On the Road in the Karakoram

December 23, 2018

The snowed-over Khunjerab Pass, at 4,934 meters, stands eerily silent on a freezing late autumn morning. On the Pakistani side, a wooden house serves as a small customs office fronted by “the highest …

First Fallout of Trump’s Decision to Withdraw from Syria

December 23, 2018

Opinion

President Trump's strategic decision to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria creates some significant fallout. The U.S. and international borg is enraged that Trump ends an occupation that is ill…

Did Someone Slip Donald Trump Some Kind of Political Viagra?

December 23, 2018

Opinion

This has been an extraordinary week. After two years of getting rolled by the Washington establishment, it seems that President Donald Trump woke up and suddenly realized, “Hey – I’m th…

Trump Orders Syria Troop Pull-Out & Hollywood ‘Liberals’ Go Bananas

December 23, 2018

Opinion

The announcement by President Trump that US troops would be leaving Syria has been met with anger not just by neocons, but by Hollywood ‘liberals’ too. Aren’t progressives supposed to oppose wars and …

Will Trump Hold Firm on Syrian Pullout?

December 23, 2018

Opinion

"We have defeated ISIS in Syria, my only reason for being there," wrote President Donald Trump, as he ordered the withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Syria, stunning the U.S. foreign policy establishme…

Time to Get Out of Syria

December 23, 2018

Opinion

President Trump has done the right thing with regard to America’s troop deployment in Syria. Trump ordered the 2,000 US troops based in Syria to get out and come home. Neocons and the US war party are…

Withdrawal from Syria?

December 23, 2018

Opinion

According to various news reports, the validity of which is always questionable, US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of all US troops from the portion of Syria illegally occupied by U…

Proof the Mainstream Media is the Enemy of the People

December 23, 2018

Opinion

You can’t make this stuff up: When the president of the most powerful nation in the world, nuclear armed to the teeth, announces that he will save the world from obliteration by partnering with the he…