Day: February 14, 2018

Indian Celebrities Insult Pakistan over Refusal to Accept Obscene Film, as Their Own Nation Slides Into the Abyss

February 14, 2018

Indian film makers have produced an odd film called “Padman” which publicly airs the very private matter of female menstruation in very grim detail. According to Ishaq Ahmed of the Pakistani Federal C…

China Will ‘Take Action’ If India Sends Troops to Crisis-Hit Maldives

February 14, 2018

Asia

Beijing will “take action” if India sends troops to the Maldives, Chinese state media has warned. It comes after a Supreme Court in the Maldives overturned the conviction of an opposition politician, …

Afghanistan in the Neo-Colonial Policy of the United States

February 14, 2018

Opinion

The United States plans to send another thousand troops to Afghanistan to strengthen its contingent there. Now the Pentagon is deciding which military personnel will be sent to this country. We shall …

Putin’s Phone Call to Netanyahu Put an End to Israel’s Strikes on Syria

February 14, 2018

Opinion

Russia's public response to massive Israeli strikes on Syria last Saturday including on T4 airbase where Russian troops are perhaps still stationed was rather subdued. The Ministry of Defence said not…

Israel Preps for Syrian War with Golan’s Oil and Water in its Sights

February 14, 2018

Opinion

Soon after Saturday’s dangerous escalation involving Syria’s downing of an Israeli fighter jet in its airspace seemed to fizzle out, the Jerusalem Postreported that Israel was approaching the de-escal…

Is US Being Sucked Into Syria’s War?

February 14, 2018

Opinion

Candidate Donald Trump may have promised to extricate us from Middle East wars, once ISIS and al-Qaida were routed, yet events and people seem to be conspiring to keep us endlessly enmeshed. Friday ni…

Boycotting Israel Is the Right Thing to Do

February 14, 2018

Opinion

Tracking the consequences of Israel’s apparent conviction that it should never be bound by the rules and conventions that constrain the behavior of other countries sometimes leads one into dark places…

John Kelly: An American Viceroy and Imperialist

February 14, 2018

Opinion

President Donald Trump’s embattled chief of staff, retired Marine Corps General John Kelly, served as an enigma in uniform. Under President Barack Obama, Kelly had problems following orders during his…