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Geopolitical Stakes Are Huge On This Tiny Island
Geopolitical Stakes Are Huge On This Tiny Island The specter of a rumored U.S. military buildup in Cyprus that would draw a major Russian response now adds to the ongoing Greek Cypriot-Turkish conflict over the island and the oil and gas riches it promises. Ever since the massive hydrocarbon discovery in Cyprus’ exclusive economic zone […]
Planet of War: Still Trapped in a Greater Middle Eastern Quagmire, the U.S. Military Prepares for Global Combat
Planet of War: Still Trapped in a Greater Middle Eastern Quagmire, the U.S. Military Prepares for Global Combat American militarism has gone off the rails — and this middling career officer should have seen it coming. Earlier in this century, the U.S. military not surprisingly focused on counterinsurgency as it faced various indecisive and seemingly unending […]
Russia & China Invest in Infrastructure; U.S. Instead Spends on Military
Russia & China Invest in Infrastructure; U.S. Instead Spends on Military China’s “Belt and Road Initiative” is famous as an extension of their domestic infrastructure investments, but Russia is also investing heavily in infrastructure. Both countries need to do it in order to improve the future for their respective populations, and both Governments have avoided […]
Deepfakes And Political Manipulation
Deepfakes And Political Manipulation Not a day seems to go by without the American media writing about Russia’s Internet meddling in the US elections. Major international and specialist publications headquartered in the US are routinely regurgitating the myth about “Russian trolls” and “GRU hackers” without a single shred of evidence besides unsubstantiated accusations. Actually, evidence […]
U.S. Completes Largest Ammo Shipment To Europe Since NATO Bombing Of Yugoslavia
U.S. Completes Largest Ammo Shipment To Europe Since NATO Bombing Of Yugoslavia Is something big coming related to heightened tensions either with Russia, Iran, or Syria? It appears the U.S. military is publicizing a “show of force” of sorts, but not exactly in the conventional way of deploying tanks, ships, and aircraft. Instead the official […]
“Big-Ass Fight On The Horizon”: Nearly Half Of All U.S. Troops Think Major War Is Coming
“Big-Ass Fight On The Horizon”: Nearly Half Of All U.S. Troops Think Major War Is Coming A new poll conducted by Military Times and Syracuse University has found that nearly half of all active duty American troops believe the next major war is just around the corner. The poll results show about 46% of respondents think the […]
China Slams Another “Provocative” US B-52 Flyover Above Disputed Seas
China Slams Another “Provocative” US B-52 Flyover Above Disputed Seas Another incident involving US military operations over disputed waters near China has resulted in Beijing issuing a scathing condemnation of Washington amidst already soaring trade war tensions. China’s defense ministry on Tuesday denounced recent US-B52 bomber flyovers of the South China Sea and East China Sea, calling […]
US military document reveals how the West opposed a democratic Syria
US military document reveals how the West opposed a democratic Syria Bashar al-Assad propaganda. watchsmart US military documents from 2011 and 2016 reveal that although officials wanted a Syrian regime change in theory, they thought it was highly unlikely to actually happen — and hoped that if President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, he would not […]
Blue Angels: the Naked Face of Empire
Blue Angels: the Naked Face of Empire The United States is a military empire that was built and is maintained by organized violence. The origins of this country lie with the military conquest and either destruction or forced resettlement of indigenous people. Today, the modern American lifestyle is maintained, as Thomas Freidman (someone with whom […]
Fighting Starts in Syria’s Idlib: US Military Considers Military Options
Fighting Starts in Syria’s Idlib: US Military Considers Military Options Syrian UN Ambassador Bashar Ja’afari declared on Sept. 7 that his government was determined to wipe out the rebels from the Idlib province. The next day, the Idlib Dawn Operation began, encircling a town 59 km. southwest of the Syrian city of Aleppo. As of Sept. […]
US Planned Nuclear Strikes To End China, Soviet Union As “Viable Societies”, Declassified Docs Show
US Planned Nuclear Strikes To End China, Soviet Union As “Viable Societies”, Declassified Docs Show Like the famous George Santayana quote goes, “those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” And thanks to a cache of documents released by George Washington University’s National Security Archive project, the American people are learning just […]
Why US Imperialism Loves Afghan Quagmire
Why US Imperialism Loves Afghan Quagmire It may seem paradoxical that any American interest would seek to deliberately prolong the Afghan quagmire. Costing trillions of dollars to the national debt, one would think that US planners are anxious to wind down the war and cut their immense losses. Not so, it seems. Like the classic […]
Assange and Truth: the Deeper (Harder) Issue
Assange and Truth: the Deeper (Harder) Issue Photo by thierry ehrmann | CC BY 2.0 When Harold Pinter got the Nobel Prize (2005), he described “a vast tapestry of lies upon which we feed”. He asked why “systematic brutality, widespread atrocities, ruthless suppression of independent thought” were well-known when they occurred in the Soviet Union. […]
As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington
As US Military Effectiveness and Diplomatic Efforts Fade into Irrelevance Many Countries Start Ignoring Washington Diplomatic work continues in some of the areas with the highest geopolitical tensions in the world. In recent days there have been high-level meetings and contacts between Turkey, Iran and Russia over the situation in Syria; meetings between Modi and Xi […]
Returning to the Commonplace
Returning to the Commonplace There are times when the twilight of the American century takes on a quality of surreal absurdity I can only compare to French existentialist theater or the better productions of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and this is one of them. Over the weekend, in response to a chemical-weapons incident in Syria […]
