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Turkish Tanks Cross Into Syria As Ground Offensive Against US-Backed Militia Begins
Turkish Tanks Cross Into Syria As Ground Offensive Against US-Backed Militia Begins Early on Sunday, Turkish ground forces crossed the border and pushed into northern Syria’s Afrin province on Sunday, Ankara said after launching artillery and air strikes on a U.S.-backed Kurdish militia it aims to sweep from its border. Turkey sent armored divisions into […]
Russia Accuses US Of Carving Out “Alternative Government” In Syria As Mattis Says No Longer Focusing On Terrorism
Russia Accuses US Of Carving Out “Alternative Government” In Syria As Mattis Says No Longer Focusing On Terrorism Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused the United States of working to carve out “an alternative government” on Syrian soil in statements made at a UN press briefing related to the recent Turkish military build-up poised […]
Turkish Warplanes Begin “Massive Bombing” Of US-Backed Syrian Kurds
Turkish Warplanes Begin “Massive Bombing” Of US-Backed Syrian Kurds In a sharp escalation of Turkey’s military campaign against the US-backed Syrian Kurdish YPG, on Saturday Turkish warplanes fired missiles and launched “massive bombing” of Kurdish targets in Syria’s Afrin, NTV television reported. View image on Twitter Gissur Simonarson ✔@GissiSim Airstrike after airstrike pounding Afrin right […]
Thinking the Unthinkable: Nuclear War with North Korea
Thinking the Unthinkable: Nuclear War with North Korea Is the Trump administration prepping the American people – indeed, the world – for a war against North Korea? It certainly seems so. US President Donald Trump is constantly needling North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, comparing the size of their respective “nuclear buttons,” while during a speech […]
A US-Turkish Clash in Syria?
A US-Turkish Clash in Syria? The war for dominance in the Middle East, following the crushing of ISIS, appears about to commence in Syria — with NATO allies America and Turkey on opposing sides. Turkey is moving armor and troops south to Syria’s border enclave of Afrin, occupied by Kurds, to drive them out, […]
Washington and Allies Go Orwellian on Korea Peace Talks
Washington and Allies Go Orwellian on Korea Peace Talks Just as North and South Korea achieve important peaceful exchanges, Washington and its NATO allies appear to be moving with determination to sabotage the initiative for averting war on the East Asian peninsula. Further, the reckless, gratuitous provocations beg the conclusion that the United States is […]
US Deploys Tactical Communications-Scrambling Plane To Korean Peninsula
US Deploys Tactical Communications-Scrambling Plane To Korean Peninsula South Korea’s deal to allow North Korean athletes and dignitaries to attend the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang appeared to ease tensions on the peninsula earlier this month. Still, it appears the US air force has been expanding its presence in South Korea. Local media reported Monday that […]
US Syria Policy: One Step Closer to a New Large-Scale War
US Syria Policy: One Step Closer to a New Large-Scale War There are snags ahead for the US administration as it tries to bring to life its plans to build a wall on the Mexican border. President Trump will have to fight an uphill battle to keep his pre-election promise, but launching a program aimed […]
Tillerson Pledges Open-Ended Military Presence In Syria To Counter Iran
Tillerson Pledges Open-Ended Military Presence In Syria To Counter Iran Secretary of State Rex Tillerson spoke at Stanford University Wednesday afternoon about the future of Syria and the US role in the war. In his talk entitled, “The Way Forward in Syria,” Tillerson once again reiterated the US desire to eventually see President Bashar al […]
Trump Fires Trade War Shots: “If There Is A Trade War With China, There Is”
Trump Fires Trade War Shots: “If There Is A Trade War With China, There Is” With Reuters having published the part of its exclusive Trump interview in which the president discusses North Korea and Russia, and in which he said that it is “very possible” the crisis with North Korea can’t be resolved in a […]
Trump: “Very Possible” Crisis With North Korea Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully
Trump: “Very Possible” Crisis With North Korea Can’t Be Resolved Peacefully In an exclusive interview with Reuters, President Trump said on Wednesday that Russia is helping North Korea get supplies in violation of international sanctions and that Pyongyang is getting “closer every day” to being able to deliver a long-range missile to the United States. […]
Self-Reflection at the Twilight of U.S. Empire
Self-Reflection at the Twilight of U.S. Empire There is a true law, a right reason, conformable to nature, universal, unchangeable, eternal, whose commands urge us to duty, and whose prohibitions restrain us from evil. Whether it enjoins or forbids, the good respect its injunctions, and the wicked treat them with indifference. This law cannot be contradicted […]
