Stephen Cohen’s Misrepresentations About the 2014 Coup in Ukraine
Stephen Cohen’s Misrepresentations About the 2014 Coup in Ukraine The restoration of the Cold War now, between Russia and the United States, is based on frauds by the United States, as will be documented here; and one of the biggest responsibilities that historians have, is to state this publicly — to acknowledge it publicly and […]
The Simulation of Democracy
The Simulation of Democracy One of the most complicated and frustrating aspects of operating a global capitalist empire is maintaining the fiction that it doesn’t exist. Virtually every action you take has to be carefully recontextualized or otherwise spun for public consumption. Every time you want to bomb or invade some country to further your […]
The Skripal Case Is Being Pushed Down The Memory Hole With Libya And Aleppo
The Skripal Case Is Being Pushed Down The Memory Hole With Libya And Aleppo On the fourth of March, in the sleepy British cathedral town of Salisbury, an ex-spy named Sergei Skripal was poisoned by an assassin with the most deadly nerve agent known to man. The Russian government was immediately blamed by a shocked and […]
Sweden Warns Every Single Household to Prep for WAR
Sweden Warns Every Single Household to Prep for WAR The government of Sweden has produced a 20-page pamphlet which they’ll be sending to each of the 4.8 million households in the country urging them to get prepared for…WAR. Although they haven’t been at war for over 200 years, for some reason, right now, they want […]
Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats
Iran Announces Plan To Stay In Syria As Pompeo Issues Unprecedented Threats After last Thursday’s relatively brief meeting in Sochi between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad wherein Putin stressed that it is necessary for all “foreign forces” to withdraw from Syria, there’s been much speculation over what Putin actually meant. Many were quick […]
Washington Threatens Sanctions For Nord Stream 2
Washington Threatens Sanctions For Nord Stream 2 While Germany tries to make sure Ukraine will not suffer too badly from the addition of Nord Stream 2 to the European natural gas pipeline network, a senior State Department official has threatened sanctions for the controversial project. Speaking to media in Berlin, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State […]
Who Needs Enemies?
Who Needs Enemies? Vittorio Matteo Corcos Conversation in the Jardin du Luxembourg 1892 Obviously, there are tensions between Europe and the US. Just as obviously, these tensions are blamed on, who else, Donald Trump. European Council President Donald Tusk recently said: “With friends like Trump, who needs enemies?” EU Commission chair Jean-Claude Juncker even proclaimed […]
