The Daily Sheeple | 24 March 2015 War against a foreign country only happens when the moneyed classes think they are going to profit from it. –George Orwell The late United States Marine Corps Major GeneralSmedley D. Butler is perhaps most famous for his post-retirement speech titled “War is a Racket.” In the early 1930s, Butler presented the…
Paul Craig Roberts | 24 March 2015 Andrew Cockburn has written a must-read book. The title is Kill Chain: The Rise Of The High-Tech Assassins. The title could just as well be: How the US Government and US Military Became Murder, Inc. The US military no longer does war. It does assassinations, usually of the…
Russia Insider | 22 March 2015 Round Table on “Defining a new security architecture for Europe that brings Russia in from the cold” was held in Brussels on March 2. The organizer of the event was the American committee for East West Accord. Three key presenters were American scholars Professor John Mearsheimer and Professor Steve…
Paul Craig Roberts | 20 March 2015 While Washington works assiduously to undermine the Minsk agreement that German chancellor Merkel and French president Hollande achieved in order to halt the military conflict in Ukraine, Washington has sent Victoria Nuland to Armenia to organize a “color revolution” or coup there, has sent Richard Miles as ambassador…
Washington’s Blog | 20 March 2015 Financial Experts: World War Looms … Unless We Stop It The Economist argues that there are ominous parallels between the conditions which led to the first world war and today: The United States is Britain, the superpower on the wane, unable to guarantee global security. Its main trading partner,…
RT | 14 March 2015 Ukraine has concluded deals with eleven countries of the EU on delivery of weapons, including lethal, President Petro Poroshenko told the country’s TV. He, however, didn’t mention which countries will provide ‘defensive aid’ to Kiev. “The Head of State has informed that Ukraine had contracts with a series of the…
Op Ed News | 5 March 2015 At times I feel completely overwhelmed by the current US-NATO military operations aimed at Russia. It’s growing rapidly – one can’t help but wonder if the recent ‘victory’ of the self-defensive forces in eastern Ukraine wasn’t allowed by Washington and Kiev as a way to get public opinion…
Rep. Dennis Kucinich | Fox News | 11 March 2015 Dear Colleague, I was honored to serve in Congress for 16 years. During that time I provided information and helped to create debates over U.S. policies in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya and other nations, defending the Article I, Section 8 responsibilities of Congress on matters of…
Common Dreams | March 04, 2015 On March 3rd, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued an impassioned plea to Congress to protect Israel by opposing diplomacy with Iran. Referring to “the remarkable alliance between Israel and the United States” which includes “generous military assistance and missile defense,” Netanyahu failed to mention that Israel has an arsenal…
Stuff | 1 March 2015 Secret death panel planned Families of soldiers killed in the line of duty fear the truth behind battlefield deaths could be covered up under controversial laws being considered. The new law is being debated as Kiwi troops prepare to depart for Iraq to join the fight against Islamic State. Under…