War on Drugs

Somebody besides me has finally pointed out the link between the war on drugs and illegal immigration. Another story linking the two.

Foreign Policy

Turnabout is fair play so the accused Russia trolls demand Mueller papers in discovery.

Foreign Policy

Skripal recovers.

"The credibility of the May government’s attempt to blame it on Russian President Vladimir Putin has suffered because of Yulia Skripal’s relatively rapid recovery, the apparent improvement of Sergei Skripal’s condition and a medical specialist’s statement that the Skripals had exhibited no symptoms of nerve agent poisoning."

Oops.

Foreign Policy

Expert rejects establishment explanation for poisoning former Russian double-spy.

War

While discussing the Trump cabinet's lust for war with Iran, Pat Buchanan explains why the US foreign policy of aggression and war makes our lives and the world more dangerous.

Foreign Policy

UK accuses Russian government of killing former spy with nerve gas. World leaders agree. Experts do not agree.

Politics

Anti-establishment victories in Austria and Italy are blamed on Russian meddling.

Corporate cronies and the radical left.

Foreign Policy

Don't trust Olympic doping allegations against Russia.

Politics

Hyperbole and hypocrisy over Russia meddling in the US election.

Foreign Policy

Russia accuses US of meddling in Russian politics with cash.

Foreign Policy

Documents prove western leaders promised Soviets they would not expand NATO eastward.

"The documents provide evidence that assurances were offered by western leaders at the highest level: Bush, Thatcher, Major, and Mitterand are but a few examples.  In other words, a Mt. Rushmore of liars."

The Soviet Union would have fallen anyway.

War

New organization advocates to close all foreign military bases.

CIA false flag accused in coordinated drone attack against Russian base in Syria.

"On the Syrian attack, Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week at a meeting with senior Russian media executives that the culprit was not Turkey even though the drones were initiated from the northern Syrian province of Idlib where Turkish military forces are associated with militant groups.
“The attacks were provocations to destroy relations between Russia, Turkey and Iran. They were provocateurs, but they were not Turks,” said Putin." 

That sounds like the CIA.

Foreign Policy

Iran accuses CIA of staging protests. Others agree US is following revolution playbook.

Don't expect a revolution in Iran.

"Talking to young people in places such as Kashan or Mashhad showed me how solid the popular base was behind the Islamic Republic experiment. It was certainly more thought-provoking than listening to ayatollahs in Qom.
Still, what is happening now in Iran is that legitimate protests related to economic hardships have been hijacked by the usual suspects in a move to influence the minority. After all, Rouhani’s administration is comparatively liberal compared to the populist Ahmadinejad government.
So, what we have is a concerted attempt to turn legitimate protests into a “revolutionary” movement with the aim of bringing about a regime change. In all practical purposes, this would be civil war.
Well, it will simply not work. Anyone familiar with Iran knows the country’s civil society is far too sophisticated to fall into such a crude and obvious trap."

Apparently other countries are not.

Foreign Policy

The US may have instigated or hijacked protests in Iran for regime change, but we can't know because the situation is too complex for us to understand let alone control.

Foreign Policy

Attacks on police stations in Iran suggest foreign influence, like the CIA, is behind the radicals.

I don't think the BRICS will become a new empire. No one country is dominant.

Foreign Policy

Documents prove US promised Gorbachev NATO would not expand eastward.

Foreign Policy

Excellent parable about the Israeli and Palestinian conflict.

Foreign Policy

The fake Iranian threat.

Economy

US spies wage effective war on Kaspersky, using nothing but rumors to get it pulled from stores.

War

DIA report claims North Korea can now put a nuke on top of a missile giving it a real nuclear deterrent. This is what US aggression has wrought.

Bomber kills two Americans in Afghanistan.

US to bomb ISIS in the Philippines. Escalate another war. CIA plots to overthrow Duterte.