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Middle Eastern Wars Have ALWAYS Been About Oil
Middle Eastern Wars Have ALWAYS Been About Oil Robert Kennedy Jr. notes: For Americans to really understand what’s going on, it’s important to review some details about this sordid but little-remembered history. During the 1950s, President Eisenhower and the Dulles brothers — CIA Director Allen Dulles and Secretary of State John Foster Dulles — rebuffed Soviet […]
European Ban on Saudi Arms Sales Bolsters Foes of Canadian Deal
European Ban on Saudi Arms Sales Bolsters Foes of Canadian Deal Move puts pressure on government to justify $15-billion contract, says Amnesty. The Saudi National Guard tweeted this photo of armoured vehicles moving to the Yemeni border in November 2015. An anonymous source told the Globe and Mail they were made in Canada. A move […]
How US Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen
How US Helps Al Qaeda in Yemen Exclusive: The Obama administration, eager to assuage Saudi Arabia’s anger over the Iran nuclear deal and the failure to achieve “regime change” in Syria, has turned a blind eye to Riyadh’s savaging of Yemen, even though that is helping Al Qaeda militants expand their territory, writes Jonathan Marshall. For […]
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Disappointments of War in a World of Unintended Consequences
Tomgram: Engelhardt, The Disappointments of War in a World of Unintended Consequences War, What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing. And No Kidding, That’s the Literal Truth When It Comes to War, American-Style It may be hard to believe now, but in 1970 the protest song “War,” sung by Edwin Starr, hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. […]
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns “We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons”
Caught On Tape: U.S. Test Fires Nuclear ICBM, Warns “We Are Prepared To Use Nuclear Weapons” Less than two years ago, news of Russia test-firing an ICBM just as the east Ukraine civil war was heating up, was sufficient to send the stock market into a brief tailspin. Since then, the launches of nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic […]
G-20 Needs To “Man Up” Or Risk Sparking Market Chaos, Citi Warns
G-20 Needs To “Man Up” Or Risk Sparking Market Chaos, Citi Warns Two days ago, the man who now signs your Federal Reserve notes threw cold water on hopes for a so-called “Shanghai Accord.” Over the past month or so, anticipation has built among market participants for some manner of coordinated policy response at this weekend’s G20 summit […]
European Disunion
European Disunion Greece vs. Austria: Non-Friendly Acts Two days ago we came across a headline at Reuters, informing us that “Greece rages at neighbors as fears migrants could be halted”. Say what? What the hell is this supposed to mean? Is this even English? Possibly Reuters employs the same headline editor as Bloomberg….he or she is definitely […]
“We Are Heading Into Anarchy”: Official Says EU Will “Completely Break Down In 10 Days”
“We Are Heading Into Anarchy”: Official Says EU Will “Completely Break Down In 10 Days” Norwegian PM Erna Solberg doesn’t want to have to skirt her country’s responsibilities under the Geneva Convention and she doesn’t want to trample over human rights either, but she will if she has to. “It is a force majeure proposals […]
EU Parliament adopts resolution calling for arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over Yemen
EU Parliament adopts resolution calling for arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over Yemen A man reacts at the site of a Saudi-led air strike in Yemen’s capital Sanaa, February 10, 2016. © Khaled Abdullah / Reuters The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling for the introduction of an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia over […]
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them Important Interview With Julian Assange Assange explains how Washington coerces the world and keeps its citizens under a blanket of deception and disinformation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3HWiydFlJc
Collapse of the EU – Is it Inevitable?
Collapse of the EU – Is it Inevitable? QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; The World Economic Conference was outstanding. Your theme that Europe was the focal point for the coming chaos has been proven valid with each passing day. You have mentioned this is the time that will begin the collapse in public confidence within the EU even surviving. […]
The Balkanization of Europe
The Balkanization of Europe Danae Stratou, Ilargi, Yanis Varoufakis and Steve Keen Feb 16 2016When my mate Steve Keen took me to meet Yanis Varoufakis for dinner last week when we all happened to find ourselves in Athens together, I at least sort of regretted not having the time and space to talk to Yanis about […]
U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil
U.S. Unable To Halt ISIS March Towards Libyan Oil The Islamic State (ISIS) is taking on recruits faster than anyone can keep up with, and it’s heading towards Libya’s oil crescent, eyeing billions of barrels that a country at war with itself cannot protect—even with U.S. air strikes. In mid-December, the United Nations brokered a […]
Norway Warns Sweden Will Collapse, PM Will Defy Geneva Convention To Protect Border
Norway Warns Sweden Will Collapse, PM Will Defy Geneva Convention To Protect Border As you might have heard, Sweden has a refugee problem. We’ve spent quite a bit of time documenting the country’s trials and travails over the course of the last 12 months during which time Sweden has taken on more than 160,000 asylum seekers. […]
BREXIT Reality or a Manipulated Outcome?
BREXIT Reality or a Manipulated Outcome? COMMENT: Dear Martin, London 23rd Feb, it is very sad, I cannot find one main stream news outlet that is backing a Brexit. They are all preaching fear, even Boris is not campaigning hard (yet only I hope) and the BBC which is meant to be unbiased is clearly Pro […]
