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Turkish Invasion Pits Neocons Against Traditional Imperialists
US foreign policy in the Middle East is not merely adrift, it is in a state of severe crisis. Even as Turkish tanks and warplanes continue to pound US allies in northwestern Syria (The Kurds), powerbrokers in the White House and the Pentagon are unable to settle on a way forward. → Read More
Will Trump Use “Human Rights” to Kill the Iran Nukes Deal?
In a matter of days, Donald Trump will have the chance to scuttle the Iranian Nuclear agreement, a transaction that Trump has called “the worst deal ever.” → Read More
Why the Democrats Will Run Michele Obama in 2020
The path forward for the Democrats is clear. They need to accept responsibility for their humiliating defeat to Donald Trump and move on. That means they n → Read More
Cowboy’s Boss Draws a Line in Sand: “Stand for Anthem or Else”
Do employers have the right to force their employees to participate in ritual displays of patriotism? Many people think they do. Many people think that own → Read More
Where’s the Beef? The Senate Intel Committee and Russia
The Senate Intelligence Committee has made it clear that it is not conducting an open and independent investigation of alleged Russian hacking, but making a determined effort to support a theory that was presented in the January 6, 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment. Committee Chairman Senator Richard Burr (R-N.C.) admitted as much in a press conference last Wednesday when he said: “We feel… → Read More
What the Media isn’t Telling You About North Korea’s Missile Tests
For the last three weeks, Japan, South Korea and the US have been engaged in large-scale joint-military drills on Hokkaido Island and in South Korea. These needlessly provocative war games are designed to simulate an invasion of North Korea and a “decapitation” operation to remove (Re: Kill) the regime. North Korea’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-un has asked the US repeatedly to end these military… → Read More
The Syrian Nightmare: No End in Sight
On June 10, the Syrian Army blitzed across an arid stretch of countryside in southeastern Syria to reach the Iraqi border for the first time in three years. The move, which caught US war-planners off guard, prevents US-backed rebels from moving north from al Tanf to join the fight against ISIS in Raqqa and Deir Ezzor. More important, the move makes it impossible for Washington to achieve its… → Read More
Rosenstein and Mueller: the Regime Change Tag-Team
Let’s say you own a big US corporation but need help managing your domestic accounts. So you hire a bright, young man named Bruno who just graduate → Read More
Seth Rich, Craig Murray and the Sinister Stewards of the National Security State
Why is it a “conspiracy theory” to think that a disgruntled Democratic National Committee staffer gave WikiLeaks the DNC emails, but not a conspiracy theo → Read More
The Problem is Washington, Not North Korea
Washington has never made any effort to conceal its contempt for North Korea. In the 64 years since the war ended, the US has done everything in its power to punish, humiliate and inflict pain on the Communist country. Washington has subjected the DPRK to starvation, prevented its government from accessing foreign capital and markets, strangled its economy with crippling economic sanctions, and… → Read More
Wall Street Kicks Off 2016 With a Faceplant
2016 started with a thud on Monday when news from China sent global stocks into freefall. The Shanghai index plunged 242 points before a system-wide circui → Read More
Putin’s Progress in Syria Sends Kerry Scampering to the United Nations
Imagine if the American people elected a president who was much worse than George W. Bush or Barack Obama. A real tyrant. Would that be sufficient justification for someone like Vladimir Putin to a… → Read More
John Kerry’s Moscow Lovefest
If John Kerry doesn’t win an Oscar for his performance in Moscow on Tuesday, then there’s something very wrong with the system. From the time he touched do → Read More
Putin Throws Down the Gaunlet
What would you do to defend your country from destruction by a foreign invader? Would you be willing to take risks that you normally wouldn’t take? And what if your adversary was much stronge… → Read More
The Saudi-Hosted “Opposition Talks” Fiasco
A Saudi-led plan to draw “moderate” Syrian opposition groups into a unified political front collapsed on Wednesday when a powerful Islamic militia refused → Read More
Destroying Syria to Create Sunnistan
What is the connection between the US bombing of a Syrian military base in Ayyash, Syria, and the Turkish invasion of northern Iraq? Both of these seemi → Read More
Erdogan Blackmails NATO Allies
You know the country has really gone to the dogs when Washington’s main allies in its war on Syria are the two biggest terrorist incubators on the planet. I’m talking about Saudi Arabia… → Read More
Putin’s Revenge? The Fight for the Border
On Monday, the remains of Lieutenant Colonel Oleg Peshkov were flown to Moscow where he was met by the Russian Minister of Defense, the Head of the Russian Airforce, family members and a full milit… → Read More
Turkey Downs Russian Fighter to Draw NATO and US Deeper into Syrian Quagmire
On Tuesday, Turkey shot down a Russian warplane that was carrying out military operations against jihadi groups in Northern Syria. The downing of the Su-24 fighter jet, is part of a broader plan by… → Read More
Hillary’s War Whoop
If you’re one of the millions of Americans who think Hillary Clinton would make a lousy president, then pat yourself on the back because she pretty much proved it yesterday. In a presentation… → Read More