Is Trump Starting His Own War, Finally?
Making Sense of Trump’s Foreign Policy
Back to the USSR: How to Read Western News
Israeli Criminality, Hubris in Syria Invites Catastrophe
Israel’s reckless flouting of international law and its taunting of enemies may be just the kind of hubris that precedes a catastrophic fall.
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‘The Ultimate Showdown’: Pompeo’s Cairo Speech Reflects the Gathering Schism at Home
Most people in the Middle East were perplexed. Not surprisingly – they have little experience of American evangelical ‘Rapture’ politics.
Pompeo the Warmonger Supports Authoritarian Regimes
Pompeo wants “democratic governance and human rights” in Venezuela, Cuba, and Nicaragua. Why not in Oman, Jordan and Kuwait?
‘The People’ Know What They Want and Just Might Get It – Good and Hard
A survey of nations in what was once known quaintly as the Free World shows some of them engaged in what could best be described as a cold civil war.
A Convenient Killing of US Troops in Syria
It would be naive to not suspect that the CIA could have pulled off a false flag in Manbij, Finian Cunningham writes.
US Blows Up INF... Another Move Towards Downfall
The American political class think they know it all. They don’t know anything. American stupid arrogance is their own downfall.
Lebanon’s Political Deadlock Is as Much About a Failure of EU Diplomacy as It Is About Corruption Amongst Its Elite
Diplomacy and governance is dying in Washington, London and Paris. In Lebanon, we were all late for the funeral.
From the Barracks to the Courtroom: US ‘Lawfare’ in Action
Pro-democracy forces should worry about armies of judges and lawyers armed with nothing more than constitutional provisions and criminal codes stretched to the point of incredulity.
Final Steps in Syria's Successful Struggle for Peace and Sovereignty
Syria is returning to normality, without forgetting which and how many countries have conspired and acted directly against the Syrians for over seven years.
American ‘Liberal’ Delusions on Trump
How is getting rid of Trump supposed to be a return to “normal democracy” when that “normal democracy” is a myth, a fantasy belied by massive poverty, inequality and oppression?
Pompeo Turns Reality Upside Down
By asserting a “force for good” mandate, Pompeo was actually telling all the autocratic regimes in the Middle East that they can do whatever they want as long as they hate Iran.
Warning! Masculinity Is Hazardous to Men’s Health, Says American Psychological Association
In reality, the ones who are in need of serious guidelines are the so-called medical professionals – in cahoots with the media industry and drug makers.
Brexit Fears Have British Establishment Panicking
Hard Brexit, plus the Yellow Vests uniting across borders and EU parliamentary elections which bring a Euroskeptic to power spells complete doom for the EU.
`Good fences make good neighbors,’ wrote American poet Robert Frost. But not according to President Donald Trump whose proposed Great Wall is supposed to protect the nation from hordes of rabid, murderous, drug crazed rapists and unwhites from south of the border.
The FBI has too much power and far too unforgivable a history to be permitted to control the reigns of the nation with the most powerful military force in the history of civilization. Get rid of it and move in a healthy direction.
This week's fatal attack was a calculated event designed to sow chaos amid American withdrawal. And the Blob is responding predictably.
Trump’s Pentagon is reviving ideas that were abandoned after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, including weapons that can shoot down missiles from space and high energy lasers that can destroy missiles shortly after they are launched, the so-called boost phase.
Newly released documents show that the U.S. has been secretly training airmen from the United Arab Emirates (UAE ), a major partner in the Saudi-led coalition that is waging war on the poorest nation in the Middle East.
As the US-led world crumbles, it looks like Russia is patiently biding its time to become the security guarantor and kingmaker of Asia-Europe trade. A possible state of affairs wrought more by American inanity rather than Russian ingenuity.
