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Donglang/Doklam 2.0: Did China Make a Dummy Out of India?

August 19, 2018

The creeping revival of last year’s Donglang/Doklam Drama proves that China did in fact make a dummy out of India at the time, but that India had in turn made a dummy out of the rest of the world by k…

Afghanistan: The War That Shames America

August 19, 2018

Opinion

After 17 bloody years, the longest war in US history continues without relent or purpose in Afghanistan. There, a valiant, fiercely-independent people, the Pashtun (Pathan) mountain tribes, have battl…

What’s Behind the US-Turkey Rift?

August 19, 2018

Opinion

Imprisoned in Turkey since October 2016 on charges of involvement in the failed months earlier coup attempt against President Erdogan, the Trump regime’s demand for Andrew Brunson’s release conceals w…

The Lira’s Collapse Is Linked to the US Hybrid War on Turkey

August 19, 2018

Opinion

Turkey’s lira is undergoing an orchestrated crash. The country’s currency is being subjected to a coordinated attack from abroad most visibly triggered by Trump’s steel and aluminum sanctions but also…

So What will The Sanctioned Supergroup Do?

August 19, 2018

Opinion

Those were the days, during the Cold War 1960s and 1970s, when the earth was actually ruled by rock supergroups – from Cream and Led Zeppelin to Yes and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. Welcome back my fri…

Can America Ever Come Together Again?

August 19, 2018

Opinion

If ex-CIA Director John Brennan did to Andrew Jackson what he did to Donald Trump, he would have lost a lot more than his security clearance. He would have been challenged to a duel and shot. "Trump's…

1953 Iran Coup – a Crime Authored in London and Washington

August 19, 2018

Opinion

This week marks 65 years since the Western-orchestrated coup in Iran. August 19, 1953 is the day that Iranians were taught a hard lesson in the rules of the game when it comes to empire and hegemony. …

Ecuador: The False Lenin

August 19, 2018

Opinion

Ecuador plans to allow the US to open up a so-called “Security Cooperation Office” in the South American state. RT reported that the Ecuadorian Defense Minister confirmed this development late last we…