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Trump’s Neocon Conversion and the Syrian 180
Trump’s Neocon Conversion and the Syrian 180 You have to feel a little sorry for the folks who voted for Trump expecting him to live up to his promise to bring the troops home and stop killing people. On Thursday Trump cleared up any doubt about his neocon conversion. Once again he made his supporters—or those […]
Trump Seeks Congressional Funding for 60,000-Man Army to Overthrow Assad
Trump Seeks Congressional Funding for 60,000-Man Army to Overthrow Assad ISIS, or ISIL, or Islamic State, has been almost completely defeated in Syria, but the U.S. Department of Defense is requesting an increase instead of a decrease in funding to support “Vetted Syrian Opposition,” or fighters in Syria against Syria’s Government, and it refers to […]
US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think
US New Moves: War with Iran May Be Much Closer Than We Think The US does not intend to end or even curtail its military presence in Iraq (as well as Syria) after the defeat of the Islamic State. It is planning to turn Iraq into a major theater of confrontation with Iran. There are […]
How the U.K. Prosecuted a Student on Terrorism Charges for Downloading a Book
Photo: Ryan Gallagher HOW THE U.K. PROSECUTED A STUDENT ON TERRORISM CHARGES FOR DOWNLOADING A BOOK ON THE FIRST DAY of the trial, Josh Walker wore a long navy jacket, a white shirt, beige pants, and black shoes. He stood outside the courthouse clutching a cigarette and shivering slightly in the cold morning air. “I’m […]
Russia Accuses U.S. Of “Pretending To Fight ISIS”
Russia Accuses U.S. Of “Pretending To Fight ISIS” Russia has once again accused the US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria of facilitating the entry of Islamic State terrorists into Syria in order to hinder the advance of the Syrian Army and its allies. On Tuesday Russia’s defense ministry accused the US of merely “pretending” to […]
One More Casualty Of The 9/11 Farce – The Petrodollar
One More Casualty Of The 9/11 Farce – The Petrodollar It’s been about 15 years now since passenger airliners struck the World Trade Center towers on 9/11, and we are still suffering the consequences of that day, though perhaps not in the ways many Americans might believe. The 9/11 attacks were billed by the Bush […]
Affairs of State
Affairs of State Insulting Mr. Erdoğan Can Be Dangerous Most of our readers are probably aware by now that the German government finds itself in a rather awkward situation over its relations with Turkey’s government again – with which the EU has just struck a widely criticized and very expensive deal to help it stem the flood […]
Is the US trying to destroy ISIS?
Is the US trying to destroy ISIS? Someone asked me to find war lies during the past few years. Perhaps they had in mind the humanitarian pretenses around attacking Libya in 2011 and Iraq in 2014, or the false claims about chemical weapons in 2013, or the lies about an airplane in Ukraine or the […]
Syrian Elections Prove Again That Washington And Its Presstitutes Lie Through Their Teeth
Syrian Elections Prove Again That Washington And Its Presstitutes Lie Through Their Teeth Today (April 14) Syria held parliamentary elections at 7,000 polling stations, keeping the voting open an extra five hours to accommodate the massive turnout. All were allowed to vote, even displaced Syrians from the two provinces still terrorized by Washington and Israeli […]
Duping Progressives into Wars
Duping Progressives into Wars The online advocacy group, Avaaz, has pulled progressives into support of U.S. “humanitarian” wars in Libya and Syria by promoting sweet-sounding ideas like “no-fly zones,” as John Hanrahan explains. In a recent two-part series in The New York Times laid out in detail the pivotal role that then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton played in President Obama’s decision […]
Stéphane Dion approves export permits for $11B in LAVs to be sent to Saudi Arabia
Stéphane Dion approves export permits for $11B in LAVs to be sent to Saudi Arabia Documents say past sales have not been linked to violations of civil or political rights in the kingdom Documents obtained by CBC News are shedding light on the strategy the federal government is using to justify the sale of light […]
NATO as a War-Racket
NATO as a War-Racket NATO Causes Refugees, Then Uses Them As Excuse for More Invasions NATO is the anti-Russia military club of nations, even after the communist Soviet Union and its military club against the U.S., the Warsaw Pact, ended in 1991 — NATO didn’t reciprocate that by ending itself, as it should have done […]
Blowback Denial, Climate Denial, and Apocalypse
Blowback Denial, Climate Denial, and Apocalypse Last week Donald Trump suggested something Bernie Sanders would never dare: getting rid of NATO. I took some time to read people’s comments and tweets online about it, and a huge number seemed to believe that NATO and the U.S. military have been performing a service for Europe, and […]
A European PATRIOT Act Will Not Keep People Safe
A European PATRIOT Act Will Not Keep People Safe It was not long after last week’s horrifying bombings in Brussels that the so-called security experts were out warning that Europeans must give up more of their liberty so government can keep them secure from terrorism. I guess people are not supposed to notice that every […]
Bombshell: King Of Jordan Blames Turkey For Terror In Europe, Says Israel “Looks Other Way” On Al-Qaeda
Bombshell: King Of Jordan Blames Turkey For Terror In Europe, Says Israel “Looks Other Way” On Al-Qaeda When Vladimir Putin told the world that ISIS gets a significant portion of its funding by selling oil to Turkey, he had just finished meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah. The King is no stranger to confronting the jihadists. […]
