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Slouching Down a March of Folly
Slouching Down a March of Folly The threats from Turkey and Saudi Arabia to mount a full-scale invasion of Syria create the potential for a modern-day “march of folly” into World War III by drawing NATO and the U.S. into a direct military confrontation with Russia and Iran, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. […]
‘OK, big brother’: Turkish military cooperate with ISIS on border, telephone calls reveal
‘OK, big brother’: Turkish military cooperate with ISIS on border, telephone calls reveal © Sertac Kayar / Reuters Further proof of ties between the Turkish military and Islamic State fighters operating on the Syrian-Turkish border has been revealed in the Cumhuriyet newspaper, which published more transcripts of telephone calls between the jihadists and officers. The […]
Wikileaks Releases Proof Of NSA Spying On Merkel, Netanyahu, Berlusconi And Others
Wikileaks Releases Proof Of NSA Spying On Merkel, Netanyahu, Berlusconi And Others In a shocking new set of cables released by Julian Assange’s Wikileaks organization, highly classified documents show that the NSA bugged meetings between UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon’s and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (over climate change); between Israel prime minister Netanyahu and Italian prime minister Berlusconi (begging for […]
A “Nervous” NATO Fears Turkey, Russia May Soon Go To War
A “Nervous” NATO Fears Turkey, Russia May Soon Go To War If you want our take – and let’s face it, you must because that’s why you’re here – we wouldn’t put too much faith in today’s announced Syrian “ceasefire” agreement. Although the deal calls for the cessation of hostilities as of Saturday at midnight, […]
What Could Go Wrong? Saudis Want To Give Surface-To-Air Missiles To Syrian Rebels
What Could Go Wrong? Saudis Want To Give Surface-To-Air Missiles To Syrian Rebels When the Russians started flying from Latakia on September 30 it put the Syrian opposition in a decisively precarious situation. Whereas the Syrian air force was largely out of date and relied on replacement parts and continual maintenance to remain viable, Moscow […]
The Evil Empire Has The World In A Death Grip
The Evil Empire Has The World In A Death Grip In my archives there is a column or two that introduces the reader to John Perkins’ important book, Confessions of an Economic Hit Man. An EHM is an operative who sells the leadership of a developing country on an economic plan or massive development project. The […]
Missiles Just the Latest Chapter in the South China Sea Saga
Missiles Just the Latest Chapter in the South China Sea Saga With the recent placement of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) on Woody Island, a subset of the Paracel Islands, China has taken a major step toward militarization of the South China Sea. The action was taken during the recent US-ASEAN “Sunnylands” Summit, where economics, […]
World War 3 Could Very Easily Turn Into The Very First Nuclear War In The Middle East
World War 3 Could Very Easily Turn Into The Very First Nuclear War In The Middle East Saudi Arabia already has nukes, Iran probably does, and the Russians are one of the two great nuclear powers on the entire planet. So if Saudi Arabia, Turkey and their Sunni allies do decide to conduct a full-blown ground […]
Cameron Unleashes ‘Project Fear’ – UK Military Leaders Warn Against Brexit Threat To National Security
Cameron Unleashes ‘Project Fear’ – UK Military Leaders Warn Against Brexit Threat To National Security Just as the government did in the lead up to The Scottish Referendum in 2014, it appears David Cameron is already unleashing resorting to the so-called Project Fear. As The Telegraph reports, following Boris Johnson’s lack of acquiescence to Cameron’s call for no Brexit, more […]
UK’s European Future In Jeopardy: London Mayor Boris Johnson Will Campaign For Brexit
UK’s European Future In Jeopardy: London Mayor Boris Johnson Will Campaign For Brexit Yesterday, when we summarized the statements by UK politicians regarding the June 23 EU referendum, we said the one most important opinion has yet to come: that of London mayor Boris Johnson’s whose “opinion may sway the vote one way or another […]
The New Global Financial Cold War
The New Global Financial Cold War The Guns and Butter Interview Suppose a country owes money to another nation’s government or official agency. How can creditors collect, unless there’s an international court and an enforcement system? The IMF and the World Bank were part of that enforcement system and now they’re saying: ‘We’re not going […]
1924 Newspaper Article Outlines Six Goals of the Illuminati
POSTED ON FEBRUARY 16, 2016 BY AARON AND MELISSA DYKES 1924 Newspaper Article Outlines Six Goals of the Illuminati (Truthstream Media) Of course, these days the concept of the Illuminati is much less a shadowy secret society bent on world domination than a cruel inside joke MTV has played out with borrowed symbolism. But back in 1924, people were […]
Recalling the Slaughter of Innocents
Recalling the Slaughter of Innocents From the Archive: The quarter-century anniversary of an early U.S. war crime in Iraq passed largely unnoticed this week, the bombing of a civilian air-raid shelter in Baghdad during President George H.W. Bush’s Persian Gulf War, an atrocity that killed more than 400 women and children, as Ray McGovern recalled in 2011. By Ray McGovern […]
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted
Massive Explosion Reported In Turkish Capital, Military Dormitory Targeted With Turkey on the brink of going to war with Russia and, implicitly, Iran, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is looking for an excuse to invade Syria. The rebels Turkey and Saudi Arabia back are staging what amounts to a last stand at Aleppo and the Kurdish YPG […]
