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Iran Deploys Tanks To Border With Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran Deploys Tanks To Border With Iraqi Kurdistan Days before last week’s Kurdistan referendum, Iran took steps to isolate and punish the Iraqi Kurdistan region and the government in Erbil (KRG). This included closing Iranian airspace to northern Iraq’s two international airports and sending Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard forces to conduct drills along the northwest […]
North Korea Claims 5 Million New Soldiers Enlisted Ahead Of “Imminent Provocation”
North Korea Claims 5 Million New Soldiers Enlisted Ahead Of “Imminent Provocation” In what is probably a “slightly” exaggerated figure, North Korea claimed on Thursday that some 4.7 million students and workers have volunteered to join or re-enlist in the North Korean army since Kim Jong Un called Donald Trump a “dotard” and vowed to […]
Trump Is Determined to Go to War
Trump Is Determined to Go to War On September 18 Presidents Trump and Macron met in New York and said a few words in front of the media. It was a love-fest, with Trump pouring out a honey-stream of compliments and one of his observations was that Emmanuel Macron is “doing a terrific job in France. He’s […]
Trump on the Warpath
Trump on the Warpath The US suffers from an arrogance of military power disconnected from today’s geopolitical realities. The US is on this path again, heading for a collision with a nuclear-armed adversary, and it will remain on it unless other countries, other American leaders, and public opinion block the way. NEW YORK – Fifteen […]
A Failing Empire: Russia and China’s Military Strategy to Contain the US
A Failing Empire: Russia and China’s Military Strategy to Contain the US Looking at the global political landscape over the last month, two trends are becoming more apparent. The infamous military and economic power at America’s disposal is declining, whereas in the multipolar field, an acceleration has occurred in the creation of a series of […]
The United States of Hubris
The United States of Hubris If anyone should have any questions about whether the United States of America is not the most aggressive, warlike, and terroristic nation on the face of the earth, its latest proposed action against the supposed rogue state of North Korea should allay any such doubts. Last week, the US circulated a […]
Tracking Military Weaponry and War Machines Flowing to America’s Local Police Departments
Tracking Military Weaponry and War Machines Flowing to America’s Local Police Departments This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions outlined plans to transfer heavy military weapons to local police across America. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images – taken before Miami press conference on sanctuary cities.) This week, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced President Donald Trump’s plan […]
NATO Builds Infrastructure for Permanent Military Presence Near Russia’s Borders
NATO Builds Infrastructure for Permanent Military Presence Near Russia’s Borders A group of about 50 combat engineers based at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown were deployed to Latvia on April 29 as part of Operation Reassurance. The mission is to build a town for 500 soldiers. According to commanding officer Lt.-Col. Chris Cotton, the installation will have «everything you would expect […]
Russia Denies Shooting at Ukrainian Military Plane In Black Sea
Russia Denies Shooting at Ukrainian Military Plane In Black Sea With the US State Department in a state of protracted hiatus for the time being, tensions are again rising between Russia and Ukraine, and especially in East Ukraine, where over the past few days the number of soldiers killed in an offensive by pro-Russian separatists […]
Disconnect: Congressional hawks hate sustainability, but love military that seeks it
Disconnect: Congressional hawks hate sustainability, but love military that seeks it Recently, I toured a U.S Navy mine sweeper and destroyer during Fleet Week. Just before the tour entrance line a tent with exhibits caught my attention. On the first table were a set of small bottles containing various kinds of liquid fuels, a sampling […]
America’s Greatest Threat Is Its Crazed “Leadership” And Its Brainwashed Population
America’s Greatest Threat Is Its Crazed “Leadership” And Its Brainwashed Population Insouciant Americans do not even know what they should be worried about. A Russian Warning By Dmitry Orlov, The Saker, Victor Katsap and Evgenia Gurevich June 02, 2016 “Information Clearing House” – “ClubOrlov” – We, the undersigned, are Russians living and working in the […]
US Exceptionalism Has No Place in a Multipolar World
US Exceptionalism Has No Place in a Multipolar World With the end of the Cold War twenty-five years ago, many in the U.S have taken the country’s continued global hegemony for granted. However, this state of affairs is increasingly being challenged by both Russia and China, exemplified by their aerial flybys and interceptions of the […]
Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup
Russia to form 3 new divisions to counter NATO buildup Russia is to deploy two new divisions in the west and one in the south to counterbalance NATO’s increased military presence near Russian borders, Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced. “The Defense Ministry is taking a number of measures to respond to the NATO military buildup […]
Andrew Bacevich and America’s Long Misguided War to Control the Greater Middle East
ANDREW BACEVICH AND AMERICA’S LONG MISGUIDED WAR TO CONTROL THE GREATER MIDDLE EAST THE CONVICTION that invasion, bombing, and special forces benefit large swaths of the globe, while remaining consonant with a Platonic ideal of the national interest, runs deep in the American psyche. Like the poet Stevie Smith’s cat, the United States “likes to gallop about […]
