Webster G. Tarpley | 17 Oct 2015 A series of ominous developments over recent days, suggests that the neocon war party and its allies among the humanitarian bombers is gaining power over the US government, and is increasingly pushing President Obama aside. When asked at a public appearance about whether US boots on the ground…
Webster G. Tarpley | 16 Oct 2015 The Tax Wall Street Party deplores the churlish, disgraceful, and dishonorable behavior of many representatives of the US government which has been on such egregious display in the two weeks since Russia joined the bombing campaign against ISIS terrorists in Syria. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter, in a…
Webster G. Tarpley | 10 Oct 2015 Defense Secretary Ashton Carter shocked the world on Thursday by making it clear that parts of the US government look with favor on Saudi Arabia’s proclamation of Holy War (jihad) against the Russian Federation because of Moscow’s decision to wage a real war – as distinct from the…
Foreign Affairs | 24 Sept 2015 [AM editor’s note: here is an example of the diabolical cynicism of the Washington foreign policy establishment, exemplified by such private councils of power as the Council on Foreign Relations. WIll anyone rid us of this infernal cabal?] Early September brought the news that the Russians were deploying military…
F. William Engdahl | 16 Sept 2015 By the day it’s becoming clearer that what I have recently been saying in my writings is coming to be. The OPEC oil-producing states of the Middle East, including Iran, through the skillful mediation of Russia, are carefully laying the foundations for a truly new world order. The first…
Counterpunch | 17 Sept 2015 “Obama administration officials, who have been negotiating with Turkey for months, said Thursday that they had reached an agreement for manned and unmanned American warplanes to carry out aerial attacks on Islamic State positions from air bases at Incirlik and Diyarbakir. The agreement was described by one senior administration official…
Alfred W. McCoy | 15 Sept 2015 In ways that have eluded Washington pundits and policymakers, President Barack Obama is deploying a subtle geopolitical strategy that, if successful, might give Washington a fighting chance to extend its global hegemony deep into the twenty-first century. After six years of silent, sometimes secret preparations, the Obama White…
GWPF | 2 Sept 2015 The New Cold War & The Battle For Arctic Riches On Sunday and Monday, foreign ministers and other international leaders met in Anchorage, Alaska to attend the Conference on Global Leadership in the Arctic. As a sign of the importance the United States placed on the Alaska forum, President Barack Obama…
Verso | 31 Aug 2015 The WikiLeaks Files – the only comprehensive analysis of the full archive of diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks – is an essential reference for understanding the contours of American policy. For example, the current war in Syria. The US strategically schemed to cause unrest in Syria against the incumbent Bashar al-Assad…
VT | 30 Aug 2015 “Shocking!” So said CNN Money when China devalued their currency on 11 August, 2015. Shocks snapped and arced, scorching trillions in paper bets. But please imagine the difference between a Taser, and an electric chair. Or the difference between paper volts slapping gamblers around, and an Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP). For…