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“What Did They Expect?” Turkey Pivots From NATO, Signs Russia Missile Deal
“What Did They Expect?” Turkey Pivots From NATO, Signs Russia Missile Deal Confirming, and sending the clearest sign of his previously discussed pivot toward Russia and away from NATO and the West, on Tuesday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey had signed a deal to purchase a Russian surface-to-air missile system, and paid the […]
Bombshell Report Catches Pentagon Falsifying Paperwork For Weapons Transfers To Syrian Rebels
Bombshell Report Catches Pentagon Falsifying Paperwork For Weapons Transfers To Syrian Rebels A new bombshell joint report issued by two international weapons monitoring groups Tuesday confirms that the Pentagon continues to ship record breaking amounts of weaponry into Syria and that the Department of Defense is scrubbing its own paper trail. On Tuesday the Organized […]
US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions
US Threatens To Cut Off China From SWIFT If It Violates North Korea Sanctions In an unexpectedly strong diplomatic escalation, one day after China agreed to vote alongside the US (and Russia) during Monday’s United National Security Council vote in passing the watered down North Korea sanctions, the US warned that if China were to […]
Why one US Marine renounced war after 9/11 [OPINION]
Why one US Marine renounced war after 9/11 The fires which began with the 9/11 attacks were never extinguished. They continue to burn fiercely from Afghanistan to Iraq to Syria to Yemen to North Africa, as the region and its regimes came unglued in the wake of George W. Bush’s ‘war on terror’. The 15th […]
Behold a Pale Horse, and its Rider is Death
Behold a Pale Horse, and its Rider is Death Two of America’s most populous states, Texas and Florida, are in hurricane ruins, and Washington is fomenting more wars. The US national debt is now over $20 trillion, and Washington is fomenting more wars. The entire world is helping Washington foment wars—including two targeted countries themselves—Russia […]
Tribalism Marches On!
Tribalism Marches On! Recently, a columnist-friend, Matt Kenney, sent me a 25-year-old newspaper with his chiding that my column had been given better play. Both had run in The Orange County Register on June 30, 1991. “Is there no room for new nations in the New World Order?” was my title, and the column […]
Rand Paul Takes a Stand Against Unconstitutional War
Rand Paul Takes a Stand Against Unconstitutional War Rand Paul’s 2016 presidential run was extremely disappointing. Rather than take it hard to the establishment, he seemed more interested in playing footsie with neocons and establishment Republicans. That strategy didn’t work and it never will. Rand Paul is best when he’s acting like a statesman and […]
The United States of Hubris
The United States of Hubris If anyone should have any questions about whether the United States of America is not the most aggressive, warlike, and terroristic nation on the face of the earth, its latest proposed action against the supposed rogue state of North Korea should allay any such doubts. Last week, the US circulated a […]
We Need to Admit the Government Story About 9/11 is Bullshit
We Need to Admit the Government Story About 9/11 is Bullshit It wasn’t just me of course. It was an entire nation that was callously manipulated in the aftermath of that tragedy. The courage and generosity exhibited by so many New Yorkers and others throughout the country and indeed the world was rapidly transformed into […]
The Military’s Warning on Global Warming
The Military’s Warning on Global Warming The U.S. military, which gets called on to cope with unrest tied to global warming, is taking the climate threat seriously as opposed to civilian politicians who are pandering to special interests, says ethicist Daniel C. Maguire. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. The really neat American idea […]
Why Presidents Campaign on Peace but Rule by War
Why Presidents Campaign on Peace but Rule by War (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — If the United States government continues as it does today, bestriding the narrow world like a colossus, it will be stabbed through the heart by daggers inscribed with the nation’s founding principles — the words “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” shedding salty tears of blood […]
Laughing on the Way to Armageddon — Paul Craig Roberts
Laughing on the Way to Armageddon — Paul Craig Roberts The United States shows the world such a ridiculous face that the world laughs at us. The latest spin on “Russia stole the election” is that Russia used Facebook to influence the election. The NPR women yesterday were breathless about it. We have been subjected […]
The Dangerous Decline of US Hegemony
The Dangerous Decline of US Hegemony Exclusive: The bigger picture behind Official Washington’s hysteria over Russia, Syria and North Korea is the image of a decaying but dangerous American hegemon resisting the start of new multipolar order, explains Daniel Lazare. The showdown with the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a seminal event that can […]
China Warns Trump: “We Will Back North Korea If The US Strikes First”
China Warns Trump: “We Will Back North Korea If The US Strikes First” All day Saturday, South Korea braced for a possible new missile test by North Korea as the provocative northern neighbor marked its founding anniversary, just days after its sixth and largest nuclear test rattled global financial markets and further escalated tensions in […]
