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The Neocon Full Court Press For War is Here
The Neocon Full Court Press For War is Here The events of the past two weeks have been stunning. Since Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled new ‘doomsday’ weapon systems at his State of the Union address, the West has gone completely bonkers. In the words of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, ““I simply don’t have any […]
“I hope for Goldman Sachs’ bankruptcy”: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game
PHOTO: DAN CALLISTER/REX “I hope for Goldman Sachs’ bankruptcy”: Nassim Nicholas Taleb on Skin in the Game In Taleb’s universe, the fieriest circle of hell is reserved for bankers and neoconservatives. Nassim Nicholas Taleb is an intellectual brawler, a philosophical pugilist. His new book, Skin in the Game, put me in mind of the final scene […]
The Neoconservatives Have Declared War on the Realists
The Neoconservatives Have Declared War on the Realists In recent years, I’ve increasingly suspected that when it comes to foreign policy, the realists offer some of the most sane observations. These suspicions were confirmed earlier this year when after the election of Donald Trump, John Mearsheimer, one of modern realism’s current standard bearers, wrote in […]
Why WWIII Is On The Horizon
Why WWIII Is On The Horizon The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 gave birth to a dangerous American ideology called neoconservativism. The Soviet Union had served as a constraint on US unilateral action. With the removal of this constraint on Washington, neoconservatives declared their agenda of US world hegemony. America was now the […]
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth
The Neoconservatives’ Hegemonic Goal Of Making Sovereign Countries Extinct Is Bringing Instead The Extinction Of Planet Earth My warning that the neoconservatives have resurrected the threat of nuclear Armageddon, which was removed by Reagan and Gorbachev, is also being given by Noam Chomsky, former US Secretary of Defense William Perry, and other sentient observers of […]
Neocons Falsify Iraq War ‘Lessons’
Neocons Falsify Iraq War ‘Lessons’ Having escaped accountability for the Iraq War disaster, U.S. neocons are urging the use of more military force in the Mideast, in line with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s demand to block the Iran nuclear deal. From their important perches of power, these war hawks also twist the history of their […]
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 […]
Propaganda Reigns In The West: Guest Post by Vladimir Putin
Propaganda Reigns In The West: Guest Post by Vladimir Putin The lies about Russia and Russia’s president have grown so thick, threatening the world with devastating war, that distinguished Americans have formed the American Committee for East-West Accord. The members of the founding board are former US senator Bill Bradley, Amb. Jack Matlock who was […]
