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Coming Attraction: Lunatic Loose in West Wing
Coming Attraction: Lunatic Loose in West Wing As Uber-Hawk John Bolton prepares to take over as national security adviser on Monday, Ray McGovern looks back at when Bolton was one of the “crazies” in the George W. Bush administration. John Bolton’s March 22 appointment-by-tweet as President Donald Trump’s national security adviser has given “March Madness” […]
Russia ‘Novichok’ Hysteria Proves Politicians and Media Haven’t Learned the Lessons of Iraq
Russia ‘Novichok’ Hysteria Proves Politicians and Media Haven’t Learned the Lessons of Iraq The current state of anti-Russia hysteria is reminiscent of earlier dark chapters of American history, including the rush to war in Iraq of the early 2000s and McCarthyism of the 1950s, Patrick Henningsen observes. If there’s one thing to be gleaned from […]
American Public Troubled by ‘Deep State’
American Public Troubled by ‘Deep State’ Although most Americans are unfamiliar with the term ‘Deep State,’ according to recent polling they are nevertheless skeptical of unelected government and military officials who secretly manipulate or direct national policy, John V. Walsh reports. “Public Troubled by Deep State” is the headline that the Monmouth University Polling Institute […]
The Rise of the New McCarthyism
The Rise of the New McCarthyism From the Archive: On March 9, 1954, Senate Republicans criticized Joe McCarthy’s overreaches and took action to limit his power, marking the end of McCarthyism. On the anniversary of that event, we republish an article on the New McCarthyism by Robert Parry. Make no mistake about it: the United States […]
The Illusion of War Without Casualties
The Illusion of War Without Casualties America’s wars in the post-9/11 era have been characterized by relatively low U.S. casualties, but that does not mean that they are any less violent than previous wars, Nicolas J.S. Davies observes. Last Sunday’s Oscar Awards were interrupted by an incongruous propaganda exercise featuring a Native American actor and Vietnam […]
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change?
How Many Terms Till You’re a Tyrant Ripe for Regime Change? In some cases, the hint that a country might be removing presidential term limits provides Washington sufficient cause to support a coup, but in other cases Washington celebrates presidents-for-life, observes Ted Snider. Donald Trump caused some concern last week when he appeared to praise […]
Is MSNBC Now the Most Dangerous Warmonger Network?
Is MSNBC Now the Most Dangerous Warmonger Network? A recent study revealed that MSNBC’s coverage of ‘Russiagate’ vastly outweighs its coverage of other issues, such as the US-backed humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and the network’s refusal to correct the disparity could lead to dangerous conclusions, notes Norman Solomon. The evidence is damning. And the silence […]
How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran
How ‘Operation Merlin’ Poisoned U.S. Intelligence on Iran The CIA’s “Operation Merlin,” which involved providing Iran with a flawed design for a nuclear weapon and resulted in an alleged whistleblower going to prison, was the perfect example of creating intelligence in order to justify operations, reports Gareth Porter. Jeffrey Sterling, the case officer for the CIA’s […]
Growing Risk of U.S.-Iran Hostilities Based on False Pretexts, Intel Vets Warn
Growing Risk of U.S.-Iran Hostilities Based on False Pretexts, Intel Vets Warn As President Donald Trump prepares to host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next week, a group of U.S. intelligence veterans offers corrections to a number of false accusations that have been levelled against Iran. February 26, 2018 MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for […]
U.S. Empire Still Incoherent After All These Years
U.S. Empire Still Incoherent After All These Years Exclusive: Without solid economic, political and ideological bases, the U.S. lacks the legitimacy and authority it needs to operate beyond its borders, argues Nicolas J.S. Davies in this essay. I recently reread Michael Mann’s book, Incoherent Empire, which he wrote in 2003, soon after the U.S. invasion […]
America’s Election Meddling Would Indeed Justify Other Countries Retaliating In Kind
America’s Election Meddling Would Indeed Justify Other Countries Retaliating In Kind Highlighting the U.S.’s long history in meddling in other countries’ elections is not “whataboutism,” but rather a highly germane point to understanding the context for the allegations of Russian meddling in Election 2016, Caitlin Johnstone observes. There is still no clear proof that the Russian […]
Russians Spooked by Nukes-Against-Cyber-Attack Policy
Russians Spooked by Nukes-Against-Cyber-Attack Policy New U.S. policy on nuclear retaliatory strikes for cyber-attacks is raising concerns, with Russia claiming that it’s already been blamed for a false-flag cyber-attack – namely the election hacking allegations of 2016, explain Ray McGovern and William Binney. Moscow is showing understandable concern over the lowering of the threshold for […]
Regime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup or Invasion of Venezuela Next?
Regime Change Fails: Is A Military Coup or Invasion of Venezuela Next? The U.S. has employed all of its regime change tools in Venezuela and although so far they have failed, there is still a chance that a military attack is in store, warn Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Several signals point to a possible military […]
Budget Woes Sign of a Dysfunctional Empire
Budget Woes Sign of a Dysfunctional Empire The bloated military budget is justified on the assumption that the United States can and should police the entire world, but this approach is fundamentally unsustainable, warns Jonathan Marshall. President Donald Trump’s latest $4.4 trillion budget proposal calls for boosting military spending by nearly $200 billion over the […]
