Day: December 11, 2017

Tillerson, Mattis Warned Trump Against Embassy Move

December 11, 2017 Opinion

Donald Trump’s announcement that the U.S. now recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, and will eventually move its embassy there, might well be the most predictable decision of an otherwise unp…

Further Signs of Looming US War with North Korea

December 11, 2017 Opinion

In another indication of the advanced US preparations for war against North Korea, the Trump administration has suggested that US athletes might not participate in the Winter Olympics in South Korea i…

Russia’s Delicate Dance with the Syrian Kurds

December 11, 2017 Opinion

The news came out earlier this week that Russian jets were helping local militias, including those comprised of Kurdish elements, in their anti-terrorist struggle against Daesh, with the representativ…

As the War in Yemen Spins Out of Control, Tehran Finds Itself Deprived of a Say

December 11, 2017 Opinion

At the beginning of the month, highly influential former President of Yemen Abdullah Saleh was assassinated at one of his residences. It is reported that his body was displayed to the public to show t…

Donald Trump Now Has a War of His Own

December 11, 2017 Opinion

Upon entering office, Donald Trump frequently complained about “inheriting” wars from his predecessors. Of course this was true. Afghanistan and Iraq were George W. Bush’s wars while Libya, Syria and …

The Nutball the Neocons Wanted in NATO

December 11, 2017 Opinion

Even interventionists are regretting some of the wars into which they helped plunge the United States in this century. Among those wars are Afghanistan and Iraq, the longest in our history; Libya, whi…

When Washington Cheered the Jihadists

December 11, 2017 Opinion

When a Department of Defense intelligence report about the Syrian rebel movement became public in May 2015, lots of people didn’t know what to make of it. After all, what the report said was unthinkab…

We the Sheeple: the Blind Reading the Blind

December 11, 2017 Opinion

Shortly after the fall of Communism in the Soviet Union, then Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Colin Powell, made a candid confession to the Army Times, “I’m running out of demons, I’m r…