“Aleppo Atrocities” – The Western Mainstream Media’s Latest Psy-Op

“Aleppo Atrocities” – The Western Mainstream Media’s Latest Psy-Op

The recent barrage of reports alleging that the Syrian Arab Army is committing “atrocities” against the liberated people of Aleppo stems from unsubstantiated Twitter accounts and melodramatic YouTube videos. The glorious liberation of Aleppo by the victorious Syrian Arab Army (SAA) has finally arrived, yet the Mainstream Media is predictably doing its utmost to cast a dark pallor…

South China Sea: Failing to Find Asian Allies, US Invites UK to Meddle

South China Sea: Failing to Find Asian Allies, US Invites UK to Meddle

Parroting the US State Department’s rhetoric, almost verbatim to justify the decision, a UK envoy vowed to fly warplanes over, and sail warships through the South China Sea over “concerns” regarding “freedom of navigation there.” Reuters in its article, “British fighters to overfly South China Sea; carriers in Pacific after 2020: envoy,” would report: The…

The Sovereignty of Sidekicks

The Sovereignty of Sidekicks

It should surprise no honest human being that New Zealand, along with Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, is a part of history’s first “global” empire. This “Atlanticist” English-speaking empire first partially established itself after the defeat of Napoleon, and then cemented itself more firmly after the First and Second World Wars. It is headed…

Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

Banned by 119 Countries, U.S. Cluster Bombs Continue to Orphan Yemeni Children

On the morning of October 5, Ali Mohammed “Jubahi” Medarij set out early from his family home in al-Hayma, a coastal fishing village on the Red Sea in western Yemen. Every day, the 34-year-old fisherman traveled 9 miles to a local market — not to sell his catch, but to look for work. The father…

While ISIS Tied Up with Palmyra, Kurds Advance in Raqqa

While ISIS Tied Up with Palmyra, Kurds Advance in Raqqa

Syrian Kurds launched a series of strokes on surroundings of Raqqa and managed to liberate five villages in its vicinity from the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group. The Reuters news agency reported that the evacuation of militants from the eastern districts of Aleppo has been suspended. Perhaps, for the first time during the last time…

Making Russia ‘The Enemy’

Making Russia ‘The Enemy’

The rising hysteria about Russia is best understood as fulfilling two needs for Official Washington: the Military Industrial Complex’s transitioning from the “war on terror” to a more lucrative “new cold war” – and blunting the threat that a President Trump poses to the neoconservative/liberal-interventionist foreign-policy establishment. By hyping the Russian “threat,” the neocons and…