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With US Warships En Route To Islands, China Asks: “What On Earth Makes Them Think We Will Tolerate This?”
With US Warships En Route To Islands, China Asks: “What On Earth Makes Them Think We Will Tolerate This?” The US is in a tough spot militarily. In Syria, Russia and Iran have taken advantage of the fact that the plan hatched by the West and its regional allies to destabilize the Assad regime took […]
The TPP is Supply Management
The TPP is Supply Management Despite the talk from the establishment about how the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is about global free trade – and therefore Canadian cows, chickens and cars can no longer be protected by supply management – the reality is, is that the TPP is supply management. It’s supply management on an international level so […]
Saudis Poke The Russian Bear, Start Oil War In Eastern Europe
Saudis Poke The Russian Bear, Start Oil War In Eastern Europe Any weakening of Russian support for Mr. Assad could be one of the first signs that the recent tumult in the oil market is having an impact on global statecraft. Saudi officials have said publicly that the price of oil reflects only global supply […]
The Drone Papers: The Assassination Complex
The Drone Papers: The Assassination Complex From his first days as commander in chief, the drone has been President Barack Obama’s weapon of choice, used by the military and the CIA to hunt down and kill the people his administration has deemed — through secretive processes, without indictment or trial — worthy of execution. There […]
US Rejects Hospital Bombing Investigation, Instead Smashes into Hospital in Tank, Destroying Evidence
US Rejects Hospital Bombing Investigation, Instead Smashes into Hospital in Tank, Destroying Evidence After changing its story many times, the US now admits that it intentionally threw bombs, for more than an hour, at the now famous Doctors Without Borders hospital, proving accurate the assessment of DWB staffer Meinie Nicolai, who said the US attack was “a premeditated massacre.” […]
The Stooge and the Statesman
The Stooge and the Statesman If your bubble has burst, you can hardly listen to him through to the end. And if you somehow succeed you will develop an increased awareness of his deception. And of your own disgust. Over 4,700 words that perfectly fit the narrative that the mainstream media daily foist off on […]
NATO Member Turkey Shoots Down Drone Of Unknown Origin On Border With Syria
NATO Member Turkey Shoots Down Drone Of Unknown Origin On Border With Syria Over the course of Russia’s involvement in Syria, the tension between Moscow and Ankara has grown steadily. In short, NATO-member Turkey has accused Russian fighter jets of violating its airspace as they buzz the border on the way to hitting anti-regime targets. […]
Junior Partner of Empire: Why Canada’s Foreign Policy Isn’t What You Think
Junior Partner of Empire: Why Canada’s Foreign Policy Isn’t What You Think Canada is not what it appears to outsiders. It is not what it seems even to Canadians. The idea that middle-power Canada is a strong, upright guy who steps into the fight hesitantly and defends the little man is a myth of grandiose […]
Harper’s Revolutionary Foreign Policy
Harper’s Revolutionary Foreign Policy Bellicose words, pandering flip flops, just one aim: Win votes at home. Shredded by vote-driven strategy, Canada’s foreign policy has no real conservative agenda, no moral centre. Canadian flag image via Shutterstock. No Canadian prime minister has put his personal stamp on foreign affairs more than Stephen Harper. And no prime minister has […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership text won’t be available before election
Trans-Pacific Partnership text won’t be available before election Government officials say haggling by lawyers from 12 countries delaying release of trade agreement Play Media Trade deal details 2:54 Canadians won’t be able to see the text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal before they vote. Government officials told CBC News on Wednesday that the exact wording […]
How America’s Modern Shadow Government Can Be Traced Back to One Very Evil Man – Allen Dulles
How America’s Modern Shadow Government Can Be Traced Back to One Very Evil Man – Allen Dulles Allen Dulles, the CIA director under presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy, the younger brother of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, and the architect of a secretive national security apparatus that functioned as essentially an autonomous branch of government. […]
US refuses to receive PM Medvedev’s delegation to coordinate anti-terrorist actions in Syria
US refuses to receive PM Medvedev’s delegation to coordinate anti-terrorist actions in Syria Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Government Hour at a State Duma plenary session. © Vladimir Fedorenko / RIA Novosti Washington has refused to receive a Russian military delegation, headed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, to discuss coordinated action on the fight […]
Russia Sends Its Only Aircraft Carrier To Syria, Signals It Is Just Getting Started
Russia Sends Its Only Aircraft Carrier To Syria, Signals It Is Just Getting Started As should be abundantly clear by now, The Kremlin is adopting a “slightly” different strategy when it comes to combatting terror in the Mid-East than that adopted by the US and its Western and regional allies. The strategy of the US […]
Iran Sends “Thousands” Of Troops To Syria For Russian-Backed Assault On Key City
Iran Sends “Thousands” Of Troops To Syria For Russian-Backed Assault On Key City As those who follow Mid-East affairs are acutely aware, the regime in Syria has enjoyed both military and financial support from Iran for the duration of the country’s civil war. Syria cannot fall to the West if Tehran intends to preserve the […]
Pipeline Politics: Russia, Turkey Clash Over Energy As Syria Rift Shifts Focus To German Line
Pipeline Politics: Russia, Turkey Clash Over Energy As Syria Rift Shifts Focus To German Line In June, we noted that Russia had signed an MOU with Shell, E.On and OMV to double the capacity of the Nord Stream pipeline, the shortest route from Russian gas fields to Europe. Here is a helpful visual: What you’ll note from […]
