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Is Trump Really About to Attack Venezuela?
Is Trump Really About to Attack Venezuela? Last week Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ordered the last of the US diplomats out of Venezuela, saying their presence was a “constraint” on US policy toward the country. The wording seemed intended to convey the idea that the US is about to launch military action to place […]
Warning ‘Every Option Is On the Table,’ Pompeo Stokes Fears of Military Force in Venezuela
Warning ‘Every Option Is On the Table,’ Pompeo Stokes Fears of Military Force in Venezuela Comments from secretary of state come day before Vice President Mike Pence heads to the Colombian capital for an emergency summit. People hold posters during a demonstration by Venezuelans against foreign intervention under the slogan #VenezuelaQuierePaz (Venezuela Wants Peace) at […]
Why Must Venezuela Be Destroyed?
Why Must Venezuela Be Destroyed? February 01, 2019 “Information Clearing House” – Last week Trump, his VP Mike Pence, US State Dept. director Mike Pompeo and Trump’s national security advisor John Bolton, plus a bunch of Central American countries that are pretty much US colonies and don’t have foreign policies of their own, synchronously announced that […]
Pompeo’s ‘Pandora’s Box’
Pompeo’s ‘Pandora’s Box’ Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, taking advantage of political bedlam inside the Donald Trump White House, has busied himself with “regime change” in Venezuela. Pompeo, working with National Security Adviser John Bolton and Iran-contra felon and arch-neo-conservative Elliott Abrams, worked secretly with Venezuela’s self-proclaimed “interim president,” Juan Guaido, to overthrow that nation’s […]
People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad
People Who Care About Democracy Don’t Plot Coups Abroad Illustration by Nathaniel St. Clair For some months now, Venezuela’s socialist government has lurched through a series of escalating crises — hyperinflation, mass protests, political violence — while both the government and its opposition have flirted with authoritarianism. It isn’t pretty — and to hear the […]
Trump’s ‘Axis of Evil’: Pompeo, Bolton & Abrams
Trump’s ‘Axis of Evil’: Pompeo, Bolton & Abrams ‘This is truly an ominous development for the poor people of Venezuela. NEW YORK, NEW YORK – United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo votes before addressing the United Nations (U.N.) Security Council in a meeting which was requested by the United States to offer a statement […]
The Death Penalty for Canada’s Foreign Policy?
The Death Penalty for Canada’s Foreign Policy? Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has joined with the chorus of Western countries supporting Canada’s protestations against the “arbitrary,” and “politically motivated” death sentence imposed by a Chinese court on Canadian drug smuggler Robert Schellenberg. Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland praised Pompeo’s “recognition of the principle that […]
Pompeo, the U.S. and Iran
Pompeo, the U.S. and Iran The United States’ international windbag, Secretary of Defense (read: War) Mike Pompeo has been acting the imperial blowhard throughout the Middle East. With his boss busy denying that he’s a Russian agent, watching advisors and cabinet members come and go with dizzying alacrity, and dodging porn-star accusations, Pompeo is trotting […]
Embarrassing Speeches: Signs of a Dying Empire
Embarrassing Speeches: Signs of a Dying Empire “What are you reading my lord?” — Polonius “Words.” — Hamlet Something has changed in U.S. politics. And it may finally signal something changing for the better. Since the announcement (but no real follow through) to end our military involvement in Syria what passes for our statesmen — […]
If America Stopped Destroying The World, The Bad Guys Might Win
If America Stopped Destroying The World, The Bad Guys Might Win Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters on Saturday that the government under Venezuela’s recently re-inaugurated president Nicolas Maduro is “illegitimate”, and that “the United States will work diligently to restore a real democracy to that country.” Pompeo’s remarks, which were echoed by Trump’s National […]
‘New World Order’ Wine Pompoured into a Pro-‘Sovereignty’ Rhetorical Bottle
‘New World Order’ Wine Pompoured into a Pro-‘Sovereignty’ Rhetorical Bottle Secretary of State Mike Pompeo began his December 4 speech in Brussels at the German Marshall Fund with “a well-deserved tribute to America’s 41st president, George Herbert Walker Bush,” whom he praised as “an unyielding champion of freedom around the world.” It was fitting that he […]
Pompeo: US/Saudi Partnership ‘Vital’ – American Taxpayers May Disagree!
Pompeo: US/Saudi Partnership ‘Vital’ – American Taxpayers May Disagree! Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has published a bizarre op-ed in the Wall Street Journal claiming that Saudi Arabia has been a guarantor of stability in the Middle East and a bulwark against “expansionist” Iran. Perhaps he forgot about Saudi support for jihadists in Syria and […]
As the Obama DOJ Concluded, Prosecution of Julian Assange for Publishing Documents Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom
As the Obama DOJ Concluded, Prosecution of Julian Assange for Publishing Documents Poses Grave Threats to Press Freedom THE TRUMP JUSTICE DEPARTMENT inadvertently revealedin a court filing that it has charged Julian Assange in a sealed indictment. The disclosure occurred through a remarkably amateurish cutting-and-pasting error in which prosecutors unintentionally used secret language from Assange’s […]
Pompeo’s Albright Moment Arrives
Pompeo’s Albright Moment Arrives Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is not a very bright guy. He is, like his boss, a thin-skinned bully with a narrow view of the world focused on US righteousness. With the sanctions going into place on Iran this week he gave an interview with the BBC which laid bare what happens when […]
President Trump’s Iran Policy – Is It ‘Normal’?
President Trump’s Iran Policy – Is It ‘Normal’? It’s not often that US Government officials are honest when they talk about our foreign policy. The unprovoked 2003 attack on Iraq was called a “liberation.” The 2011 US-led destruction of Libya was a “humanitarian intervention.” And so on. So, in a way, Secretary of State Mike […]
