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Leaked Pentagon Plan Calls For 120,000 Troops To Counter Iran
Leaked Pentagon Plan Calls For 120,000 Troops To Counter Iran As Michael Pompeo travels to Brussels to discuss the Iranian threat amid a flare-up in tensions that has brought the US to the brink of an armed conflict, the New York Times has published details from a confidential military plan presented to top national security […]
Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln Passes Through Suez Canal On Route To Iran As Tensions Soar
Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln Passes Through Suez Canal On Route To Iran As Tensions Soar Tehran tried to call Washington’s bluff on Wednesday when it threatened to start stockpiling enriched uranium and heavy water again – which would constitute a violation of the JCPOA’s terms – unless the treaty’s signatories abide by their commitments to buy oil […]
Billions Dead: 5 Times Russia and America Nearly Started a Nuclear War
Billions Dead: 5 Times Russia and America Nearly Started a Nuclear War Some history that should never be forgotten. Each crisis was eventually resolved in favor of peace, but in every case both sides relied on gambles, and survived as much by luck as by strategy. An international “crisis” is the anxious space between peace and war. It is […]
Smithsonian Map Shows US Military Operating In Over 40% Of World’s Countries
Smithsonian Map Shows US Military Operating In Over 40% Of World’s Countries Smithsonian Magazine this month published a stunning map detailing just how expansive the post-9/11 “war on terror” has become, demonstrating that contrary to the common assumption that it’s “winding down” more than 17 years later, it actually continues to grow and has now spread to more than […]
War Essay- The consequences of nuclear war on US society
War Essay- The consequences of nuclear war on US society Summary The US emerged from WWII as the world’s leading economic and military power. Since that time US hegemony has been predicated on: 1) unrivaled military strength, 2) control of world’s energy reserves and 3) primacy of the US dollar as the world’s reserve currency. […]
Communism, Fascism and Green Shaming
Communism, Fascism and Green Shaming In the United States, for over a hundred years, the ruling interests tirelessly propagated anticommunism among the populace, until it became more like a religious orthodoxy than a political analysis.” – Michael Parenti (Blackshirts and Red) “…the totality of which the psyche is a part becomes to an increasing extent […]
Climate Change Action Would Kill Imperialism
Climate Change Action Would Kill Imperialism Photo Source Molly Adams | CC BY 2.0 Climate change action would kill imperialism, and that is why we can’t have it in America. American political power is based on fossil fuels, and the US military is the engine that consumes those fuels to produce that power. So long […]
Military Escalation in Europe Is Like Runaway Train: It’s Time to Slow It Down
Military Escalation in Europe Is Like Runaway Train: It’s Time to Slow It Down Much has been said about the Trident Juncture 2018 NATO exercise being held in the immediate vicinity of Russia’s borders. This is the largest training event since the Cold War, but it’s only part of a broader picture, in which military war preparations […]
US, France, and UK In Direct Talks Over Possible Syria Strikes
US, France, and UK In Direct Talks Over Possible Syria Strikes “That has to be, in the history of propaganda in the 20th and 21st centuries, one of the most outrageous claims that I can think of,” John Bolton stated in response to Moscow’s charge that anti-Assad insurgents in Idlib are preparing a chemical false flag in […]
TRUTH is so precious that she should Always be attended by a Bodyguard of Lies
TRUTH is so precious that she should Always be attended by a Bodyguard of Lies QUESTION: Do you support the unilateral withdrawal of the US from the Iran deal? ANSWER: Iran has no intention of actually conforming with that agreement. But that is really a side issue. There is a significant displeasure with the religious government […]
China to Support Syria Along with Russia Against USA
China to Support Syria Along with Russia Against USA COMMENT: Mr. Armstrong; You said that China would eventually send troops to the Middle East and join with Russia in Syria. China just openly told that to the newspapers. Your contacts behind the curtail are quite amazing. BH REPLY: Qi Qianjin was appointed the ambassador to […]
No Need For Nato
No Need For Nato A NATO summit approaches that brings Donald Trump to Europe and then on to these shores, and brings the usual clamour for more of the taxpayers’ money to be given to arms manufacturers. Yet NATO is a demonstrably useless institution. It’s largest ever active military deployment, for 12 years in Afghanistan, […]
Military Seizes Control Of Water Supplies As Venezuelan Infrastructure Collapses
Military Seizes Control Of Water Supplies As Venezuelan Infrastructure Collapses If there’s one group that has benefited from Venezuela’s economic collapse, it’s the country’s military, which has been handed control over much of the country’s remaining industry as the collapse has intensified. Venezuela’s army, about 160,000 strong, controls the mineral-rich Arco Minero del Orinoco, and […]
The European Intervention Initiative: a New Military Force Established in Europe
The European Intervention Initiative: a New Military Force Established in Europe The predictions have come true about the emergence of a new defense group that will change the European security environment. On June 25, the defense chiefs from nine EU countries signed off on the creation of a new force called the European Intervention Initiative (EII), which […]
