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They Sow the Cyclone – We Reap the Blowback
They Sow the Cyclone – We Reap the Blowback How Uncle Sam Seeded Global Jihad and Cultivates It to This Day “For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind” — Hosea 8:7 It may be surprising to hear, but it is a plain historical fact that modern international jihad originated as an instrument of US foreign […]
Winning, but Losing, at the Penny-Pitch: A Look at the Coming Collapse of the European Union
Winning, but Losing, at the Penny-Pitch: A Look at the Coming Collapse of the European Union When I was a boy, a carnival would come through town annually, with a Ferris wheel, a merry-go-round and, of course, a midway: rows of makeshift stalls where fairgoers might win a prize by throwing a ball at weighted […]
Doctors Without Borders Calls U.S. Report on Afghan Hospital Bombing ‘Shocking’
Doctors Without Borders Calls U.S. Report on Afghan Hospital Bombing ‘Shocking’ CNN The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that “human error” was a factor in the Oct. 3 bombing of the Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan, that killed 30 civilians and left 37 wounded. In a statement, Doctors Without Borders, which […]
Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey’s President
Meet The Man Who Funds ISIS: Bilal Erdogan, The Son Of Turkey’s President Russia’s Sergey Lavrov is not one foreign minister known to mince his words. Just earlier today, 24 hours after a Russian plane was brought down by the country whose president three years ago said “a short-term border violation can never be a pretext for […]
Drudge Sends the Biggest Secret Viral: “America Has Been Arming ISIS”
Drudge Sends the Biggest Secret Viral: “America Has Been Arming ISIS” The biggest open secret in the world has just been tweeted by the world’s biggest news aggregator. Matt Drudge drives so much web traffic that he basically has his own gravity, and now the often-reclusive figure has sent out a message that should be […]
Out Of Gas: Gazprom Cuts Off Ukraine, Will Turkey Be Next?
Out Of Gas: Gazprom Cuts Off Ukraine, Will Turkey Be Next? Last month in “Pipeline Politics: Russia, Turkey Clash Over Energy As Syria Rift Shifts Focus To German Line,” we revisited Russia’s recent deal with Shell, E.On and OMV to double the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline, the shortest route from Russian gas fields […]
Why We’re Sliding Towards World War
Why We’re Sliding Towards World War Why Now? Paul Craig Roberts – former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Reagan, former editor of the Wall Street Journal, listed by Who’s Who in America as one of the 1,000 most influential political thinkers in the world, PhD economist – wrote an article about the build […]
Russia Says Turkey’s Attack On Jet Was “Planned Provocation” As Ankara Moves Tanks Near Syrian Border
Russia Says Turkey’s Attack On Jet Was “Planned Provocation” As Ankara Moves Tanks Near Syrian Border On Tuesday evening, we took a close look at the circumstances surrounding Turkey’s decision to shoot down a Russian Su-24 near the Syrian border. The incident was the most meaningful escalation in the conflict to date and marks the first time […]
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Corruption U.S.A.
Tomgram: Rebecca Gordon, Corruption U.S.A. I recently took a little trip into the past and deep into America’s distant war zones to write a piece I called “It’s a $cam.” It was, for me, an eye-opening journey into those long-gone years of American “nation-building” and “reconstruction” in Afghanistan and Iraq. Mind you, I still remembered […]
Turkish Shootdown of Russian Jet: What You Need to Know
Turkish Shootdown of Russian Jet: What You Need to Know A U.S. official told Reuters that the Russian jet was inside of Syria when it was shot down: The United States believes that the Russian jet shot down by Turkey on Tuesday was hit inside Syrian airspace after a brief incursion into Turkish airspace, a U.S. official told Reuters, speaking […]
Turkey Has Destroyed Russia’s Hope Of Western Cooperation
Turkey Has Destroyed Russia’s Hope Of Western Cooperation UPDATE: A friend, George Abert, suggested a reason why the Turks shot down the Russian fighter-bomber over Syria. The Russians have a technology that they recently demonstrated against the newest US missile cruiser and Israel’s US jet fighters. The technology shuts down the communication systems of hostile forces, […]
NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here’s The Evidence
NATO Is Harboring ISIS, And Here’s The Evidence For the better part of a year, Turkey remained on the sidelines in the “fight” against ISIS. Then, on July 20, a powerful explosion ripped through the town of Suruc. 33 people were killed including a number of Socialist Party of the Oppressed (ESP) and Socialist Youth Associations Federation […]
Presenting SocGen’s 5 Black Swans For 2016
Presenting SocGen’s 5 Black Swans For 2016 If you’re the type who likes black swans this has been the month for you. On the political front, Portugal’s Socialists, led by Antonio Costa, formed an alliance with the Left Bloc and the Communists on the way to overthrowing the Passos Coelho government and presaging a repudiation of Berlin’s brand […]
Russia Suspends Military Cooperation With Turkey, Will Use Warships To “Destroy Any Threats To Russian Planes”
Russia Suspends Military Cooperation With Turkey, Will Use Warships To “Destroy Any Threats To Russian Planes” Despite demands from France’s Hollande, America’s Obama, and NATO’s Stoltenberg that this situation not esclate, it appears Putin is not taking the shooting down of a fighter jet lying down. The seemingly cagey confirmation by NATO and Obama of […]
Russian Search Helicopter Downed Near Syrian Border By US-Made Anti-Tank Missile, Rebels Claim
Russian Search Helicopter Downed Near Syrian Border By US-Made Anti-Tank Missile, Rebels Claim The news is coming fast and furious out of Syria on Tuesday where, earlier today, Turkey decided to shoot down a Russian Su-24 which Ankara says violated its airspace while conducting operations near the border. Russia says the fighter jet was in Syrian airspace […]
