Would China Strike North Korea?

Would China Strike North Korea?

China’s military were reportedly put on high alert this week, with US officials saying that Beijing is preparing to respond to any potential situation in North Korea. The “extraordinary” mobilization of bomber aircraft was reportedly acknowledged by China’s foreign ministry, giving no further details. The general assumption is that China is taking a defensive position in case the…

It is Not Just Assad Who is “Responsible” for the Rise of ISIS

It is Not Just Assad Who is “Responsible” for the Rise of ISIS

Talk to Bashar al-Assad’s enemies, and they’ll tell you he’s to blame for every man, woman and child who has been killed in Syria. That’s 400,000. Or 450,000. Or 500,000. The figures, so carelessly put together by the media, the UN and the various opposition groups who naturally want the statistics to be as high…

Trump’s Endgame in Syria and its Implications for the Region

Trump’s Endgame in Syria and its Implications for the Region

The false flag Syrian chemical attack and the subsequent “frightening” (that turned out to be rather harmless) missile attack against the Shayrat air base in the Homs Governorate launched by the US Navy could remind an impartial analyst a chess game on Trump’s part that was thought over in advance. It’s clear that Trump aims…

America’s Yemen Crisis is Bigger than Just Yemen

America’s Yemen Crisis is Bigger than Just Yemen

Broken alliances and competing political factions are emperiling America’s goals Long before the Trump administration launched missiles at an Assad regime air base in Syria and dropped the world’s most lethal nonnuclear bomb in Afghanistan, it undertook its first military offensive in Yemen. In late January, just two weeks into his term, President Trump ordered…

Trump, Consummate Deal Maker, Seeks the Mother of All Deals in South Asia

Trump, Consummate Deal Maker, Seeks the Mother of All Deals in South Asia

The Indian government has divulged very little information – hardly any – regarding the visit by the United States National Security Advisor Herbert Raymond McMaster to New Delhi an April 18. The reticence is extraordinary, since Indian elites are usually exuberant when American dignitaries arrive. And McMaster happens to be the first official from the…

5 Things You Need to Know About the US Govt’s ‘Simulated Terror Attack’ on NYC

5 Things You Need to Know About the US Govt’s ‘Simulated Terror Attack’ on NYC

Operation Gotham Shield has been reported by a growing number of media outlets as this month’s reason for Americans to panic over the government’s latest plot to kill off its citizenry by conducting a mock detonation of a dummy nuclear device over the skies of New York City — nothing to see here, folks. No,…