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Trump Plunges Toward World War III
Trump Plunges Toward World War III Months of Democratic Russia-bashing and Trump-baiting achieved their predictable result as the thin-skinned and rash President is now proving his “toughness” by firing off missiles and risking World War III, warns Norman Solomon. Vast efforts to portray Donald Trump as Vladimir Putin’s flunky have given Trump huge incentives to […]
Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment
Trump’s ‘Wag the Dog’ Moment Exclusive: President Trump earned neocon applause for his hasty decision to attack Syria and kill about a dozen Syrians, but his rash act has all the earmarks of a “wag the dog” moment, reports Robert Parry. Just two days after news broke of an alleged poison-gas attack in northern Syria, […]
Democrats’ Blind Obsession on Russia-gate
Democrats’ Blind Obsession on Russia-gate Exclusive: Instead of focusing on President Trump’s poor policies – or fixing their own shortcomings – Democrats obsess over Russia-gate, though the case is flimsy and reeks of McCarthyism, as Daniel Lazare explains. Democrats are jubilant now that “Trumpcare” has bit the dust. But they should be careful because Russia-gate, […]
Restoring a Responsible ‘Conservatism’
Restoring a Responsible ‘Conservatism’ As much as “liberal” has become a dirty word in U.S. politics, the word “conservative” has been ripped from all its honorable traditions and redefined as a dangerous form of radicalism, says ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller. What is it about the U.S. that makes it virtually the only country in […]
Fresh Doubts about Russian ‘Hacking’
Fresh Doubts about Russian ‘Hacking’ Exclusive: The gauzy allegations of Russia “hacking” the Democrats to elect Donald Trump just got hazier with WikiLeaks’ new revelations about CIA cyber-spying and the capability to pin the blame on others, reports Robert Parry. WikiLeaks’ disclosure of documents revealing CIA cyber-spying capabilities underscores why much more skepticism should have been applied to […]
Reasons to Risk Nuclear Annihilation
Reasons to Risk Nuclear Annihilation Exclusive: The latest neocon/liberal-hawk scheme is for the U.S. population to risk nuclear war to protect corrupt politicians in Ukraine and Al Qaeda terrorists in east Aleppo, two rather dubious reasons to end life on the planet, says Robert Parry. Obviously, I never wanted to see a nuclear war, which would […]
Obama Warned to Defuse Tensions with Russia
Obama Warned to Defuse Tensions with Russia A group of ex-U.S. intelligence officials is warning President Obama to defuse growing tensions with Russia over Syria by reining in the demonization of President Putin and asserting White House civilian control over the Pentagon. ALERT MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: PREVENTING STILL WORSE IN SYRIA […]
Getting Fooled on Iraq, Libya, Now Russia
Getting Fooled on Iraq, Libya, Now Russia Exclusive: After the British report exposing falsehoods to justify invading Iraq in 2003, a new U.K. inquiry found similar misconduct in the 2011 attack on Libya, but no lessons are learned for the West’s new propaganda about Russia, writes Robert Parry. A British parliamentary inquiry into the Libyan fiasco […]
US Veterans Join Petition for Snowden
US Veterans Join Petition for Snowden U.S. military veterans, including lethal drone participants, are joining efforts to inform the American public about the secrets of the endless “war on terror” and are supporting Edward Snowden’s whistleblowing, reports Dennis J Bernstein. Lisa Lynn, a retired Air Force Sergeant and former U.S. Drone Program Operative, has joined a […]
America Excels in Business of Death
America Excels in Business of Death America may lag behind the developed world in many categories, but it is No. 1 in the “merchant of death” business, experiencing a boom in the commerce of boom, especially in areas destabilized by U.S. invasions, notes JP Sottile. Who says nothing is made in the USA anymore? Certainly not the […]
Ticking Closer to Nuclear Midnight
Ticking Closer to Nuclear Midnight Exclusive: President Obama embraced Japanese survivors of the Hiroshima bomb, but his policies, such as heightening tensions with Russia, have raised the potential for a far worse nuclear catastrophe, explains Jonathan Marshall. Even if you’ve never won an office raffle, a sports pool or a lottery, consider yourself supremely lucky. Unlike […]
Global Warming Accelerates
Global Warming Accelerates New climate data shows that the global warming crisis is worse – and accelerating at a faster pace – than was understood as recently as last year’s climate-change conference in Paris, writes Nicholas C. Arguimbau. The participants at the Paris climate change conference saw themselves produce “an agreement hailed as ‘historic, durable […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Clears Path to Dictatorship
Turkey’s Erdogan Clears Path to Dictatorship The ouster of Turkish Prime Minister Davutoglu marks another troubling milestone in President Erdogan’s consolidation of dictatorial power, a development that Alon Ben-Meir sees as further enflaming the region. The forced resignation of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu suggests only one thing — President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who is […]
How Obama ‘Legalized’ the War on Terror
How Obama ‘Legalized’ the War on Terror Among the troubling legacies of Barack Obama’s presidency is his consolidation of the dubious legal principles that George W. Bush cobbled together to justify the Global War on Terror, explains Michael Brenner. President Barack Obama’s uneasy encounters with the law in devising numerous innovative means to prosecute the […]
