The only real constant to be found in both European and US politics is war. A steady feature of both regions for the past 20+ years has been small, lucrative conflicts waged against countries unable to effectively defend themselves. It doesn’t seem to matter who’s in office in the US = Republican/Democrat, conservative/liberal – there’s Read More…
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Globalization 2.0: China Ushering in Newer, Shinier New World Order
Two weeks ago I discussed the baby steps that China and Russia are taking toward creating an alternative financial infrastructure to the SWIFT Network and the Washington Consensus (read: Wall Street Consensus). The steps may be small, but they’re all going in the same direction: away from a US/NATO-led world order and toward a world Read More…
In One Year, Opiates Killed Ten Times as Many Americans as ALL Terror Attacks in Last 20 Years
Safety of the people and security of the nation should be priority number one for any leader who wishes to have a successful tenure in office, perhaps even multiple terms — and the President of the United States is no exception to this model. So, why, then, has a killer of tens of thousands each Read More…
US Media: Simple Tricks To Provide Distorted Picture Of Political Reality
How biased are the US media, really? This is a frequently asked question. The answer is – they are biased very much and they know how to instill the vision of things in a quiet and unobtrusive way. Here is an example to prove the point. “Defense Secretary Mattis Arrives at Only US Base in Read More…
More NYT ‘Spin’ on the Syria-Sarin Case
The New York Times is at it again with another slanted report on the April 4 chemical weapons incident in Syria, applying ridicule rather than reason to prevent a real evaluation of this war-or-peace moment, reports Robert Parry. In blaming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for the April 4 chemical incident in Khan Sheikhoun, The New Read More…
America First: US Deploys Troops Along Syria-Turkey Border
Just three days after Turkish warplanes killed at least 20 US-backed Kurdish fighters along the Turkey-Syria border as well as several Kurdish peshmerga troops on Mount Sinjar in northwestern Iraq, footage posted by Syrian activists showed the US has deployed troops and APCs in the contested region, in a move that could potentially drag the US Read More…






