Category Archives: Middle East

The Rotten Alliance of Liberals and Neocons Will Likely Shape U.S. Foreign Policy for Years to Come

How the Democrats have become Republicans in all but name, now with their love affair for neocons.

Saudi Arabia Refuses To Learn From Its Two Failed Oil Price Wars

The oil situation has developed not necessarily to Saudi Arabia’s advantage, but MbS appears not to have gotten the memo.

Major General Dennis Laich: Pentagon Needs a Bad Guy

Retired General Dennis Laich gives some insight into America’s permanent war policy.

Contagious Protests

Street protests propagate across borders. The results point to social media as a vehicle for contagion.

Yanis Varoufakis: Interview with Léa El Azzi on Capitalism After the Pandemic, Europe, Greece, Lebanon & the IMF

A discussion of the state of capitailsm, with a European/Lebanase slant.

Pentagon Porks Up as Covid-19 Bleeds Economy

Quelle surprise! Pentagon grifting continues apace, even in the face of a full-bore domestic crisis.

How Covid-19 is Creating a Social-Distancing Version of War

Covid-19 meets the US military and the Pentagon yields.

The War Nerd: How Many Dead Yemeni Nobodies Does It Take to Equal 1 Wapo Contributor?

It’s not easy to get a real-life scientific-type test of the relative weight of a WaPo writer’s death and the deaths of “enemy” civilians. Well, we’ve got such a test now. I just found it at the BBC News site.

‘No Warming, No War’: Report Details How US Militarism and Climate Crisis Are Deeply Interwoven

“In the face of both COVID-19 and the climate crisis, we urgently need to shift from a culture of war to a culture of care.”

How Far Will Trump Go To Save U.S. Shale

The U.S. shale oil industry had considerable problems before Saudi Arabia and Russia launched their oil price war. What comes next?

Russia Is Defeating The U.S. In The Middle East Oil Game

The US made a mess of Iraq, and at considerable cost, and Russia is in the process of picking up the best pieces.

Iraq Is on the Brink of an Energy Crisis

A case study of the struggle for influence in Iraq.

War for Fun and Profit

A look at the US war machine.

Libya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders

An update on the armed intervenetions in Libya.

The War in Libya Will Never End

Looking at the gap between posturing and positions in Libya