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The Struggle Is The Meaning 318
The Struggle Is The Meaning 318 There is no conceivable interest of the ordinary people of the Western world being served by the crazed decision of their governments to firmly take the Sunni side in the Sunni/Shia tensions of the Islamic world, and to do so in a fashion which deliberately exacerbates points of armed conflict […]
Leaked Pentagon Plan Calls For 120,000 Troops To Counter Iran
Leaked Pentagon Plan Calls For 120,000 Troops To Counter Iran As Michael Pompeo travels to Brussels to discuss the Iranian threat amid a flare-up in tensions that has brought the US to the brink of an armed conflict, the New York Times has published details from a confidential military plan presented to top national security […]
THE COMING MIDDLE EAST OIL CRISIS: The Collapse Of Net Oil Exports
THE COMING MIDDLE EAST OIL CRISIS: The Collapse Of Net Oil Exports The Middle East is heading for a crisis in its oil industry. Unfortunately, the market doesn’t realize there is any danger on the horizon because it mainly focuses on how much oil the Middle East is producing rather than its exports. You see, […]
Will US Troops Be At Greater Risk After Tit-For-Tat ‘Terrorist Org’ Designations With Iran?
Will US Troops Be At Greater Risk After Tit-For-Tat ‘Terrorist Org’ Designations With Iran? Following the US decision to designate Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps as a terrorist organization, and Iran’s decision to do the same with US Central Command in response, Russia’s RT has suggested that the escalation in tensions may put American troops at greater […]
Trump – Israel – Putin – Middle East
Trump – Israel – Putin – Middle East The interesting aspect of our war models has been that this cycle turned up in 2014 and we really do not reach the point of a major peak before 2022/2023. Back in 2015, we published a segment on the rising tensions that would emerge in the Middle […]
Moving Forward, Iran Outflanks the U.S. in Iraq and Beyond
Moving Forward, Iran Outflanks the U.S. in Iraq and Beyond Iran has successfully navigated the first phase of its resistance to U.S. sanctions pressure. The U.S. State Department has admitted it’s goal of reducing Iran’s oil exports to zero is not feasible. The goal now is a 25% drop to 800,000 barrel per day. And […]
Saudi Arabia Is the World’s Top Arms Buyer
Saudi Arabia Is the World’s Top Arms Buyer Saudis increased purchases 192% over five years Jason Ditz Posted on March 10, 2019Categories NewsTags Saudi Arabia Most reports on international arms sales focus on the biggest sellers. That inevitably means the United States, the largest exporter by far in the growing market. You can’t have sales without buyers, however, and that […]
Another War for Oil on the Agenda? Thank Ted Cruz
Another War for Oil on the Agenda? Thank Ted Cruz Very important identical bills were introduced in the U.S. Senate and House in late February, but you’ve likely not heard of them – even though they could literally blow up the Middle East and take the world much closer to World War III. On February […]
Dollar Hegemony, Again
Dollar Hegemony, Again The United States Entity lost the war in Iraq. That fact determines the Entity’s position in the Middle East today. After having destroyed Saddam’s army and dispossessing the Sunnis in favor of the Shi’ites, after Abu Ghraib and it’s indelible pictures, after the total destruction of Fallujah, in short after a victory […]
What If They Started a War and No One Showed Up?
What If They Started a War and No One Showed Up? The humiliation of United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Warsaw last week was a good thing. The ancient Greeks, exercising their demonstrated ability to synthesize defining characteristics, had a word for it: hubris. Hubris is when one develops an extreme and unreasonable […]
Netanyanu Tweets Then Quickly Deletes He Is Seeking “War With Iran”
Netanyanu Tweets Then Quickly Deletes He Is Seeking “War With Iran” During the middle of the day Wednesday the official verified twitter account for the Prime Minister of Israel stated that PM Benjamin Netanyahu was in Warsaw attending the US-led Middle East summit with an aim to “advance the common interest of war with Iran.” It was tweeted in a thread focused […]
Pompeo, the U.S. and Iran
Pompeo, the U.S. and Iran The United States’ international windbag, Secretary of Defense (read: War) Mike Pompeo has been acting the imperial blowhard throughout the Middle East. With his boss busy denying that he’s a Russian agent, watching advisors and cabinet members come and go with dizzying alacrity, and dodging porn-star accusations, Pompeo is trotting […]
Turkey Dismisses Trump’s Threat To Devastate Economy Over Kurds
Turkey Dismisses Trump’s Threat To Devastate Economy Over Kurds Turkey has brushed off a Sunday threat by President Trump to “devastate” them economically if they attack the Kurdish militia (YPG) in northern Syria, which US forces have fought alongside against the Islamic State (IS). Turkey regards the YPG as terrorists. ✔ Starting the long overdue […]
Embarrassing Speeches: Signs of a Dying Empire
Embarrassing Speeches: Signs of a Dying Empire “What are you reading my lord?” — Polonius “Words.” — Hamlet Something has changed in U.S. politics. And it may finally signal something changing for the better. Since the announcement (but no real follow through) to end our military involvement in Syria what passes for our statesmen — […]
Trump Walks Back Syria Pullout As Noose Tightens
Trump Walks Back Syria Pullout As Noose Tightens If anyone still thinks that Donald Trump has some master plan to kill off his Deep State adversaries they should check themselves into therapy. I know withdrawal is hard, but admitting you have a problem is the first step to curing it. He doesn’t have a plan. […]
