Military
American Foreign Policy Aka Thy-Will-Be-Done
by Denis A. Conroy for The Saker Blog “It’s not a choice between war and peace. It’s a choice between war and endless war. It’s not appeasement. I think it’s better even to call it […]
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Turkey Rejects New US Syria Plan — Humiliates John Bolton
Moon of Alabama On Sunday National Security Advisor John Bolton tried to set conditions for a U.S. retreat from Syria: Bolton, on a trip to Israel and Turkey, said he would stress in talks with Turkish officials, […]
Military
The Terrible Forthcoming Destruction of the “Caribbean Basin”
President Trump has announced the withdrawal of US combat troops from the « Greater Middle East », but the Pentagon is still pursuing the implementation of the Rumsfeld-Cebrowski plan. This time the aim is to […]
Commentary
A Much Needed “Likbez” about Russian Tu-160 Bombers in Venezuela
[This analysis was written for the Unz Review] Rusty museum antiques or the Star War’s Death Star? Remember what happened when the Admiral Kuznetsov carrier sailed around Europe to reach the eastern Mediterranean? NATO leaders were […]
Military
Endless War Has Been Normalized And Everyone Is Crazy
Caitlin Johnstone Since I last wrote about the bipartisan shrieking, hysterical reaction to Trump’s planned military withdrawal from Syria the other day, it hasn’t gotten better, it’s gotten worse. I’m having a hard time even picking […]
Military
Mattis Resigns
Daniel LARISON Secretary Mattis has resigned: Officials said Mr. Mattis went to the White House on Thursday afternoon with his resignation letter already written, but nonetheless made a last attempt at persuading Mr. Trump to reverse […]
Military
What Can Follow America’s Withdrawal From Syria
by Ghassan Kadi for The Saker Blog Just before Trump announced that American troops are to leave Syria “immediately”, many compatriots, friends and analysts were wondering what could be the next event that might change […]
Military
Does Trump Lie to Say ‘We have defeated ISIS in Syria’?
Eric Zuesse At 11:52AM on Wednesday, December 19th, CBS News headlined “White House orders Pentagon to pull troops from Syria immediately” and reported that, “Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a veteran of the U.S. Air Force who served […]
Military
Which Nations Are State Sponsors of Terrorism?
Eric Zuesse, originally posted at strategic-culture.org On 30 December 2009, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent a cable (subsequently released to the public by WikiLeaks) to America’s Ambassadors in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, UAE, Kuwait, and Pakistan, […]
Military
Withdrawal From Syria?
Paul Craig Roberts According to various news reports, the validity of which is always questionable, US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of all US troops from the portion of Syria illegally occupied by […]