Koreans Agree To Talk to Koreans… Nikki Haley Furious!
January 3, 2018
In the last several days, North and South Korea have agreed to hold high-level talks, to re-establish a direct communication link, and to participate in the coming winter Olympic games. Taken together it appears a significant step toward reducing tensions on the peninsula and reducing the risk of catastrophic war. You would think the US […]
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Who Really Defeated ISIS?
January 3, 2018
Who defeated the Islamic State In Syria? Before answering that question. What is the ISIS? Can the public overcome its chronic amnesia and think back to the sudden appearance of ISIS dressed in brand new black uniforms, gleaming white NIKE’s and driving Toyota trunks? They seemed to appear out of nowhere in 2014. ISIS looked […]
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Ron Paul on Iran Protests… CIA Fingerprints?
January 2, 2018
Is it just a coincidence that the biggest protests since 2009 have hit Iran shortly after a secret agreement was revealed between Washington, Tel Aviv, and Riyadh to destabilize Iran? And shortly after a new Executive Order was issued by President Trump allowing him to seize US assets of anyone he deems a “human rights […]
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Best Wishes to Robert Parry for a Speedy Recovery
December 31, 2017
I was shocked to hear that the Robert Parry, the editor/publisher of Consortium News, suffered a stroke on Christmas Eve. His stroke affected his eyesight (especially his reading and thus his writing) although apparently not much else. Consortium News has been an almost daily addition to Antiwar.com’s front page for a long time and Robert […]
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Remaining Peaceful Was Their Choice
December 30, 2017
People living now in Yemen’s third largest city, Ta’iz, have endured unimaginable circumstances for the past three years. Civilians fear to go outside lest they be shot by a sniper or step on a land mine. Both sides of a worsening civil war use Howitzers, Kaytushas, mortars and other missiles to shell the city. Residents […]
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NBA Removes Palestine From Website at Israeli Behest
December 29, 2017
Officials “apologize” to Israel for “oversight.” Signing up for an internationally accessible website almost always means including your country of origin. The same has been true of NBA.com, for years. Then today, Israel suddenly expressed outrage at that fact, with their Sports Ministry having noticed that occupied Palestine is an option, declaring that to be […]
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New Trump Executive Order: Good Move or Global Asset Forfeiture?
December 28, 2017
Last week President Trump signed an Executive Order providing for the seizure of assets of any person or corporation – American or foreign – determined to be abusing human rights or engaging in corruption. In theory, this means if a Chinese employee of Apple bribes a Chinese official, the US government claims the right to […]
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Ron Paul says Heaven Forbid! China Sells Oil to North Korea!
December 27, 2017
US spy satellites have detected Chinese oil sales to North Korean ships in violation of UN Security Council sanctions. Will the US demand to board Chinese ships in international waters? Escalation? And why these sanctions in the first place? Does the US and UN really think that freezing the civilian population in North Korea will […]
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Jan 3: Renegade University: Afghanistan: America’s Longest War
December 26, 2017
I’ll be teaching a webinar at Renegade University on the history of the war in Afghanistan. It’s called “Afghanistan: America’s Longest War.” I’ll give a presentation, based on all the research I did for my book, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, and then you’ll be able to ask me questions during […]
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William Astore on Nine Rows of Ribbons
December 25, 2017
General Robert Neller, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, is in the news since he told Marines to get ready for a big fight. This doesn’t really alarm me. A military exists to be ready to fight, and the Marines place a premium on combat readiness. No – what bothers me is the nine rows […]
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