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Is Washington Sufficiently Intelligent to Be Trusted with an Independent Foreign Policy?
Is Washington Sufficiently Intelligent to Be Trusted with an Independent Foreign Policy? As I figured would be the case, Putin’s message to the West that Russia cannot be intimidated and that the nations must work together to deal with world problems was far over the heads of the dumbshit “exceptional” Americans. CNN rushed out an […]
Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon
Racing Towards a Low-Yield Armageddon Photo by James Stencilowsky | CC BY 2.0 On February 3 the Washington Post observed that “the United States can deliver a [nuclear] strike anywhere in the world in 30 minutes with astounding accuracy” and questioned the need for “a new generation of low-yield nuclear weapons,” quoting the commander of the strategic force, General […]
China Prepares For New Cold War With Massive Military Buildup
China Prepares For New Cold War With Massive Military Buildup As we have been documenting for quite some time, China has been not-so-quietly transforming itself into a serious threat to the West – beefing up its military to contend with the Washington’s air, sea, space and cyber weapons capabilities, while scrapping constitutional term limits for President Xi Jinping. Since 2000, China has […]
Let The Trade Wars Begin: Trump Says He Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week
Let The Trade Wars Begin: Trump Says He Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week Update III: After the White House said earlier that today’s meeting would be a “listening” meeting, President Trump has taken investors by surprise by announcing that he will impose the long-rumored aluminum and steel sanctions next week. As expected, Trump […]
Iran Bans Use Of US Dollars In Trade
Iran Bans Use Of US Dollars In Trade In what may be a preemptive move against further US sanctions, Tehran announced that going forward, merchant purchase orders that are denominated in US Dollars would no longer be allowed to go through import procedures. According to the state-owned IRNA news agency, the policy is in line […]
Putin: If Attacked, Russia Will Respond With New “Unstoppable” Nukes
Putin: If Attacked, Russia Will Respond With New “Unstoppable” Nukes A day after his foreign minister accused the US of violating the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, Russian President Vladimir Putin shocked his audience during his annual state of the union address to his country’s political elite by claiming Russia had developed new nuclear weapons that cannot […]
Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons
Oil Market Fears: War, Default And Nuclear Weapons The U.S. is one of the few areas of the world in which there is an energy investment boom underway, a development that could smooth out the uncertainties of geopolitical events around the world. At the same time, outside of the U.S., there is a deterioration of […]
America’s Democracy Hypocrisy
America’s Democracy Hypocrisy In late February, Venezuela’s government began accepting presidential candidate registrations and announced a snap legislative election for April. The country’s opposition denounces the process as a sham and Maduro as a dictator, both of which may be true. Oddly, a third voice — the US government — also weighed in. Per US […]
Why Turkey Wants to Invade the Greek Islands
Why Turkey Wants to Invade the Greek Islands Turkish propagandists also have been twisting facts to try to portray Greece as the aggressor. Although Turkey knows that the islands are legally and historically Greek, Turkish authorities want to occupy and Turkify them, presumably to further the campaign of annihilating the Greeks, as they did in […]
State Department Committs $40 Million For “Information Wars”
State Department Committs $40 Million For “Information Wars” The Pentagon will allocate $40 million into an inter-agency unit housed at the State Department to counter online propaganda and disinformation campaigns conducted by foreign nations, in an effort to respond “aggressively” to attacks. The program was announced by the State Department this week in conjunction with the US Department […]
Cult Of War, Violence And Greed
Cult Of War, Violence And Greed America is a unique class of humans from any perspective, with the recent school shootings it seems a reminder is needed that America is a country, and a culture, built on blood, violence, greed, and the most carnal instincts of the bottom of the Maslow pyramid. First let’s start […]
It’s Feeling Like the 1930s in Spain and France
It’s Feeling Like the 1930s in Spain and France During the Spanish Civil War, many loyalist leaders and supporters of the Spanish Republican government fled into exile to wage their battle against the Spanish fascist dictatorship of Generalissimo Francisco Franco from abroad. 2018 is beginning to feel like 1939. After the fall of the Second […]
The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions
The Authoritarians Who Silence Syria Questions Photo by watchsmart | CC BY 2.0 I am loath to draw more attention to the kind of idiocy that passes for informed comment nowadays from academics and mainstream journalists. Recently I lambasted Prof Richard Carver for his arguments against BDS that should have gained him an F for logic in […]
Why One War When We Can Have Two!
WHY ONE WAR WHEN WE CAN HAVE TWO! `We will continue to prosecute the campaign against terrorists, but great-power competition – not terrorism – is now the primary focus of US national security.’ Henceforth Russia and China will be America’s main enemies, with Iran and North Korea thrown in for good measure. So declared US […]
U.S. Escalates Threat Against Iran After Russia U.N. Veto
U.S. Escalates Threat Against Iran After Russia U.N. Veto The United States has escalated international tensions with Iran, threatening unilateral action against the Islamic Republic on Monday after Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council motion to call out Tehran for allowing weapons to fall into the hands of Yemen’s Houthi group. “If Russia is […]
