Daniel Larison

November 30, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Senate didn’t go for Pompeo and Mattis’ sales pitch for the war on Yemen on Wednesday. That’s because it was filled with dishonest nonsense like this: Iran’s regime has no interest in easing Yemeni suffering; the mullahs don’t even care for ordinary Iranians. Saudi Arabia has invested billions […]

Gilbert Doctorow

November 30, 2018

The European-Russian Forum, Brussels, 26 November 2018 Most of what we find in the Western mass media, and even in specialized daily digests and periodicals devoted to Russian affairs tends to fall into the extremes of Russia-bashing by the vast majority or pro-Russia cheerleading by tiny fringe groups who otherwise are unhappy with US global […]

Kathy Kelly

November 30, 2018

On November 28, sixty-three U.S. Senators voted in favor of holding a floor debate on a resolution calling for an end to direct US Armed Forces involvement in the Saudi-UAE coalition-led war on Yemen. Describing the vote as a rebuke to Saudi Arabia and the Trump Administration, AP reported on Senate dissatisfaction over the administration’s […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

November 29, 2018

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has published a bizarre op-ed in the Wall Street Journal claiming that Saudi Arabia has been a guarantor of stability in the Middle East and a bulwark against “expansionist” Iran. Perhaps he forgot about Saudi support for jihadists in Syria and the Saudi destruction of Yemen? Is carrying water for […]

Ray McGovern

November 29, 2018

Dishonest (not “mistaken”) intelligence greased the skids for the widespread killing and maiming in the Middle East that began with the Cheney/Bush “Shock and Awe” attack on Iraq. The media reveled in the unconscionable (but lucrative) buzzword “shock-and-awe” for the initial attack. In retrospect, the real shock lies in the awesome complicity of virtually all […]

Ron Paul and Daniel McAdams

November 27, 2018

Why does it seem like each time Presidents Trump and Putin look like they might start communicating there is a “crisis” that threatens war? Are the neocons manipulating things? The latest dust-up between Ukrainian gunships and the Russian military in the Kerch Strait comes just as Trump and Putin are set to meet on the […]

Daniel Larison

November 27, 2018

Originally appeared on The American Conservative. The Trump administration bows before the Saudis once more over the war on Yemen: The US has “slammed the brakes on” a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a limited ceasefire and increased humanitarian aid in Yemen over concerns about angering Saudi Arabia, two sources tell CNN. One […]

William Astore

November 27, 2018

Somewhere, I don’t remember where, I came across a humorous variant of Newton’s three laws of motion, proposing a fourth law, as follows: “Newton’s Fourth Law: Don’t start no shit, won’t be no shit.” Imagine if the U.S. government/military had followed this “4th law.” No Vietnam war. No Afghan war. No Iraq war. No Libya. […]

Scott Horton

November 25, 2018

In case you missed it… Via the human rights activists at Electronic Intifada, an incredible — long-suppressed — piece of hidden camera investigative journalism by Al Jazeera: “The Lobby — USA.” Watch all four parts below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtcNfD6SwC4

Ray McGovern

November 25, 2018

Adam Schiff doesn’t believe DHS saying ISIS or MS-13 are real threats but he DOES believe a Russian Oligarch who told him Medvedev was followed everywhere he went by a man called “The Pillow Carrier” who’s job was to smother Medvedev in his sleep if he made Putin mad. pic.twitter.com/vB7X21S7H8 — Rosie Memos (@almostjingo) October […]