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First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields Stir Outrage
First Images Of US Troops Occupying Syria’s Oil Fields Stir Outrage The reality of American foreign policy all in one stunning image: regional Iraqi Kurdistan24 television has broadcast the first footage of the United States Army seizing and ‘protecting’ a Syrian oil field in the country’s northeast. Specifically the images are of a US armed convoy at Rumelan […]
Assad Calls Trump “Best US President” Ever For “Transparency” Of Real US Motives
Assad Calls Trump “Best US President” Ever For “Transparency” Of Real US Motives Arguably some of the most significant events since the eight-year long war’s start have played out in Syria with rapid pace over just the last month alone, including Turkey’s military incursion in the north, the US pullback from the border and into […]
A far-right US soldier arrested by the FBI for plotting domestic bomb attacks sought to join Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, which was directly armed and advised by the American government
A far-right US soldier arrested by the FBI for plotting domestic bomb attacks sought to join Ukraine’s neo-Nazi Azov Battalion, which was directly armed and advised by the American government A far-right soldier in the United States Army has been arrested by the FBI for plotting bomb attacks targeting American media outlets and Democratic politicians. […]
US Troops and Tanks Headed to Lithuania for ‘Extended Mission’
US Troops and Tanks Headed to Lithuania for ‘Extended Mission’ Officials say deployment meant to ‘deter Russia’ Lithuania’s Defense Ministry has announced a new deployment of US troops to their country. The deployment will include a number of US soldiers, tanks, and fighting vehicles, and will be an “extended mission.” The deployment is being presented by […]
US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security Guards
US Defends Your Freedom By Using Troops As Saudi Oil Security Guards If you’ve been lying awake at night terrified that the Pentagon might not send additional troops and armaments to defend oil corporations in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, I’ve got some great news for you. In response to an attack on Saudi […]
“A 6th Grader Should Know America’s Foreign Policy Is Ridiculous”
“A 6th Grader Should Know America’s Foreign Policy Is Ridiculous” Policies which can ensure peace or ignite wars are important. Given this, one might think more Americans would critically examine the basic assumptions which form the basis of our nation’s foreign policy. As best I can tell, only three such assumptions or premises exist: To […]
Instigators of a Persian Gulf Crisis
Instigators of a Persian Gulf Crisis Photograph Source: Mehrnews – CC BY 4.0 Recent weeks have seen tensions between the United States and Iran soar, initially after a May 2019 incident in which four commercial vessels were struck in the Gulf of Oman (two Saudi oil tankers, one Norwegian and an Emirati ship), ebb thereafter and […]
Why Everyone in the U.S. Who Counts Wants Julian Assange Dead
Why Everyone in the U.S. Who Counts Wants Julian Assange Dead Before and after images of the van that came to pick up the bodies of eleven men shot to death by circling American helicopters in Iraq in 2007. Both children in the van were wounded. “Well, it’s their fault for bringing their kids to […]
Cuba Accuses US Of Preparing For Military Action In Venezuela
Cuba Accuses US Of Preparing For Military Action In Venezuela At a Havana press conference Tuesday, the Cuban government accused the Trump administration of preparing a military operation against Venezuela, suggesting that humanitarian aid is a pretext for intervention. “You’re starting to see American military transports that originate in U.S. military installations, where marine infantry and special forces operate and […]
The U.S. Military on Peak Oil and Climate Change
The U.S. Military on Peak Oil and Climate Change Preface. I find that of all the government branches, the military is the most realistic about the implications of Peak Oil and Climate Change. The Department of Defense is also the largest consumer of energy in the federal government, spending about $20 billion on energy in […]
Cuba Warns US Moving Special Forces Closer to Venezuela Under Guise of ‘Humanitarian Intervention’
Cuba Warns US Moving Special Forces Closer to Venezuela Under Guise of ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ “It is worth recalling that similar behaviors and pretexts were used to by the U.S. during the prelude to wars it launched against Yugoslavia, Iraq, and Libya.” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel visited Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro in May of 2018. (Photo: EFE/El […]
Shut Down the War Machine!
Shut Down the War Machine! The time has come to cut the US military down to size. Last November, the Pentagon admitted what critics have known for years: It cannot pass an audit that would let Congress, the media and taxpayers know what it does with the trillions of dollars that have been lavished on […]
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State
The Secret Logistics of America’s Global Deep State Why is America’s Baghdad Embassy the world’s largest embassy — and the largest by far? “It’s as if the US Embassy is there not only to protect American interests, but to manage the entire world from the heart of the capital, Baghdad.” — Iraqi Sheikh Qassim Al […]
How the US Spent Billions to Change the Outcome of Elections Around the World: A Review
How the US Spent Billions to Change the Outcome of Elections Around the World: A Review How the US Spent Billions to Change the Outcome of Elections Around the World: A Review The U.S. military state overthrows democratically-elected governments that it deems to be a threat to corporate interests. “There is plenty of evidence that […]
Continued American Occupation of the Middle East Does Not Suppress Terrorism, It Causes It
Continued American Occupation of the Middle East Does Not Suppress Terrorism, It Causes It Even the neo-con warmongers’ house journal The Guardian, furious at Trump’s attempts to pull US troops out of Syria, in producing a map to illustrate its point, could only produce one single, uncertain, very short pen stroke to describe the minute […]
