Patrick Cockburn: U.S. & Russia Bomb Syria’s Civilians When They Could Help End its War
Analyzes developments in Syria and says war could end if the U.S., Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Iran were willing to make an agreement. If only.
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John Helmer: The President’s Inferiority Complex, Zbigniew Brzezinski’s Russia-Hating Obsession, and the Putsch Plotter with the Itchy Trigger Finger
Sequel on the baneful influence of Zbigniew Brzezinski on Jimmy Carter, an influence that continues to haunt US foreign policy.
Read more...John Helmer: Zbigniew Brzezinsku, the Svengali of Jimmy Carter’s Presidency, Is Dead, But the Evil Lives On
Brzezinski’s baneful foreign policy influence survives both his tenure as Jimmy Carter’s National Security Advisor and now outlasts him.
Read more...Yet Another Video Shows U.S.-Funded White Helmets Assisting Public Executions in Rebel-Held Syria
Why reporting by and about the State Department funded White Helmets needs to be taken with a fistful of salt.
Read more...Saudi Finance Minister: “I Wouldn’t Care If The Oil Price Is Zero”
The Saudi government has developed plans for root and branch economic change. But how can they cope if (when) it falls short?
Read more...Peter Van Buren: Whistleblowers, Moral Injury, and Endless War
Introduces new novel, Hooper’s War, about the moral injury suffered in war. Did this motivate Chelsea Manning to become a whistleblower?
Read more...Tom Engelhardt: America’s Globalization of Misery
A hard look at the results of one of America’s globalization projects, that of the casual creation of failed states.
Read more...Andrew Bacevich: What Obsessing About Trump Causes Us To Miss
Why fixating on Trump has the convenient effect of shifting attention away from other important topics. Cui bono?
Read more...Why Are The Oil Markets Crashing?
Sunny predictions for oil prices in 2017 are looking a tad premature.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Honeymoon of the Generals in the Age of Trump – Wolfowitz on McMaster, Mattis
Trump has turned conduct of his wars over to neocon mad dogs like Paul Wolfowitz that even hawkish Reagan made sure to keep out of power.
Read more...Wilkerson: “We’re Staying in Afghanistan for the Next 50 Years”
A discussion of US rationalizations for committing more troops to Afghanistan with no endgame in sight.
Read more...Why Anti-War Purity Tests Are Not Sound Political Strategy
Why head on opposition to war has failed and other approaches have better odds of long term success.
Read more...How to Keep Losing Wars in the Middle East
The US game plan for the Middle East seems to be not just more wars, but losing more wars.
Read more...Gaius Publius: New Evidence that Syrian Gas Story Was Fabricated by the White House
The Obama White House blamed Assad for a 2013 sarin attack in advance of evidence. The claim fell apart. The Trump White House is making a rerun.
Read more...US Launches Airstrikes Against Syria (Updated)
The US has just attacked Syria. Unless the Russians abandon Syria, this looks like the war the neocons wanted.
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