Putin Is Being Pushed to Abandon His Conciliatory Approach to the West and Prepare for War

The Huffington Post | 17 May 2016 NATO’s military pressure on Russia and the West’s economic sanctions have empowered Moscow’s hardliners, setting the stage for an escalation of the new Cold War into possibly a hot one, ex-British intelligence officer Alastair Crooke warns. By Alastair Crooke (Fmr. MI-6 agent; Author, ‘Resistance: The Essence of Islamic Revolution’…

NATO Announces War Policy Against Russia. Chilling Scenario of Encirclement

Eric Zuesse | 18 May 2016 On May 18th, Britain’s Guardian headlined  “West and Russia on course for war, says ex-Nato deputy commander” and reported that the former deputy commander of NATO, the former British general Sir Alexander Richard Shirreff (who was Supreme Allied Commander in Europe from 2011-2014), expressed outrage that Britain isn’t urgently preparing for war against Russia,…

Peace, Not Russia, Is Real Threat to US Power

SCF | 16 May 2016 The monstrous US military budget is a classic illustration of the proverb about not seeing the wood for the trees. It is such an overwhelming outgrowth, all too often it is misperceived. In recent years, Washington’s military expenditure averages around $600 billion a year. That’s over half of the total discretionary…

Russia Saving World From Total War

Sputnik | The United States and its NATO allies are already at war with Russia. This is not hyperbole. It is fact. The US and its allies are amassing weapons and troops on Russia’s borders, and engaging in simulated attacks from various directions. Orwellian language of “war games” in Western media serves to diminish the disturbing fact that NATO forces are preparing…

Ex-Pentagon Chief: US President Must Swallow Pride, Work it Out With Putin

Sputnik News | 12 May 2016 Tensions between Moscow and Washington have been at an all-time post-Cold War high. The US is currently engaged in joint military drills with Georgia, mere miles from Russia’s border, while the US Navy has sailed aggressively close to Russian waters in the Baltic Sea. To avoid future conflict, former secretary of defense Hagel stated that the next…