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15 Years of War: To Whose Benefit?
15 Years of War: To Whose Benefit? As for Iraq, the implicit gain was supposed to be access to Iraqi oil. Setting aside the 12 years of “no fly zone” air combat operations above Iraq from 1991 to 2003, the U.S. has been at war for almost 17 years in Afghanistan and 15 years in […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Iraq Military Incursion, Threatens Americans Over Manbij
Turkey’s Erdogan Announces Iraq Military Incursion, Threatens Americans Over Manbij On Sunday President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced the beginning of Turkish military operations in Iraq’s Sinjar region a week after Turkey and allied Syrian FSA groups captured Afrin from Kurdish fighters. During that prior victory speech immediately on the heels of the Syrian Kurdish retreat from Afrin, […]
The West’s ‘guilty until proven innocent’ mantra is wrecking lives & international relations
The West’s ‘guilty until proven innocent’ mantra is wrecking lives & international relations Colin Powell holds up a vial that he described as one that could contain anthrax, during his presentation on Iraq to the U.N. Security Council, Feb. 5, 2003. © Ray Stubblebine / Reuters Western society is flirting with a disturbing trend where […]
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 […]
Russian Ambassador Hints At False Flag: “The UK Has A Long Record Of Misdoings…”
Russian Ambassador Hints At False Flag: “The UK Has A Long Record Of Misdoings…” It appears the Russians are losing their patience with the proof-less accusations from The UK. Russian ambassador Alexander Yakovenko has held press conference in London, denying the Kremlin was involved in the attempted murder of Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia […]
How They Sold the Iraq War
How They Sold the Iraq War Photo by Taymaz Valley | CC BY 2.0 The war on Iraq won’t be remembered for how it was waged so much as for how it was sold. It was a propaganda war, a war of perception management, where loaded phrases, such as “weapons of mass destruction” and “rogue […]
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows New Military Operations Into Eastern Syria And Sinjar, Iraq
Turkey’s Erdogan Vows New Military Operations Into Eastern Syria And Sinjar, Iraq Following Turkey’s two-month long invasion of Northern Syria and subsequent takeover of the predominantly Kurdish town of Afrin, the logical question that remains is: what ‘s next for the ‘Mad Sultan’ Erdogan? President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Sunday victory speech didn’t lack for the […]
What Results When U.S. Invades a Country
What Results When U.S. Invades a Country The U.S. Government certainly leads the world in invasions and coups. In recent years, it has invaded and occupied — either by military assault or by coup, but in either case followed by installing (or trying to install) a new regime there — a number of countries, especially […]
We Should Listen to the Iraqi Parliament
We Should Listen to the Iraqi Parliament This month marks the 15th anniversary of the US war on Iraq. The “shock and awe” attack was launched based on “stove-piped” intelligence fed from the CIA and Pentagon through an uncritical and compliant US mainstream media. The US media was a willing accomplice to this crime of […]
How the US Establishment Lies Through Its Teeth, for War Against Russia
How the US Establishment Lies Through Its Teeth, for War Against Russia The same people, Republicans and Democrats, who lied through their teeth for an invasion of Iraq in 2003, are doing it again for an invasion of Russia, sometime soon, so as to ‘defend’ ‘democracy’. The US has by now swallowed up virtually all lands surrounding Russia, at […]
Dancing to US Tune: NATO Creates Military Schengen and Launches Iraq Mission
Dancing to US Tune: NATO Creates Military Schengen and Launches Iraq Mission The NATO defense chiefs’ meeting on February 14-15 was mainly devoted to sharing the defense burden and other issues routinely discussed at any event. As usual, there were turgid speeches with opaque meaning to leave one guessing what’s really behind those nice words. In fact, […]
Man Who Sold America the Iraq War Just Warned Iran Is Next, but Is Anyone Listening?
Man Who Sold America the Iraq War Just Warned Iran Is Next, but Is Anyone Listening? (ANTIMEDIA) — Fifteen years after the calamitous U.S. invasion of Iraq, an architect of the propaganda used to drum up support for the war is warning that it’s happening again — this time with Iran. Lawrence Wilkerson, who was chief of […]
9/11 Was the Excuse for an Already Planned Invasion of Iraq
9/11 Was the Excuse for an Already Planned Invasion of Iraq 9/11 was the neoconservatives’ “New Pearl Harbor,” the excuse the neoconservatives said they needed to launch Washington’s invasions of the Middle East. As General Wesley Clark told us, the plan was seven countries in five years. The plan had nothing to do with “weapons […]
Lie After Lie: What Colin Powell Knew About Iraq 15 Years Ago and What He Told the U.N.
Photo: Thomas Monaster/NY Daily News Archive/ Getty Images LIE AFTER LIE: WHAT COLIN POWELL KNEW ABOUT IRAQ 15 YEARS AGO AND WHAT HE TOLD THE U.N. COLIN POWELL DELIVERED his presentation making the case for war with Iraq at the United Nations 15 years ago, on February 5, 2003. As much criticism as Powell received for this — […]
