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The U.S. Carried Out Regime Change In Syria In 1949 … and Tried Again In 1957, 1986, 1991 and 2011-Today
The U.S. Carried Out Regime Change In Syria In 1949 … and Tried Again In 1957, 1986, 1991 and 2011-Today The CIA backed a right-wing coup in Syria in 1949. Douglas Little, Professor, Department of Clark University History professor Douglas Little notes: Recently declassified records… confirm that beginning on November 30, 1948, [CIA operative Stephen] Meade met […]
Profound Events Are Taking Place In Russia and North Korea: ‘There Are Destabilizing Forces At Work Here’
Profound Events Are Taking Place In Russia and North Korea: ‘There Are Destabilizing Forces At Work Here’ As of this writing a tremendous number of things are happening in North Korea and Russia. Although these are not events that seem momentous, they are quite profound when taken into consideration with the grand scheme: the worldwide […]
The Increasingly Unhinged Russia Rhetoric Comes From a Long-Standing U.S. Playbook
The Increasingly Unhinged Russia Rhetoric Comes From a Long-Standing U.S. Playbook FOR ASPIRING JOURNALISTS, historians, or politically engaged citizens, there are few more productive uses of one’s time than randomly reading through the newsletters of I.F. Stone, the intrepid and independent journalist of the Cold War era who became, in my view, the nation’s first “blogger” even though […]
How the Corporate Media Continues to Use the Russia Scapegoat as a Distraction from Status Quo Failure
How the Corporate Media Continues to Use the Russia Scapegoat as a Distraction from Status Quo Failure Countless observers have noted the obvious fact that the corporate media’s all-encompassing obsession with anti-Russia hysteria is partly just a shameless campaign to prevent change within the Democratic Party by blaming its loss on an outside enemy as opposed to […]
Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, and the Petrodollar
Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, and the Petrodollar Obama pulled out his veto pen 12 times during his presidency. Congress only overrode him once… In late 2016, Obama vetoed the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA). The bill would allow 9/11 victims to sue Saudi Arabia in US courts. With only months left in […]
US Lawmakers Are Probing Soros’ Involvement In European Politics
US Lawmakers Are Probing Soros’ Involvement In European Politics After years of tangential accusations, which never amounted to anything concrete, George Soros’ alleged meddling in European politics has finally caught the attention of Congress. As we first observed in early January, concerns about Soros’ involvement were most recently raised by the Hungarian prime minister, who last […]
Trump’s ISIS Plan: Another US Invasion?
Trump’s ISIS Plan: Another US Invasion? Just over a week into the Trump Administration, the President issued an Executive Order giving Defense Secretary James Mattis 30 days to come up with a plan to defeat ISIS. According to the Order, the plan should make recommendations on military actions, diplomatic actions, partners, strategies, and how to […]
Is Donald Trump a Coward, or Just a Fool?
Is Donald Trump a Coward, or Just a Fool? Ever since Donald Trump won the U.S. Presidency, the U.S. aristocracy (who control or outright own all of the U.S.-based international corporations and especially the weapons-firms such as Lockheed Martin, whose sales-volumes depend upon increasing the nation’s ‘defense’ spending — and that requires restoring ‘the Cold […]
The Russian Love Affair With Donald Trump Sours As The U.S. And Russia Move Toward War
The Russian Love Affair With Donald Trump Sours As The U.S. And Russia Move Toward War In recent months Donald Trump has been severely criticized by both Democrats and Republicans for not being sufficiently “anti-Russia”, but the truth is that the Trump administration has not been working hard enough to repair a relationship that is […]
China Opposes “Threatening And Damaging” US Carrier Patrols In South China Sea
China Opposes “Threatening And Damaging” US Carrier Patrols In South China Sea One day after the US announced it had dispatched the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier group in the contested South Chine Sea on “routine” patrols (through a post on the aircraft carrier’s Facebook page), China responded and predictably, it wasn’t thrilled. In a statement by the […]
Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century In March 1933, the Enabling Act was passed by the Reichstag, Germany’s parliament. Its purpose was to provide Chancellor Adolf Hitler with the ability to bypass the Reichstag. It allowed him (amongst other measures) emergency powers to legally wage pre-emptive war without any further parliamentary or presidential approval, or even discussion. […]
Red Hysteria Engulfs Washington
Red Hysteria Engulfs Washington President Dwight Eisenhower’s warning about the dangers of the military-industrial complex made half a century ago ring as loud and clear today. The soft coup being mounted against the Trump government by America’s ‘deep state’ reached a new intensity this week as special interests battled for control of Washington. The newly […]
Mattis “We’re Not In Iraq To Seize Anybody’s Oil”
Mattis “We’re Not In Iraq To Seize Anybody’s Oil” In the latest distancing by Trump administration advisors from recent statements by the President, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis arrived in Baghdad on an unannounced visit on Monday to discuss the war effort against ISIS, and said that the US military is not in Iraq “to seize […]
The Cancer of War: US Used Depleted Uranium in Syria
The Cancer of War: US Used Depleted Uranium in Syria Despite vowing not to use depleted uranium (DU) weapons in its military action in Syria, the US government has now admitted that it has fired thousands of the deadly rounds into Syrian territory. As Foreign Policy Magazine reports: US Central Command (CENTCOM) spokesman Maj. Josh Jacques […]
The Shadow Government’s Destruction Of Democracy
The Shadow Government’s Destruction Of Democracy The ‘Deep State’ has one simple rule – “do it my way… or else!” Source: Ben Garrison And on the heels of Dennis Kucinich’s warnings, The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald, who opposes Trump for a variety of reasons, warns that siding with the evidently powerful Deep State in the hopes of undermining […]
