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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 […]
Blowback—–The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost
Blowback—–The Washington War Party’s Folly Comes Home To Roost Exactly 26 years ago last week, peace was breaking out in a manner that the world had not experienced since June 1914. The Berlin Wall—-the symbol of a century of state tyranny, grotesque mass warfare and the nuclear sword of Damocles hanging over the planet—-had come tumbling down […]
Widespread Terrorism Is Just Part Of The Perfect Storm That Is Now Descending On The Western World
Widespread Terrorism Is Just Part Of The Perfect Storm That Is Now Descending On The Western World Words cannot adequately describe the utter horror that was unleashed on the streets of Paris, France on Friday. CNN is calling it “the worst violence witnessed in France since World War II“, and even though it happened a […]
The Grand Finale: “World War III Will Be A Fight Over Basic Human Needs – Food and Other Commodities”
The Grand Finale: “World War III Will Be A Fight Over Basic Human Needs – Food and Other Commodities” As political tensions heat up it is becoming clear that the world’s super powers are vying for control of resources like oil, water, metals and food. And though developed nations have thus far avoided any significant clashes […]
Putin & Military Establishment
Putin & Military Establishment The strategy of the Obama Administration regarding Russia and foreign affairs has been a total disaster. They have achieved quite remarkably in bringing back the Cold War and placing the world at risk all for their power-plays that American citizens are ignorant about. This issue in Syria illustrates how once politicians […]
Washington prepares for World War III
Washington prepares for World War III The US military-intelligence complex is engaged in systematic preparations for World War III. As far as the Pentagon is concerned, a military conflict with China and/or Russia is inevitable, and this prospect has become the driving force of its tactical and strategic planning. Three congressional hearings Tuesday demonstrated this […]
Dear Fellow Americans: Do You Have Any Idea What’s Being Done In Your Name In Syria?
Dear Fellow Americans: Do You Have Any Idea What’s Being Done In Your Name In Syria? Americans have some vague understanding that the U.S. wants Syria’s Assad to go, while Russia wants him to stay. And Americans know that the U.S. “war against ISIS” hasn’t done much, while the Russians have been pounding Syrian targets […]
