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NATO: a Dangerous Paper Tiger
NATO: a Dangerous Paper Tiger The Chinese have a genius for pithy expressions and few are more packed with meaning, while immediately understandable, than “paper tiger”. NATO is one, but paper tigers that overestimate their powers can be dangerous. Some Russians are concerned that there are today more hostile troops at the Russian border than […]
Stumbling Blindly into Cold War Two
Stumbling Blindly into Cold War Two As the U.S. and its Western allies lurch into a new and dangerous confrontation with Russia, the different sides don’t even have a thorough understanding of the history behind the tensions, warns Alice Slater. NATO’s recent provocative decision to build up its military forces across Europe — by sending […]
Saudis and Trump: Gambling Bigly
Saudis and Trump: Gambling Bigly “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.” – Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, first Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates Try this simple mental […]
Oil Prices Could Double If Middle East Conflict Escalates
Oil Prices Could Double If Middle East Conflict Escalates Barrel traders recently pushed the price of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil above $US 55; the first time in over two years. Scarcity doesn’t really justify the upward price movement. There isn’t a shortage of oil in the world. But there could be, in the worst […]
Is Trudeau Ready for a Middle East war?
Is Trudeau Ready for a Middle East war? The world is now at the mercy of a coalition of three of the most dangerous autocrats on the planet: Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu and Saudi Arabia’s new absolute ruler Mohammad bin Salman a name that will become increasingly familiar as the months go by. These three […]
Russia Names The 9 US News Outlets It Will Retaliate Against
Russia Names The 9 US News Outlets It Will Retaliate Against After hinting that retaliation was imminent, Russian lawmakers in the Duma – Russia’s lower house of Parliament – have approved a law that would require nine US news outlets to be labeled “foreign agents” in response to Washington’s decision to require Russia Today to […]
McCarthyism Redux: Attacks on the Russian Media
McCarthyism Redux: Attacks on the Russian Media Photo by Mike Maguire | CC BY 2.0 “We will not walk in fear, one of another. We will not be driven by fear into an age of unreason if we dig deep in our history and our doctrine, and remember that we are not fearful men, not […]
Flirting With War in North Korea
Flirting With War in North Korea Photo by Stefan Krasowski | CC BY 2.0 The most surprising part about Donald Trump’s Wednesday speech, directed at the North Korean regime via Tokyo, is that more people of a certain type weren’t gushing over it. After all, if sending cruise missiles at Syria makes a man presidential, […]
Saudi Coup Signals War And The New World Order Reset
Saudi Coup Signals War And The New World Order Reset For years now, I have been warning about the relationship of interdependency between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia and how this relationship, if ended, would mean disaster for the petrodollar system and by extension the dollar’s world reserve status. In my recent articles ‘Lies And […]
Dennis Kucinich Discusses the ‘Permanent Government’ behind US Foreign Intervention
Dennis Kucinich Discusses the ‘Permanent Government’ behind US Foreign Intervention In a recent interview with host Wilmer Leon at the Inside the Issues show, former presidential candidate and United States House of Representatives Member Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) discussed how what Kucinich terms the “permanent government” has worked to ensure the United States continues pursuing destructive […]
Zimbabwe ‘Coup’ Escalates: US Embassy Closes, Explosions Rock Harare, Military Seize State Broadcaster
Zimbabwe ‘Coup’ Escalates: US Embassy Closes, Explosions Rock Harare, Military Seize State Broadcaster Following at least three explosions across Zimbabwe’s capital city tonight – following what appears to be the start of a military coup as tanks rolled in – the US embassy in Harare has been closed. Additionally, reports state that troops have deployed […]
Millions Face Starvation in Yemen Due to Saudi Arabia’s Blockade
Millions Face Starvation in Yemen Due to Saudi Arabia’s Blockade Two years ago, German intelligence warned the world of the unique risks Saudi Arabia posed to the region. I covered it at the time in the post, German Intelligence Warns – Saudi Arabia to Play “Destabilizing Role” in the Middle East. Here’s an excerpt: Saudi Arabia […]
The Reverse Midas Touch of Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is Turning the Middle East to Dust
THE REVERSE MIDAS TOUCH OF SAUDI ARABIA’S CROWN PRINCE IS TURNING THE MIDDLE EAST TO DUST KUDOS TO GERMANY’S spooks. Back in December 2015, the German foreign intelligence agency, BND, distributed a one-and-a-half-page memo to various media outlets titled: “Saudi Arabia — Sunni regional power torn between foreign policy paradigm change and domestic policy consolidation.” […]
The War That Would Transform Oil Markets
The War That Would Transform Oil Markets A fire erupted at an oil pipeline connecting Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, and the two Arab allies are pointing the finger at Tehran. Iranian officials denied any involvement, but the incident is the latest in a series of events that are intensifying conflict between the Middle Eastern rivals. […]
Mideast Turmoil: Follow the Oil, Follow the Money
Mideast Turmoil: Follow the Oil, Follow the Money In this scenario, time is running out for Saudi Arabia’s free-spending royalty and state– and for all the other free-spending oil exporters. While there are numerous dynamics at work in the turmoil roiling Saudi Arabia and by extension, the Mideast, one way to cut to the chase […]
