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Fallout from Reagan’s Afghan War
Fallout from Reagan’s Afghan War In the 1980s, President Reagan funded and armed Islamic fundamentalists to defeat a Soviet-backed secular regime in Afghanistan. Now, one of those ex-U.S. clients is throwing his support behind the brutal Islamic State, a lesson about geopolitical expediency, writes ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar. In a blast from the past in […]
Framing Iran: Thomas Friedman’s War Wish
Framing Iran: Thomas Friedman’s War Wish Thomas Friedman, the New York Times op-ed-page representative of the foreign-policy elite, is unhappy with how the soon-to-be-completed Iran nuclear talks are going. He says President Obama, like his predecessor George W. Bush, hasn’t been tough enough. Obama holds all the cards, Friedman says, but somehow the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dictating […]
Someone Pull The Plug or This Will End in War
Someone Pull The Plug or This Will End in War I was going to write up on the uselessness of Angela Merkel, given that she said on this week that “giving in to Greece could ‘blow apart’ the euro”, and it’s the 180º other way around; it’s the consistent refusal to allow any leniency towards […]
The Anglo-American empire is preparing for resource war
The Anglo-American empire is preparing for resource war The control of resources remains a core factor in US considerations for sustaining global US hegemony in the face of rising geopolitical influence of its major rivals Last week, the US Joint Chiefs of Staff released the new National Military Strategy of the United States of America, 2015. The […]
Wikipedia as Propaganda Not History — MH17 as An Example
Wikipedia as Propaganda Not History — MH17 as An Example Wikipedia articles are more propaganda than they are historical accounts. And, often, their cited sources are misleading, or even false. On 15 August 2007, the BBC headlined “Wikipedia Shows CIA Page Edits,” and Jonathan Fildes reported that, “An online tool that claims to reveal the identity of […]
The Pope’s Letter: Neoliberalism and Fukushima
The Pope’s Letter: Neoliberalism and Fukushima Japan’s Social Disintegration Japanese sociologist and Tokyo Metropolitan University professor, Shinji Miyadai argues that European nations progressed from the communal self-governance of food to the communal self-governance of energy after World War II. Miyadai compares Europe’s post-war developments with those of post-war Japan in his article entitled ‘Pitfalls of […]
Still Waiting for USS Liberty’s Truth
Still Waiting for USS Liberty’s Truth Exclusive: During the Six-Day War in 1967, Israeli warplanes and warships tried to sink the USS Liberty, killing 34 of the spy ship’s crew. Afterwards, U.S. and Israeli officials excused the attack as an unfortunate mistake and covered up evidence of willful murder, as ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern explains. Israel’s […]
“The US Needs War Every 4 Years To Maintain Economic Growth”
“The US Needs War Every 4 Years To Maintain Economic Growth” “This is not a secret,” explains Kris Roman, director of geopolitical research center Euro-Rus, “The whole [US] economy is built on the military theme: to maintain its economic growth, the United States needs a war every 4 years, otherwise the economic growth slows down.” The Belgian […]
Not Learning from Mideast Mistakes
Not Learning from Mideast Mistakes Exclusive: The neocon strategy of “regime change” has proved financially costly and strategically disastrous – setting almost the entire Middle East on fire – but almost no lessons have been learned, no accountability assessed, and no relevant questions asked, writes ex-U.S. diplomat William R. Polk. Apparently, the United States, perhaps Great Britain […]
The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World
The Pentagon’s “2015 Strategy” For Ruling the World On Wednesday, the Pentagon released its 2015 National Military Strategy, a 24-page blueprint for ruling the world through military force. While the language in the report is subtler and less incendiary than similar documents in the past, the determination to unilaterally pursue US interests through extreme violence […]
Are the American Youth Ready for Conscription?
Are the American Youth Ready for Conscription? The shining future that America once had is all but a page note in the history books now. Record unemployment, failed foreign policies and domestic strife is the new normal. And how is the brain trust in DC going to solve these problems? National service for all 18 – to 28-year-olds! All across the land, […]
An American Civil War Means Food Riots and Starvation
An American Civil War Means Food Riots and Starvation One of the consequences of an American civil war would be a worldwide food shortage for many years. The disruption of the agricultural sector of the American economy during a nationwide war would virtually eliminate the tons of food exported to other nations from the U.S. A […]
The Mood On The Ground In Greece: “Some Have Raised The Prospect Of Civil War”
The Mood On The Ground In Greece: “Some Have Raised The Prospect Of Civil War” Earlier today, John O’Connell, CEO of Davis Rea, spoke to Canada’s BNN from what may be Greece’s top tourist attraction, the island of Santorini, to give a sense of the “mood on the ground.” Not surprisingly, his feedback was that, at […]
Europe’s Complicity in Evil
Europe’s Complicity in Evil Sovereignty or Imperialism? On September 5, 2009 I addressed an international conference in Austria on the subject of Europe’s subordination to the US and, thus, the absence of any constructive criticism of US foreign and domestic policies. Karel van Wolferen, whose website is http://www.karelvanwolferen.com, kindly reminded me of my address to the […]
