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Trump Presidency = Bush’s 3rd Term
Trump Presidency = Bush’s 3rd Term Trump rightly criticized George W. Bush for getting us into the disastrous Iraq war. But now Trump’s presidency is turning into Bush’s third term … Trump is appointing John Bolton as his National Security Adviser. Who’s Bolton? He’s one of the key architects of the Iraq war, who previously […]
A Blank Check for Repression? A Saudi Leader Visits Washington
A Blank Check for Repression? A Saudi Leader Visits Washington It’s a classic narrative: the foreign dignitary of a US ally visits Washington, the Pentagon and State Department are intent on selling him a large weapons package, a munitions maker seeks to capitalize on the visit, some senators resist and point to how US weapons […]
The Russian Military Warns: a Major War in Syria Is Imminent
The Russian Military Warns: a Major War in Syria Is Imminent On March 17, the Russian General Staff warned about an imminent attack on Syria. The statement did not elaborate. Of course, some information is classified but an independent and impartial analysis of publicly available information leads one to the same conclusion. Let’s look at the facts. […]
China Is Days Away From Killing the Petrodollar
China Is Days Away From Killing the Petrodollar Not long ago, there was a popular joke in China that went something like, “Who is Xi Jinping?” The answer was, “The husband of Peng Liyuan,” the famous singer Xi is married to. Today, Xi is China’s president. He leads 1.4 billion people. And he’ll likely be […]
A World War Might Sound Crazy, but It Could Be America’s Last Act of Desperation
A World War Might Sound Crazy, but It Could Be America’s Last Act of Desperation (ANTIMEDIA Op-ed)— Though some have been warning about the catastrophic potential for a third global conflict for years, it wasn’t until recently that these warnings became more mainstream. The calamitous nature of the violence in Syria — which has one nuclear power defending a government that has been the target […]
Sweden Unveils Plans For ‘Total Societal Mobilization’ Against Russia
Sweden Unveils Plans For ‘Total Societal Mobilization’ Against Russia In yet another sign of what Russia expert Stephen Cohen has described as the escalating New Cold War, non-NATO aligned Sweden is initiating detailed plans to ready itself for total societal mobilization in response to military attack from a major external power. As Aaron Mehta points out […]
Preparing For Nuclear War is Useless
Preparing For Nuclear War is Useless A recent news article outlined how Hawaii’s health care system is not able to handle the casualties from a nuclear attack. The scenario discussed was one in which a 150 kiloton (equivalent to 150,000 tons of TNT) blast over Waikiki causes 142,000 fatalities and 167,700 injuries. The scenario considered […]
Can Nuclear War Be Avoided?
Can Nuclear War Be Avoided? Two factors are driving the world to nuclear war. One is the constant stream of insults, false accusations and broken agreements that the West has been dumping on Russia year after year. The other is Russia’s response, or, perhaps more correctly, the lack thereof. Articles documenting Washington’s betrayals and provocations […]
The Strategy of Tension Towards Russia and the Push to Nuclear War
The Strategy of Tension Towards Russia and the Push to Nuclear War The United States has devised on ongoing strategy of tension towards Russia. It has initiated economic sanctions against Moscow, concocted a narrative about ‘Russian aggression’ for public consumption and has by various means attempted to undermine and weaken the energy-dependent Russian eeconomy. It has moreover instigated a coup on […]
How the New York Times is Making War With Iran More Likely
Photo: Sergei Bobylev/TASS HOW THE NEW YORK TIMES IS MAKING WAR WITH IRAN MORE LIKELY IT’S NOT EASY to say which country America will fight in its next ill-advised war. Iran? Or, assuming President Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un don’t hit it off at their summit, North Korea? Maybe even Venezuela or Russia? It’s easier […]
“Nuclear Blast to your Front! React!” – How the Army Trains to Survive an ‘Atomic Battlefield’
“Nuclear Blast to your Front! React!” – How the Army Trains to Survive an ‘Atomic Battlefield’ The title of this article is the exact preparatory command (situation), and the command of execution given to us in the Army to drill a nuclear attack. Readers, we all hope every day that our “society does not come […]
Drums Along the Potomac
Drums Along the Potomac The amateur psychologist in me suspects that the more the USA heaps Russia with censorious opprobrium and punishments, the closer this floundering polity actually is to completely losing its shit. Friday morning’s front-page headline in The New York Times appears to have been written by Pee Wee Herman: I can just hear […]
As Trump Moves Toward War, “The Resistance” Refuses to Resist
As Trump Moves Toward War, “The Resistance” Refuses to Resist Tuesday’s post, It’s Impossible to Overstate How Terrible Mike Pompeo Is, laid out the view that Trump’s firing of Rex Tillerson represents a major shift toward war footing for the Trump administration, with Iran the specific target. This pivot was easily predictable, and I wrote numerous […]
The Neocon Full Court Press For War is Here
The Neocon Full Court Press For War is Here The events of the past two weeks have been stunning. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled new ‘doomsday’ weapon systems at his State of the Union address, the West has gone completely bonkers. In the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ““I simply don’t have any […]
Will Russia Wake Up?
Will Russia Wake Up? Russians are having a difficult time comprehending their Western enemy or even understanding that Russia has an enemy that seeks the destruction of Russia. Has it occured to Russia that it is very strange that the UK, a country of no military significance, a country that could be completely destroyed forever […]
