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Tomgram: Danny Sjursen, Mad Policies for a Mad World
Tomgram: Danny Sjursen, Mad Policies for a Mad World What’s the value of an American life in the age of Donald Trump? If you were judging by the death of Nawres Hamid, an Iraqi-American contractor killed in late December after an American base in Iraq was mortared by a Shiite militia believed to have ties to […]
US Troops Seen Blocking Russians From Syrian Oilfields In Series Of Dangerous Standoffs
US Troops Seen Blocking Russians From Syrian Oilfields In Series Of Dangerous Standoffs Yet another dangerous incident has played out between American and Russian forces operating in Syria in what appears a series of standoffs near key oil installations since Saturday. “This is the third incident that occurred within a week,” one local reporter told VOA in an alarming […]
Ike Was Right
IKE WAS RIGHT “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists, and will persist.Now this conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American […]
False Flag? Fmr CIA Officer Suggests US Hacked Ukrainian Plane Transponder To Provoke Iran Shootdown
False Flag? Fmr CIA Officer Suggests US Hacked Ukrainian Plane Transponder To Provoke Iran Shootdown Philip Giraldi, a former counter-terrorism specialist and military intelligence officer of the CIA, penned a piece in the American Herald Tribune speculating that the U.S. launched several cyber-attacks, one on an Iranian missile defense system, and another on the transponder of the […]
How the US Wages War to Prop up the Dollar
How the US Wages War to Prop up the Dollar At Counterpunch, Michael Hudson has penned an important article that outlines the important connections between US foreign policy, oil, and the US dollar. In short, US foreign policy is geared very much toward controlling oil resources as part of a larger strategy to prop up the US dollar. […]
Haftar Blocks All Libyan Oil Exports Day Before Berlin Peace Conference
Haftar Blocks All Libyan Oil Exports Day Before Berlin Peace Conference Given Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar has over the past two years captured the majority of the oil and gas rich country’s energy producing regions, he’s now playing his biggest card yet to leverage international peace talks in his favor amid a final push for […]
Could ISIS Take Control Over This Large Iraqi Oil Field?
Could ISIS Take Control Over This Large Iraqi Oil Field? As always, it’s the fear of sanctions that provides the leverage Trump seeks in this cat-and-mouse game with Iran. And this time, the leverage is over Iraq, which would like to see both American and Iranian forces out of the country, for obvious reasons. There […]
“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation
“Iran Must Begin Acting Like A Normal Nation,” Says Totally Normal Nation The government which runs a globe-spanning empire led by a reality TV host keeps talking about the lack of normality in the nation of Iran. “What we want all countries to join in,” said State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus in a recent Fox News interview, “is […]
Surf’s Up!
Surf’s Up! The wave of change is finally here. Are you prepared to ride it? Nothing seems right anymore. In whichever direction we choose to look, things are unraveling at a quickening pace. Welcome to the Fourth Turning; and with it, a profound loss of trust in institutions and government. Such lack of social cohesion is […]
Americans Have Been Brainwashed to Accept War Without Question
AMERICANS HAVE BEEN BRAINWASHED TO ACCEPT WAR WITHOUT QUESTION As the United States seemed to teeter on the edge of yet another war, this time with Iran, the biggest concern was just how much support the government had for its mass-murdering schemes. But psychologists say that that is no mistake. As Americans, we have been […]
Hedge Fund CIO: Will The Fed Ever Be Held Accountable For Turbocharging Inequality That Poisons America
Hedge Fund CIO: Will The Fed Ever Be Held Accountable For Turbocharging Inequality That Poisons America “I do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the […]
After Missiles Fly, Iraq Becomes the Battleground
After Missiles Fly, Iraq Becomes the Battleground The future of the U.S.’s involvement in the Middle East is in Iraq. The exchange of hostilities between the U.S. and Iran occurred wholly on Iraqi soil and it has become the site on which that war will continue. Israel continues to up the ante on Iran, following […]
“If The US Does That, It’ll Lose Iraq Forever” – Trump Threatened To Cut Off Baghdad’s Access To Its NY Fed Cash
“If The US Does That, It’ll Lose Iraq Forever” – Trump Threatened To Cut Off Baghdad’s Access To Its NY Fed Cash After rejecting Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi’s request to begin talks on the withdrawal of American troops, there are now more signs of the eroding ties between the two countries. The Wall Street Journal reports that according […]
Russia Conducts War Drill With Hypersonic Missiles Amid Threat Of War In Middle East
Russia Conducts War Drill With Hypersonic Missiles Amid Threat Of War In Middle East Russian President Vladimir Putin observed a war drill off the coast of Crimea on Thursday that included the launching of hypersonic missiles, the Russian Defense Ministry said. The ministry’s Zvezda broadcasting service said Russia’s Black Sea and Northern Fleets participated in the military […]
