Day: February 26, 2019

Surgical Strike 2.0: “…A Tale Told by an Idiot, Full of Sound And Fury Signifying Nothing”

February 26, 2019 Opinion

As soon as the term “fake news” entered the public lexicon, governments began to invoke the phrase in order to censor opposition opinion. At the forefront of this drive towards censorship has been Ind…

Pakistan-India Showdown: What You’re Not Being Told

February 26, 2019 Opinion

A recent terrorist attack in Kashmir could set the stage for a major conflict between India and Pakistan as India begins bombing Pakistani territory. As always, the root causes of these are being igno…

US Forces Will Stay in Syria: Complicated Negotiations with Kurds as Syria Prepares for an Idlib Offensive

February 26, 2019 Opinion

Washington declared it won’t fully withdraw its troops from Syria but will leave “400 peace keeping forces”, making these soldiers an official occupation force since the last ISIS stronghold is a…

Iran: New Realities and New Challenges

February 26, 2019 Opinion

It is still less than a year since the European Union gave birth to, in Pushkin’s words, “neither son nor daughter, frog nor mouse, but a creature none had seen before”. The “creature” we are referrin…

Petrodollar Warfare: The Common Thread Linking Venezuela and Iran

February 26, 2019 Opinion

Last Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo gave a disturbing interview to Fox Business Network in which he divulged his plans to form a NATO-type alliance against Iran. The U.S. has long accu…

A Black Actor Might Have Paid Africans To Carry Out A False-Flag Hate Crime

February 26, 2019 Opinion

Jussie Smollett might have staged his own hate crime after he was charged with one count of disorderly conduct for filing a false police report. The famous homosexual African-American actor claimed to…

Opposing Israeli Brutality Against Palestinians Makes You Human Not Anti-Semitic

February 26, 2019 Opinion

Writing columns often involves difficult choices. What you write about reflects your opinions and priorities. Every time I sit down at my laptop to construct a column I agonise over what to write abou…

U.S. Efforts to Block Huawei Gives China an Advantage

February 26, 2019 Opinion

For several centuries China had a monopoly on silk. It was exported along the silk road to Persia and from there to Europe. Silk production was highly profitable. The export of silkworms and their pro…