Day: September 20, 2019

Crises – The Middle-East and a Few Hopefully Useful Pointers

September 20, 2019 Opinion

The Middle-East is literally exploding: the Houthis have delivered an extremely effective blow against Saudi oil production which (so they claim) has now dropped by 50% before bouncing back; there are…

Uncle Sam Scapegoats Iran

September 20, 2019 Opinion

Following the devastating airstrikes on Saudi Arabia’s oil industry, US Vice President Mike Pence flexed his tough-talking muscles, vowing that his country is “ready to defend our interests and allies…

Turkey’s “Refugee City” Proposal for Syria Amounts to Demographic Engineering

September 20, 2019 Opinion

Turkish President Erdogan's recently announced proposal to build a "refugee city" in Northern Syria amounts to demographic engineering intended to stop the creation of a "Kurdish Corridor" there and a…

Putin’s Multipolar Offer to Saudi Arabian Exceptionalism

September 20, 2019 Opinion

Global Islamic Terrorism is universally recognized as today’s big threat and has been the justification for all sorts of changes, especially to life in the West after 9/11. The Islamic terrorists whom…

Saudi Oil Attacks Put US Commitments to the Test

September 20, 2019 Opinion

Neither Saudi Arabia nor the United States is rushing to retaliate for a brazen, allegedly Iranian attack that severely damaged two of the kingdom’s key oil facilities. That is not to say that Saudi A…

Even If He Becomes King, Mohammed bin Salman will Likely be the Last

September 20, 2019 Opinion

Surrounded by unyielding enemies of its own making, and cheered on by opportunist allies determined to suck its blood to the last drop, Saudi Arabia seems to have landed itself in an unprecedented pre…

What is “BLOODLANDS” and Why Do We Need to Expose It?

September 20, 2019 History

WHAT is “BLOODLANDS” and WHY DO WE NEED to EXPOSE IT? In 2010 a book was published that rewrites the history of the Soviet Union, Poland, and Ukraine between the years 1932 and 1945. Its title is Bloo…

Remembering the Sabra and Shatila Massacre

September 20, 2019 History

Thirty-seven years ago this week, one of the bloodiest chapters in Palestinian history unfolded in a refugee camp in Lebanon. Surrounded by Israeli forces from all sides, thousands of refugees, bereft…