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Drums of Big War Heard in Middle East
Drums of Big War Heard in Middle East Summing up the recent events in the Middle East leads to the conclusion that the threat of a Saudi-Iranian war is looking increasingly credible as tensions rise in the Middle East. There are visible signs that the region is heading into an out and out conflict, waged […]
What’s Really Going On in Saudi Arabia
What’s Really Going On in Saudi Arabia “Trump Says Saudi Elites Caught In Anti-Corruption Probe Were ‘Milking’ Kingdom For Years.” This is just nonsense from Trump. Corruption is and has been everywhere in Saudi Arabia. How else could it be with all the countless billions changing hands in a fairly closed society? So, it is […]
Arab League To Hold Urgent Meeting On Iran As Saudis Reportedly Mobilize Fighter Jets
Arab League To Hold Urgent Meeting On Iran As Saudis Reportedly Mobilize Fighter Jets The Arab League is set to hold an emergency meeting on Iran at Saudi Arabia’s request, this according to Reuters and various regional sources, at a moment when Saudi fighter jets may be mobilizing for war in an attempted show of […]
Israel Shoots Down Syrian Recon Drone Over Golan Heights
Israel Shoots Down Syrian Recon Drone Over Golan Heights Early this morning, Reuters reported that Israel has intercepted and downed a Syrian reconnaissance drone approaching its northern border over Golan Heights. The drone was shot down by the US-MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile (SAM) system… Over the Golan demilitarized zone that has separated Israeli and Syrian […]
Geopolitical Tsunami: Pax Americana, Petrodollar, & The Coming Crisis In The Gulf
Geopolitical Tsunami: Pax Americana, Petrodollar, & The Coming Crisis In The Gulf It’s easy to get lost in all things Middle East, especially concerning the chaotic events that unfolded over the weekend in Lebanon and Saudi Arabia. Three days after the most stunning purge in recent Saudi history – which was really a countercoup, that […]
“This Is A Dangerous Iranian Escalation”: Bahrain Blames Pipeline Explosion On Iran, Terrorists
“This Is A Dangerous Iranian Escalation”: Bahrain Blames Pipeline Explosion On Iran, Terrorists There was something odd about Friday’s night’s explosion of an oil pipeline belonging to Bahrain’s state-run oil company BAPCO, which local authorities initially said was the result of an accident: as we said, the giant fireball had all the hallmarks of either […]
Spanish Government Blames Russian “Dezinformatsiya” Campaign For Catalan Uprising
Spanish Government Blames Russian “Dezinformatsiya” Campaign For Catalan Uprising No, not The Onion… In what is perhaps the least surprising tactic from the Spanish establishment, a government-backed research institute in Madrid has stated that Spain’s struggle to quash separatism in its Catalonia region was disrupted by Russian hackers agitating for a break-up, in a hallmark […]
If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn’t Worry You, You’re Not Paying Attention
If The Saudi Arabia Situation Doesn’t Worry You, You’re Not Paying Attention A key geopolitical axis is swiftly shifting While turbulent during the best of times, gigantic waves of change are now sweeping across the Middle East. The magnitude is such that the impact on the global price of oil, as well as world markets, […]
Things Are Escalating Quickly
Things Are Escalating Quickly I didn’t spend all week writing about the gigantic tremors occurring in the Middle East because I thought it was fun. If I’m even remotely correct in my analysis, the entire world will be affected and shaped for decades to come by what’s about to go down in the region. Rather […]
The End of “The End of History” – U.S. Mid-East Policy’s Fork in the Road
The End of “The End of History” – U.S. Mid-East Policy’s Fork in the Road In 1989 Francis Fukayama declared that we had reached “The End of History.” Democracy as a form of government would, in fact, be the end of the evolution of human interaction. The West had triumphed and that the rest was ‘just […]
War with Russia: Two Great American Myths
War with Russia: Two Great American Myths There are two myths which are deeply imprinted in the minds of most US Americans which are extremely dangerous and which can result in a war with Russia. The first myth is the myth of US military superiority. The second myth is the myth of US invulnerability. I […]
Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble
Saudi Arabia’s Desperate Gamble Furious over defeat in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince is gambling again, arresting rivals at home and provoking a political crisis in Lebanon, but he may lack the geopolitical chips to pull off his bet, says ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke. It is always tempting. The Syrian war is coming to an end, […]
Why Saudi Purge Signals War Footing
Why Saudi Purge Signals War Footing Mass arrests of senior royals, amid fear of assassinations, indicate that what is going on in Saudi Arabia is a far-reaching purge. The facade of a “corruption probe” – promoted in part by Western news media and US President Donald Trump – is a barely credible cover. The cover […]
