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Blocking SWIFT Access Would Be “Declaration Of War”: Russia Warns Against US ‘Nuclear Option’
Blocking SWIFT Access Would Be “Declaration Of War”: Russia Warns Against US ‘Nuclear Option’ Last year during the height of controversy over the Kerch Strait incident, while two dozen Ukrainian sailors were still being held by Russia, Washington’s special envoy to Ukraine at the time, Kurt Volker, floated the possibility of Washington blocking Russian banks from SWIFT. […]
The Blob: Still Chasing After Pax Americana
The Blob: Still Chasing After Pax Americana After all the failure, they still look at our wars in the Middle East as some kind of golden age. I wish to call attention to an instructive essay about U.S. policy in the Middle East—instructive in the sense that it reveals the utterly impoverished nature of establishment thinking on […]
“We Are Going To War”: Has The Final Apocalyptic Conflict Between Israel and Her Enemies Now Begun?
“We Are Going To War”: Has The Final Apocalyptic Conflict Between Israel and Her Enemies Now Begun? On Tuesday, terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired hundreds of rockets at Israel in retaliation for Israel’s targeted killing of the senior commander of Islamic Jihad in Gaza. Many of the rockets were intercepted by the Iron Dome […]
How Central Banks Fund Our Age of Endless War
How Central Banks Fund Our Age of Endless War [This talk was delivered at the Mises Circle in New York City on September 14, 2012.] The 20th century was the century of total war. Limitations on the scope of war, built up over many centuries, had already begun to break down in the 19th century, but they […]
In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace
In A Society Built On War, We Must Do More Than Just Prefer Peace American activist Angela Davis once said, “In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” Our responsibility to truth and justice isn’t fulfilled by merely witnessing the perverse tendency in western society toward white supremacy without […]
Trump Warns: Warmongering Will Not End, The US “May Have to Get Into Wars”
TRUMP WARNS: WARMONGERING WILL NOT END, THE US “MAY HAVE TO GET INTO WARS” President Donald Trump’s words don’t set him apart from the past president’s intent on raining down terror in other countries. Trump has said that the United States’ warmongering will not end, and the U.S. “may have to get into wars.” Inevitably, […]
The US-Iran Silent War is Transformed Into An “Iraq Uprising”
THE US-IRAN SILENT WAR IS TRANSFORMED INTO AN “IRAQ UPRISING” The last four days have shown that the ongoing US-Iran war is acutely affecting the whole region. This is now evident in Iraq where more than 105 people have been killed and thousands wounded in the course of demonstrations that engulfed the capital Baghdad and […]
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 100 Million And Trigger Global Cooling
India-Pakistan Nuclear War Could Kill 100 Million And Trigger Global Cooling Every geopolitical analyst is currently observing and studying the developments that are occurring along the Line of Control (LoC) between India and Pakistan. Any major flare-up in flighting between both countries could ignite a nuclear war that would kill hundreds of millions and trigger […]
The Art of War According to the Science of Complex Systems: The Seneca Cliff as a strategic weapon
The Art of War According to the Science of Complex Systems: The Seneca Cliff as a strategic weapon Music has always been part of the war effort: a way to build up network connections in such a way to make the fighting system more resilient and more effective. Here, an especially effective version: “The Sacred […]
Thucydides Trap & War Between China & USA
Thucydides Trap & War Between China & USA QUESTION: What do you make of Trump’s proposal to restrict US investment in China? Will this send the US economy into recession as everyone is saying? DH ANSWER: I have never seen the press so anti-president in the history of this nation. Every possible thing they claim will destroy […]
Trump, FDR, and War
Trump, FDR, and War President Trump’s campaign of “maximum pressure” against Iran reminds me of President Franklin Roosevelt’s similar campaign against Japan prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. After England declared war on Germany, owing to the latter’s invasion of Poland, the American people were overwhelmingly opposed to entry into the war. That […]
Pentagon to Present Trump, Aides With a ‘Range’ of Iran Military Options
Pentagon to Present Trump, Aides With a ‘Range’ of Iran Military Options Gen. Dunford says US response is a ‘political judgment’ Though President Trump has downplayed the idea of war with Iran over the past couple of days, the actual decision is to be made at a high-profile meeting, either Thursday or Friday depending according […]
Iran Vows Major War Even If US Conducts “Limited Strikes”
Iran Vows Major War Even If US Conducts “Limited Strikes” Just after on Friday Pentagon leaders presented Trump with numerous “military options” for a response to Iran following last week’s twin attacks on Saudi Aramco facilities, Iran has again put the US on notice that any “limited attack” will assuredly lead to major war. The briefing […]
Can Trump Still Avoid War with Iran?
Can Trump Still Avoid War with Iran? A more fundamental question arises: If the United States was not attacked, why is it our duty to respond militarily to an attack on Saudi Arabia? President Donald Trump does not want war with Iran. America does not want war with Iran. Even the Senate Republicans are advising […]
