India Just Revealed How Scared It Is of Khalistan

July 21, 2019

India is politicizing the Kartarpur Corridor by its demand that Pakistan prevent nationalist Sikhs from sharing their pro-Khalistan sentiment with pilgrims along the route, which reveals just how scar…

UAE Pullout From Yemen Less About Peace, More About War With Iran

July 21, 2019

Opinion

The surprise pullout of troops and warplanes from Yemen by the United Arab Emirates has been interpreted as a “peace move”, or at least a tacit admission of defeat. But, more plausibly, the timing of …

US “Downs” Legitimacy After Claims of Downing Iranian Drone

July 21, 2019

Opinion

The US boasted of downing an Iranian drone over the Strait of Hormuz, admittedly in international waters, just miles off Iran’s coast, and thousands of miles from Washington. It claims the drone was “…

Is a New US Mideast War Inevitable?

July 21, 2019

Opinion

In October 1950, as U.S. forces were reeling from hordes of Chinese troops who had intervened massively in the Korean War, a 5,000-man Turkish brigade arrived to halt an onslaught by six Chinese divis…

US Powerless Versus Turkey

July 21, 2019

Opinion

In a grim new stark reality reminiscent of “The Twilight’s Last Gleaming” the US military establishment now laments its own inability to forcibly corrupt the world – or in this case Turkey – to purcha…

The US’ Official View of “Strategic Rivalry” in the Western Hemisphere. The Chinese Threat to US Hegemony

July 21, 2019

Opinion

The Commander of US SOUTHCOM shared the US’ official view of strategic rivalry in the Western Hemisphere last week when speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee’s Emerging Threats subcommit…

Is a European Army Really So Barmy?

July 21, 2019

Opinion

Farage has slammed the new European Commission president for her ‘fanatic’ support for a European army. But is the idea really so bad, if, as Farage fears, it supplants NATO, whose interventions have …

Hidden in Plain Sight: The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case

July 21, 2019

Opinion

Despite his “sweetheart” deal and having seemingly evaded justice, billionaire sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was arrested earlier this month on federal charges for sex trafficking minors. Epstein’s arr…