Paul Craig Roberts | 18 Aug 2015 Will the failure lead to Putin’s failure? It appears that the Russian government has made a mistake with regard to its approach to the breakaway Republics consisting of Russian peoples in former Russian territories who reject being governed by the anti-Russian coup government installed in Kiev by Washington.…
Ray McGovern | 17 AUg 2015 Exclusive: Propaganda is the life-blood of life-destroying wars, and the U.S. government has reached new heights (or depths) in this art of perception management. A case in point is the media manipulation around last year’s Malaysia Airlines shoot-down over Ukraine, says ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern. By Ray McGovern During a recent interview, I…
Salon | 9 Aug 2015 One of two outcomes is likely: Another long Cold War, or a great power conflict The Ukraine crisis and the attendant confrontation with Russia assume a “phony war” feel these days. As in the perversely calm months between the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 and the Blitzkrieg into…
Foreign Policy Journal | 14 Aug 2015 There is a re-emergence of the dirty tactics of the Cold War, where information is weaponized and truth becomes the first casualty. ormally, a Russian worker suing their employer on the grounds that they failed to provide her with the requisite paperwork detailing the terms of her contract…
Counter Punch | 14 Aug 2015 Moscow’s geostrategic objectives in Syria are the polar opposite of Washington’s. Grasping this simple fact is the easiest way to get a fix on what’s really going on in the war-torn country. What Washington wants is explained in great detail in a piece by Michael E. O’Hanlon at the Brookings Institute…
Eric Zuesse | Global Research | August 05, 2015 It might be the decisive piece of evidence proving who and what and how and why the MH17 Malaysian airliner over the conflict zone in Ukraine on 17 July 2014 was shot down, but the pilot’s corpse has been hidden even from the people who have the most…
VT | 4 Aug 2015 Putin issues an ultimatum to Turkey, “End all military support for ISIS” Russian President Vladimir Putin in a meeting with the Turkish Ambassador issued a verbal ultimatum calling for an immediate end to Turkey’s support for ISIS and violations of Syria’s sovereignty. In doing to, Putin has drawn a red…
Paul Craig Roberts | 3 Aug 2015 It took two decades for Russia and China to understand that “pro-democracy” and “human rights” organizations operating within their countries were subversive organizations funded by the US Department of State and a collection of private American foundations organized by Washington. The real purpose of these non-governmental organizations (NGOs)…
NEO | 1 Aug 2015 “Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.”… George Orwell Malaysia played the fool this week by pushing for a UN-sponsored international commission on the MH17 shoot down, which it knew would be vetoed by Russia. Its only motivation might have been wanting…
Robert Parry | 30 July 2015 The neocon-flagship Washington Post fired a propaganda broadside at President Putin for shutting down the Russian activities of the National Endowment for Democracy, but left out key facts like NED’s U.S. government funding, its quasi-CIA role, and its plans for regime change in Moscow, writes Robert Parry. The Washington Post’s…