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War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It?
War Is On The Horizon: Is It Too Late To Stop It? One lesson from military history is that once mobilization for war begins, it takes on a momentum of its own and is uncontrollable. This might be what is occuring unrecognized before our eyes. In his September 28 speech at the 70th Anniversity of […]
Former Defense Secretary Warns US is Pushing Towards Nuclear Apocalypse
Former Defense Secretary Warns US is Pushing Towards Nuclear Apocalypse The United States is on the brink of a new nuclear arms race that will elevate the risk of nuclear apocalypse to Cold War levels, former Secretary of Defense William Perry warned on Thursday. Perry, who from 1994 to 1997 served as Pentagon chief under President Bill Clinton, delivered his remarks at an event hosted by the Defense Writers […]
Fourth Turning–Our Rendezvous With Destiny
FOURTH TURNING – OUR RENDEZVOUS WITH DESTINY We are now in the seventh year of this Fourth Turning. A famous quote from the seventh year of the last Fourth Turning portended the desperate, bloody and ultimately heroic trials and tribulations which awaited generations of our ancestors. What will be our rendezvous with destiny? “There is a […]
The Collision Course in Syria
The Collision Course in Syria Exclusive: President Obama’s continued insistence on “regime change” in Syria and his support for Sunni jihadists not called ISIS have escalated tensions with Moscow, especially after Turkey shot down a Russian warplane along the Syrian border. This division may help only the extremists, writes Daniel Lazare. With Turkey downing a Russian […]
Drone terror: Welcome to the barbarism of ‘civilisation’
Drone terror: Welcome to the barbarism of ‘civilisation’ Mass murder is fine as long we are the ones doing the killing to stop other people killing us Terrorists like to believe they are committing mass murder for a noble political cause. Islamic State (IS) acolytes believe they are fighting against the evil “Crusader” states of […]
War is Likely After Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet, Ignores Putin’s Warning
War is Likely After Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet, Ignores Putin’s Warning It seems like full-blown war is only two seconds away with the wicked brew boiling in the Middle East. The latest? Turkey shot down a Russian warplane near the Turkish-Syrian border yesterday, claiming it did so after the plane violated Turkish airspace and […]
Why We’re Sliding Towards World War
Why We’re Sliding Towards World War Why Now? Paul Craig Roberts – former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under President Reagan, former editor of the Wall Street Journal, listed by Who’s Who in America as one of the 1,000 most influential political thinkers in the world, PhD economist – wrote an article about the build […]
Limits of Liberal War Opposition
Limits of Liberal War Opposition Robert Reich’s website is full of proposals for how to oppose plutocracy, raise the minimum wage, reverse the trend toward greater inequality of wealth, etc. His focus on domestic economic policy is done in the traditional bizarre manner of U.S. liberals in which virtually no mention is ever made of the 54% […]
Is David Brooks Pushing For Another Vietnam?
Is David Brooks Pushing For Another Vietnam? A few years ago, New York Times columnist David Brooks wanted the U.S. government to wave its magic wand and turn the Syrian civil war into a Vietnam for Iran: We should be trying to turn the Syrian civil war into Iran’s Vietnam. We should make them waste money and effort trying […]
How you were tricked into supporting the war in Syria
How you were tricked into supporting the war in Syria Washington, DC (TFC) – Those who don’t understand history are doomed to repeat it, those that do understand are doomed to watch in horror while everyone else repeats it. The run up to overthrowing President Assad of Syria was occurring before The Fifth Column existed. I covered it […]
The Left and Right Must Stop the Establishment’s Perpetual War Machine
The Left and Right Must Stop the Establishment’s Perpetual War Machine In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, some of us tried to raise questions of U.S. foreign policy. I got my mic cut on O’Reilly’s show. Others got far worse — a friend basically felt he had to move out of his neighborhood he was […]
The Onion Predicted All Of This Back in 2003
The Onion Predicted All Of This Back in 2003 “George W. Bush may think that a war against Iraq is the solution to our problems, but the reality is, it will only serve to create far more,” read a 2003 article on The Onion a week after then-President George Bush launched the Iraq War. While a […]
Meet the Institution Most Intent on Destroying American Freedom – (*Hint: It’s Not ISIS)
Meet the Institution Most Intent on Destroying American Freedom – (*Hint: It’s Not ISIS) In time of actual war, great discretionary powers are constantly given to the Executive Magistrate. Constant apprehension of War, has the same tendency to render the head too large for the body. A standing military force, with an overgrown Executive will […]
“France Is At War”: Hollande Unleashes 2nd Day Of ISIS Strikes, Mobilizes 115,000, Moves To Change Constitution
“France Is At War”: Hollande Unleashes 2nd Day Of ISIS Strikes, Mobilizes 115,000, Moves To Change Constitution France, still reeling from the carnage that unfolded in the streets of Paris last Friday, conducted dozens upon dozens of police raids on Tuesday, after more than 160 similar operations carried out on Monday led to the discovery […]
