The US Is Now at War, de-Facto and de-Jure, with BOTH Iraq and Iran

The US Is Now at War, de-Facto and de-Jure, with BOTH Iraq and Iran

The blowback has begun First, let’s begin by a quick summary of what has taken place (note: this info is still coming in, so there might be corrections once the official sources make their official statements). Iraqi Prime Minister Adil Abdl Mahdi has now officially revealed that the US had asked him to mediate between…

How the US was Hoist by Its Own Petard in Iraq and the Wishful Thinking of Its Thinktanks

How the US was Hoist by Its Own Petard in Iraq and the Wishful Thinking of Its Thinktanks

The United States of America has fallen into the trap of its own disinformation policy, as exemplified by the work of one of its leading strategic study centres, a neocon think tank promoting war on Iran.  During the first weeks of protests in Iraq, a dozen Iraqis burned down the Iranian consulates in Najaf, Karbalaa…

The Murder of Qassem Soleimani and Assassination as State Policy

The Murder of Qassem Soleimani and Assassination as State Policy

With its drone missile assassination of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani and seven others at Baghdad’s international airport in the early morning hours of Friday, the Trump administration has carried out a criminal act of state terrorism that has stunned the world. Washington’s cold-blooded murder of a general in the Iranian army and a man widely…

Trump’s Own ‘Wag the Dog’: Is Iran Hit Job a Distraction for Impeachment Lynch Mob Back Home?

Trump’s Own ‘Wag the Dog’: Is Iran Hit Job a Distraction for Impeachment Lynch Mob Back Home?

The partisan situation in Washington DC has created a scenario where Donald Trump may be forced to do anything to hold on to power, even if that means setting the Middle East – and maybe the entire world – alight. On Friday morning, the world held its breath as news circulated that the US military…

The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant

The Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act: Why Washington Is Both Corrupt and Ignorant

The creatures that lurk through the corridors of power in Washington DC have refined corruption to the point where almost anything goes and almost no one is ever held accountable. Traditionally, Congressmen reward their various constituencies by inserting riders into larger pieces of legislation that grant money, exemptions or favors to certain groups or individuals….

War Again on the Front Burner

War Again on the Front Burner

The nonsensical statement below from the Pentagon announcing that the US government has committed an act of war against Iran should frighten everyone: “At the direction of the president, the US military has taken decisive defensive action to protect US personnel abroad by killing Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force,…