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Lie After Lie: What Colin Powell Knew About Iraq 15 Years Ago and What He Told the U.N.
Photo: Thomas Monaster/NY Daily News Archive/ Getty Images LIE AFTER LIE: WHAT COLIN POWELL KNEW ABOUT IRAQ 15 YEARS AGO AND WHAT HE TOLD THE U.N. COLIN POWELL DELIVERED his presentation making the case for war with Iraq at the United Nations 15 years ago, on February 5, 2003. As much criticism as Powell received for this — […]
Turkey’s Offensive in Syria: the US Falls into a Trap of Its Own Making
Turkey’s Offensive in Syria: the US Falls into a Trap of Its Own Making In the heat of the battle for Afrin, Turkey has warned it will go farther to establish control over vast swathes of land in northern Syria. The offensive is supposed to take Turkish forces as far as Syria’s border with Iraq. On Jan. 28, Ankara called […]
Trump’s Nuclear Doctrine Resumes Cold War
Trump’s Nuclear Doctrine Resumes Cold War While elected officials of our increasingly dysfunctional democracy debated “memogate,” the world became more dangerous as Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review was officially released on Friday, February 2. Ignoring scientific studies of the past decade and growing global sentiment by the world’s non-nuclear states to abolish nuclear weapons, with this announcement […]
Trump Administration Planning Pinochet-type Coup in Venezuela
Trump Administration Planning Pinochet-type Coup in Venezuela The retrograde Donald Trump administration is planning a military coup in Venezuela to oust the socialist government of President Nicolas Maduro. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, speaking at the University of Texas prior to embarking on a multi-nation tour throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, said the […]
If There’s a War in Korea, Blame Trump
If There’s a War in Korea, Blame Trump Brainwashed Americans believe that Kim Jong-un is responsible for the confrontation between Pyongyang and Washington, but nothing could be further from the truth. The real problem is not Kim’s nuclear weapons but Washington’s 65 year-long military occupation that continues to reinforce a political solution that was arbitrarily […]
The Increasing Likelihood Of Nuclear War Should Straighten Out All Our Priorities
The Increasing Likelihood Of Nuclear War Should Straighten Out All Our Priorities A Russian pilot has been killed by US-armed terrorists in Syria. The Ron Paul Institute‘s Daniel McAdams writes the following about this new development: “The scenario where a US-backed, US-supplied jihadist group in Syria uses US weapons to shoot down a Russian plane […]
US Foreign Policies Remain Unchanged Since 1948
US Foreign Policies Remain Unchanged Since 1948 Ever since 1948, the US Government’s foreign policies have been consistently focused upon breaking up the Soviet Union and turning its Warsaw Pact allies against the Soviet Union; and, then, once that would be (and was) accomplished, turning any remaining allies of Russia against Russia; and, then, once […]
America the Pariah
America the Pariah Female masked members of the Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group, protest President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. (Adel Hana / AP) We proclaimed a dream of an America that would be a Shining City on a Hill. —President Ronald Reagan, 1984 I believe […]
Who Let Dr. Strangelove Write the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review?
Who Let Dr. Strangelove Write the Pentagon’s Nuclear Posture Review? (COMMONDREAMS) — The Pentagon’s official outline for its use of nuclear force was denounced as “radical” and “extreme” by prominent anti-nuclear weapons groups when it was released Friday afternoon—confirming peace advocates’ worst fears that the Trump administration would seek to expand the use of nuclear force. “Who in their […]
Blowback: How a CIA-Backed Coup Let to the Rise of Iran’s Ayatollahs
BLOWBACK: HOW A CIA-BACKED COUP LED TO THE RISE OF IRAN’S AYATOLLAHS WHY CAN’T IRAN have a secular, democratic government? It’s a question Americans often ask of their longstanding Middle East adversary — especially when they see images of anti-regime protesters taking to the streets of major Iranian cities and towns to demand greater freedom. […]
Recipe Concocted for Perpetual War Is a Bitter One
Recipe Concocted for Perpetual War Is a Bitter One Perpetual war is leading to a host of societal ills, yet debates on war and peace are almost entirely absent from public discourse, Robert Wing and Coleen Rowley observe. U.S. Marines patrol street in Shah Karez in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Staff […]
‘Duck and Cover’ Drills Exacerbate Fears of N. Korea War
‘Duck and Cover’ Drills Exacerbate Fears of N. Korea War A recent false alarm in Hawaii had citizens in a state of panic over an impending nuclear attack, which, as Ann Wright speculates, may have been the point. A “duck and cover” school drill from the 1950s. Are you ready for nuclear attack warning sirens […]
Can the Impending Collapse of Russiagate Halt the Slide Toward a Nuclear 1914?
Can the Impending Collapse of Russiagate Halt the Slide Toward a Nuclear 1914? In the period preceding the World War I how many Europeans suspected that their lives would soon be forever changed – and, for millions of them, ended? Who in the years, say, 1910 to 1913, could have imagined that the decades of […]
It Sure Sounds Like the US Is Actually Going to Bomb North Korea
It Sure Sounds Like the US Is Actually Going to Bomb North Korea (ANTIMEDIA) — During his first State of the Union address on Tuesday, Donald Trump pledged the United States would continue its “campaign of maximum pressure” against North Korea. Meanwhile, the Washington Post ran an opinion piece written by the man who was, until recently, set to become the U.S. ambassador to South Korea. Victor Cha, […]
Henry Kissinger says a “pre-emptive attack” against North Korea is a “strong” possibility
Henry Kissinger says a “pre-emptive attack” against North Korea is a “strong” possibility Kissinger, “Temptation to deal” with North Korea “with a pre-emptive attack is strong” Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has said that he agrees with the aggressive statements President Trump has made towards North Korea. Kissinger also warned Congress last week against […]
