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PATRICK LAWRENCE: Empire with a Human Face
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Empire with a Human Face The Biden people are unlikely to speak of a new cold war with China, but they appear likely to wage one all dressed up as a sophisticated trans–Pacific strategy. A portion of China’s Great Wall at dawn. (Hao Wei, Flickr, CC BY 2.0) Those boneheaded Trump people explained […]
US Expands Nord Stream 2 Sanctions As Germany Vows Pipeline Completion “Not If, But When”
US Expands Nord Stream 2 Sanctions As Germany Vows Pipeline Completion “Not If, But When” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has long vowed he’ll “do everything” to stop Nord Stream 2, last month indicating the US is building a coalition of countries to fight against it, given Washington sees it as a massive compromise to Russia, giving it […]
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable?
Is War With China Becoming Inevitable? Tensions are rising between the U.S. and China, as the list of ideological, political and economic clashes continues to lengthen. And there is a transparent new reality: China seems in no mood to back down. “The Indians are seeing 60,000 Chinese soldiers on their northern border,” Secretary of State […]
US believes Russia was behind killing of dozens of Turkish soldiers in Syria
US believes Russia was behind killing of dozens of Turkish soldiers in Syria BEIRUT, LEBANON (12:30 P.M.) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that he believed that the Russian military was behind the killing of dozens of Turkish soldiers during an attack in Idlib earlier this month. According to statement from […]
Pompeo Tells Israel It Has “Fundamental Right” To Attack Iranian Targets In The Region
Pompeo Tells Israel It Has “Fundamental Right” To Attack Iranian Targets In The Region “Our administration’s been very clear,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told The Jerusalem Post in an exclusive Friday interview, published on Sunday. “Israel has the fundamental right to engage in activity that ensures the security of its people. It’s at the very core of what […]
The CIA’s Dark Prince Doesn’t Want War With Iran
The CIA’s Dark Prince Doesn’t Want War With Iran Two comments last week highlight the dangerous security impasse in which Iran and the U.S. find themselves. The first was from Iran’s spiritual leader, the Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, that maritime security will remain at risk if its oil exports continue to be compromised. The second […]
Ceasefire On The Rocks? Trump Sanctions Chinese Firm For Importing Iranian Crude
Ceasefire On The Rocks? Trump Sanctions Chinese Firm For Importing Iranian Crude A huge escalatory step in the US-led economic war on Tehran and its global oil exports, and amid continued trade tensions with Beijing: the US State Department said Monday the US will impose new sanctions against a Chinese company for transporting Iranian crude in contravention […]
Tomgram: Michael Klare, It’s Always the Oil
Tomgram: Michael Klare, It’s Always the Oil What more did you need to know once Secretary of State Mike Pompeo insisted that a suicide bombing in Kabul, Afghanistan, claimed by the Taliban, was Iranian-inspired or plotted, one “in a series of attacks instigated by the Islamic Republic of Iran and its surrogates against American and allied interests”? […]
Ten Minutes to War
Ten Minutes to War Donald Trump pulled back from igniting a potentially disastrous war in the Persian Gulf on Thursday night with just 10 minutes to spare, but the super-hawks he surrounded himself with will probably try again, writes Joe Lauria. The commander-in-chief acted like one, if only briefly, on Thursday night when he said […]
Pompeo To Present Military “Options” To Trump As Iran Threatens Carriers With “Precision” Ballistic Missiles
Pompeo To Present Military “Options” To Trump As Iran Threatens Carriers With “Precision” Ballistic Missiles Echoing prior comments from Tehran’s leaders that a US aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf would set the stage fora “shooting gallery,” the commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned Tuesday that its ballistic missiles are capable of hitting “carriers […]
Trump Says Tanker Attack Has “Iran Written All Over It” As Tehran Slams US “False Flag”
Trump Says Tanker Attack Has “Iran Written All Over It” As Tehran Slams US “False Flag” Iran has slammed what it’s mission to the United Nations said are “unfounded and reckless” claims put forth yesterday by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accusing Iran of conducting the “blatant” attack on two international oil tankers in the Gulf […]
Behold the Breathtaking Weakness of the Empire!
Behold the Breathtaking Weakness of the Empire! The Empire has suffered painful defeats in Afghanistan and Iraq, but one has to admit that these are “tough” countries to crack. The Empire also appears to have lost control of Libya, but that is another complex country which is very hard to control. We also saw all […]
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US Moves on Iran’s Oil Market as an Expression of an Irrational Foreign Policy
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The US Moves on Iran’s Oil Market as an Expression of an Irrational Foreign Policy Patrick Lawrence gauges the backfiring potential of Pompeo’s withdrawal on Thursday of U.S. sanction waivers from eight major importers. A Decisive Defeat in Long-Running Battle with Foreign Policy Minders Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s announcement last week that […]
Trump Kicks the Sanctions Can on Iran Oil
Trump Kicks the Sanctions Can on Iran Oil Sanctions on Iran have failed. The weakness of the U.S. position in the oil markets is now complete. Donald Trump’s Energy Dominance strategy has failed. The announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (R – The Eschaton) that no more sanctions waivers will be granted to importers […]
Pompeo Demands Moscow “Cease Unconstructive Behavior” In Venezuela
Pompeo Demands Moscow “Cease Unconstructive Behavior” In Venezuela As we predicted a number of times before, a proxy war between Russia and the United States appears now heating up in Venezuela — this after over the weekend Russia sent a military transport plane filled with Russian troops commanded by First Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Land Forces of Russia Gen. Vasily Tonkoshkurov, which landed in Caracas […]
