July 23, 2019 by Michael Snyder It is funny – for decades we have never had any problems with commercial ships passing through the Persian Gulf, but all of a sudden it has become a major flashpoint. […]
Mark Esper is expected to be confirmed in coming days as the new US Secretary of Defense. His appointment is awaiting final Congressional approval after customary hearings this week before senators. The 55-year-old nominee put […]
America’s top General Joseph Dunford this week announced plans for a US-led naval coalition to patrol the Persian Gulf in order to “protect shipping” from alleged Iranian sabotage. The move is but the latest in […]
Wall Street’s short-term incentives have decimated our defense industrial base and undermined our national security. By MATT STOLLER AND LUCAS KUNCE • June 27, 2019 Early this year, U.S. authorities filed criminal charges—including bank fraud, obstruction of justice, […]
Even more than Syria, Iran is now at the heart of the confrontation between East and West. The astounded public is witnessing Washington’s daily about-turns in what seems – mistakenly – to be an escalation […]
Eisenhower warned about the growth of a ‘military-industrial complex,’ and the risks it could pose. “The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power,” Ike said, “exists and will persist.” His anxieties back then were […]
Paul Craig Roberts According to news reports, the validity of which cannot be ascertained by the general public, a crazed US government came within 10 minutes of igniting a general conflagration in the Middle East, […]
Federico Pieraccini Tensions in the Persian Gulf are reaching a point of no return. In recent weeks, six oil tankers have been subjected to Israeli sabotage disguised to look like Iranian attacks to induce the United […]
by Michael Snyder The moment that I heard that a U.S. Navy high altitude drone had been blown out of the sky by Iran, I realized that a very important threshold had just been crossed. We now […]
by Tyler Durden Update (1030ET): China has weighed in again on the tensions between the US and Iran, and its position is clear: If violence breaks out, it’s solely the responsibility of the US. Hu Xijin 胡锡进@HuXijin_GT […]
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