Ebola Crisis Worsens, Threatens Major Tanzanian Port City
October 3, 2019
Updating "Congo War Threatens Progress Against Ebola" The ebola crisis in the eastern Congo is continuing to rage, despite new efforts to control the outbreak. Ebola cases are still slowly mounting, with 39 cases and 22 deaths between September 16 and 22. Even more alarmingly, there are now reports of possible ebola deaths in the […]
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The Africa-Palestine Conference: Why South Africa Must Lead the Way
October 2, 2019
On September 16, I visited South Africa, a country where many Palestinians have always felt welcomed, if not overwhelmed by the degree of genuine and meaningful solidarity. While having the honor to address many audiences in six, major cities, I have also learned a great deal. An important and sobering lesson is that while apartheid […]
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What Will the US Do When Turkey Invades Syria?
October 2, 2019
Turkey’s Erdogan has again promised to invade Syria and establish a “safe zone” extending 20 miles into Syrian territory along 300 miles of Syria/Turkey border. What will happen to the US-backed Kurds, who Erdogan calls “terrorists,” that live in that area? What about US military installations that may exist in the “safe zone”? For that […]
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Fox News Report: Saudi Government Connected to 9/11
October 1, 2019
Tucker Carlson of Fox News had an excellent report on growing evidence that Saudi Arabia was behind 9/11 and on the lawsuit by 9/11 victims’ families against Saudi Arabia:
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The Houthis Use Ten Drones Destabilize the PetroDollar as the World Falsely Blames Iran
October 1, 2019
On Saturday, September 14, there was an attack on the Saudi Aramco facility in Abqaiq. This facility is host to the Master Gas System the world’s largest single hydrocarbon network with 288 trillion square feet of oil reserves. Oil from the world’s largest offshore oil field, the Safaniya Oil Field and the world’s largest onshore […]
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Sanctions Are Strangling the Venezuelan People
October 1, 2019
Originally appeared at The American Conservative. U.S. sanctions on Venezuela continue to take a terrible toll on the civilian population. Michael Fox reports: “We understand that the Pan American Health Organization has had to change the accounts [used to purchase the medicine] four times, because they keep getting blocked,” says Marcel Quintana, the person in […]
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Iraq War 3.0? Israel Attacks… With US Backing!
October 1, 2019
Iraq has formally accused Israel of the spate of attacks on its territory over the past several weeks. Most recently, Israeli drones are said to have taken off from a US-controlled base in the Kurdish region of Syria and attacked Iraqi territory. Again. Iraq is warning of war while the US again pursues an incoherent […]
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Houthis Rout Saudi Military – End of the Road for MbS?
September 30, 2019
The Saudi military appears to have suffered an historic defeat with a Houthi trap capturing up to three Saudi brigades. Houthis claim 500 Saudi fighters killed and 2,000 Saudi fighters captured. Houthi footage appears to show Saudi jets bombing long lines of surrendering Saudi forces. Is this latest Saudi loss the end of the road […]
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Sunk Costs, Personal Legacies, and Perpetual War
September 29, 2019
Wars persist through sunk cost fallacies and concern for personal legacies, long after nothing beneficial can result from continuing them. No matter how far you’ve gone down the wrong road, turn back. ~ Turkish Proverb The US War in Afghanistan began on 7 October 2001, and is now becoming an 18 year long quagmire in just a […]
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Ray McGovern on the Red ‘Whistleblowing’ Herrings
September 29, 2019
On CNLive Friday evening, Ray discussed the new “Ukraine-gate” whistleblower, who is reported to be a CIA officer who spent some time on detail to the White House. Ray begins with a brief discussion of the intelligence officer-policy maker nexus – particularly the need for the intelligence officer to keep abreast of the interests and […]
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