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The Search for the Truth in Douma
The Search for the Truth in Douma This is the story of a town called Douma, a ravaged, stinking place of smashed apartment blocks – and of an underground clinic whose images of suffering allowed three of the Western world’s most powerful nations to bomb Syria last week. There’s even a friendly doctor in a green […]
American and British Reporters Reach Douma, Syria: Discover There Was NO Chemical Weapons Attack
American and British Reporters Reach Douma, Syria: Discover There Was NO Chemical Weapons Attack Well-known British reporter Robert Fisk says that a doctor at the hospital which treated the victims of an alleged chemical weapons attack said there were no chemical weapons … and that it was a member of the White Helmets who started […]
Alas, this is far from over!
Alas, this is far from over! Let’s begin by a short summary of events. About a month ago Nikki Haley announces to the UNSC that the USA is ready to violate the rules of this very self-same UNSC should a chemical attack happen in Syria Then the Russians announced that they have evidence that a […]
British Propaganda and Disinformation: An Imperial and Colonial Tradition
British Propaganda and Disinformation: An Imperial and Colonial Tradition When it comes to creating bogus news stories and advancing false narratives, the British intelligence services have few peers. In fact, the Secret Intelligence Service (MI-6) has led the way for its American “cousins” and Britain’s Commonwealth partners – from Canada and Australia to India and […]
Trump’s Disastrous Syria Attack
Trump’s Disastrous Syria Attack Over the weekend, President Trump celebrated firing more than 100 missiles into Syria by Tweeting, “Mission Accomplished!” They say if you cannot learn from history you are condemned to repeat it. So I guess we are repeating it. We all remember that “Mission Accomplished” was the banner behind then-President Bush as […]
A Tale of American Hubris: Or Five Lessons in the History of American Defeat
A Tale of American Hubris: Or Five Lessons in the History of American Defeat The lessons of history? Who needs them? Certainly not Washington’s present cast of characters, a crew in flight from history, the past, or knowledge of more or less any sort. Still, just for the hell of it, let’s take a few moments […]
Israel Launches Airstrikes On Airbase Near Homs In Syria
Israel Launches Airstrikes On Airbase Near Homs In Syria We had barely finished commenting on Israel’s admission that it was responsible for last Monday’s deadly strike on Syria’s T4 military base – supposedly in retaliation for an Iranian drone flight in February – when reports hit of another Israeli strike, this time targeting Syria’s Shayrat […]
Kabuki Warfare
Kabuki Warfare When this chapter of US history is finally written, it will look like a deep dive into a vat of lentil soup. In Syria Friday night, we came, we saw, and we slung 103 cruise missiles into largely symbolic targets, including a supposed chemical weapons plant just outside Damascus, and some other places […]
Winter is Coming
WINTER IS COMING “Summer will end soon enough, and childhood as well.” – George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones “Reflect on what happens when a terrible winter blizzard strikes. You hear the weather warning but probably fail to act on it. The sky darkens. Then the storm hits with full fury, and the air is […]
Putin Warns Of Global “Chaos” If West Hits Syria Again
Putin Warns Of Global “Chaos” If West Hits Syria Again Shortly after US Ambassador Nikki Haley revealed that Russia would be slapped with a third round of sanctions on Monday for “enabling the Syrian government’s use of chemical weapons in civil war,” Russian President Vladimir Putin said that further attacks on Syria by Western forces, […]
Four Flashpoints of Volatility
Four Flashpoints of Volatility 1 – Trade Wars Flashpoints, From China to Canada and Mexico Wall Street has knee-jerk reactions to any trade war related headlines. There are legitimate reasons to be concerned about trade wars. The world is increasingly more connected than ever. Many major American companies that are household names such as Starbucks […]
Why Trade Wars Will Unleash Central Banks
Why Trade Wars Will Unleash Central Banks There’s been an abundance of coverage surrounding the recent steel and aluminum tariffs. Those measures could hurt more sectors than they help within the U.S. In particular, it could damage businesses that require metals because they’ll have to pay more for raw materials. Trade wars also escalate geopolitical […]
WikiLeaks Secret Cable: “Overthrow The Syrian Regime, But Play Nice With Russia”
WikiLeaks Secret Cable: “Overthrow The Syrian Regime, But Play Nice With Russia” Hours after the overnight US-led missile strikes on Syria, WikiLeaks republished a crucially important diplomatic cable through its official media accounts confirming that Saudi Arabia’s long term strategy in Syria has been to pursue regime change “by all means available.” According to the leaked internal […]
Liberty Links 4/14/18 – World War 3
Liberty Links 4/14/18 – World War 3 World War 3 Sharing links unrelated to the reckless, criminal and unconstitutional act launched by Donald Trump and the U.S. government last night feels kinda inappropriate. As such, here are a few short paragraphs on what I think it all means. I’ll have more next week. I think […]
China: “The Arrogant US Has A Record Of Launching Wars On Deceptive Grounds”
China: “The Arrogant US Has A Record Of Launching Wars On Deceptive Grounds” While the lack of retaliation by Russia to Trump’s Friday night Syrian airstrikes surprised some, Russia defended its stance of shrugging in response (and not escalating to full blown world war), by asserting that Soviet-made missiles intercepted more than half of the […]
