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US Administration Defends Its Right to Start Wars on a Whim
US Administration Defends Its Right to Start Wars on a Whim The US Constitution says that only Congress can declare war for an extended time but there is a workaround. Congress approved the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF), giving the president the authority to track down and destroy al-Qaeda and the Taliban. The resolution […]
Is It War? The First 2 Of 12 F-35 Fighter Jets Have Arrived In Japan
Is It War? The First 2 Of 12 F-35 Fighter Jets Have Arrived In Japan The first two of 12 US Air Force F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets arrived in Okinawa on Monday. The aircraft will soon begin a six-month deployment in Japan as part of Pacific Command’s “theater security” program. Is this a red […]
Is It Insanity, Evil, or Both that Has the Western World in Its Grip
Is It Insanity, Evil, or Both that Has the Western World in Its Grip As the presstitute media has no allegiance to truth, one has to wonder if we can even believe obituaries. For what it is worth, perhaps nothing, the presstitutes report that three US aircraft carrier battle groups are off North Korea […]
One Day Tomorrow Won’t Arrive
One Day Tomorrow Won’t Arrive Before the idiots in Washington get us blown off of the face of the earth, the morons had better come to terms with the fact that the US military is now second class compared to the Russian military. For example, the US Navy has been made obsolete by Russia’s […]
How America Spreads Global Chaos
How America Spreads Global Chaos The U.S. government may pretend to respect a “rules-based” global order, but the only rule Washington seems to follow is “might makes right” — and the CIA has long served as a chief instigator and enforcer, writes Nicolas J.S. Davies. As the recent PBS documentary on the American War in […]
New York Times Acknowledges US Global Empire
New York Times Acknowledges US Global Empire One big advantage the war party has is the public’s ignorance about the activities of the far-flung American empire. Athough frustrating, that ignorance is easy to understand and has been explained countless times by writers in the public choice tradition. Most people are too busy with their lives, […]
North Korea Conducts Mass Evacuation Drills, Blackout Exercises
North Korea Conducts Mass Evacuation Drills, Blackout Exercises A rare blackout exercise and mass evacuation drill took place in North Korea last week according to NK News, citing “multiple sources.” The wartime preparations were not visible in Pyongyang, but were seen in “secondary, tertiary cities and towns” on the eastern coast of the country. NK News and […]
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War
In Shocking, Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top secret NSA document was published which confirms that the armed opposition in […]
Self-Assured Destruction (SAD): 21 Incidents Show How Donald Trump’s 24-Hour Nuclear Alert Could Literally Backfire4
Self-Assured Destruction (SAD): 21 Incidents Show How Donald Trump’s 24-Hour Nuclear Alert Could Literally Backfire Photo by Guido van Nispen | CC BY 2.0 On Sunday, an exclusive from Defense One suggested that Donald Trump’s administration “is preparing to put nuclear armed bombers back on 24-hour ready alert” for the first time in more than a quarter […]
Associated Press Associates Itself With War
Associated Press Associates Itself With War Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington of the Associated Press tell us: “U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is visiting the Korean Peninsula at a momentous juncture in the faltering effort to persuade Pyongyang to halt and dismantle its nuclear weapons program. Ominous questions hang in the air.” Why momentous? North […]
Perpetual War: Treadmill of America’s Mind
Perpetual War: Treadmill of America’s Mind Like a caged hamster on a running wheel, the American people are trapped in perpetual wars that the foreign policy elites offer no way to end, only excuses to continue, observes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. The newest issue of Foreign Affairs features the theme of “America’s Forgotten Wars,” […]
NSA Document Says Saudi Prince Directly Ordered Coordinated Attack by Syrian Rebels on Damascus
NSA DOCUMENT SAYS SAUDI PRINCE DIRECTLY ORDERED COORDINATED ATTACK BY SYRIAN REBELS ON DAMASCUS A LOOSELY KNIT collection of Syrian rebel fighters set up positions on March 18, 2013, and fired several barrages of rockets at targets in the heart of Damascus, Bashar al-Assad’s capital. The attack was a brazen show of force by rebels […]
Are Our Mideast Wars Forever?
Are Our Mideast Wars Forever? “The Kurds have no friends but the mountains,” is an old lament. Last week, it must have been very much on Kurdish minds. As their U.S. allies watched, the Kurdish peshmerga fighters were run out of Kirkuk and all the territory they had captured fighting ISIS alongside the Americans. The […]
US May Strike North Korea in November
US May Strike North Korea in November Former US President Jimmy Carter said he would be ready to travel to North Korea for peace talks, if the administration wanted him to go on a diplomatic mission. But President Trump does not appear to be chomping at the bit to grab the opportunity for launching a diplomatic initiative. […]
Looking for a Glass of Water and a Place to Shit
Looking for a Glass of Water and a Place to Shit Photo by woodleywonderworks | CC by 2.0 A recent Brown University Study showed that, between 2001 and 2016, the cost of wars in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan has cost the US $3.6 trillion. ~ Ramzy Baroud Imagine if you will that the U.S. […]
