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‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan
‘Descent Into Hell’: China Warns of Potential War With US Over Taiwan (ANTIMEDIA) — It’s no secret that for Beijing, the most sensitive issue within Sino-American relations is that of Taiwan, the semi-autonomous island territory that China considers to be a breakaway province. Now, a political move made by the U.S. on Taiwan has Beijing warning of the possibility of military […]
Putin’s stunning revelations about new Russian weapons systems
Putin’s stunning revelations about new Russian weapons systems If you have no read it yet, please check out Putin’s full address to the Federal Assembly. What stunned me, and many other, are the new weapon systems Putin has announced. First, he confirmed that the Sarmat ICBM would replace the old but already formiable SS-18 “Satan”. […]
NPT Violated: Russia Raises Issue of Utmost Importance
NPT Violated: Russia Raises Issue of Utmost Importance Speaking at the UN Geneva Disarmament Conference, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that Russia is threatened by American tactical nuclear weapons (TNW) stationed in Europe and the destabilizing effect of joint nuclear missions (JNM) that NATO forces are being trained for. The statement is more than […]
How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran
How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran The CIA’s “Operation Merlin,” which involved providing Iran with a flawed design for a nuclear weapon and resulted in an alleged whistleblower going to prison, was the perfect example of creating intelligence in order to justify operations, reports Gareth Porter. Jeffrey Sterling, the case officer for the CIA’s […]
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure
Russian Hackers Target U.S. Energy Infrastructure Russia has been trying to interfere with U.S. energy markets and influence U.S. energy policy by using Russian operatives to troll social media platforms with divisive and inflammatory posts, a report by House Republicans has revealed. The report—issued by the United States House of Representatives Committee on Science, Space, and Technology—includes […]
Putin’s Ultimatum is the Next Stage of the War
Putin’s Ultimatum is the Next Stage of the War Russian President Vladimir Putin’s State of the Union address may be the most important speech since his address to the U.N. in September 2015 on the eve of Russia’s intervening in the War on Syria. Putin’s sober analysis and admission of demographic constraints on the Russian economy’s […]
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 […]
