Day: February 21, 2020

India 2020: ‘Superpower’ or Still ‘Super Poor’?

February 21, 2020

The hopes of India's over 1.3 billion people were shattered after their country objectively failed to become the "superpower" that many of their leading "influencers" (read: propagandists) predicted i…

Explaining Syria: It’s Everyone’s Fault Except the U.S. and Israel

February 21, 2020

Opinion

The first week in February was memorable for the failed impeachment of President Donald Trump, the “re-elect me” State of the Union address and the marketing of a new line of underwear by Kim Kardashi…

Mike Pompeo’s Latest Delusion

February 21, 2020

Opinion

Even by his highly delusional standards, Mike Pompeo came forth with a doozy at the Munich Security Conference last weekend. “The West is winning,” saith the most dangerous secretary of state to serve…

Everything You Wanted to Know About Pete Buttigieg, But Were Too Afraid to Ask

February 21, 2020

Opinion

Rhodes Scholar. Afghan vet. Mayor. An impressive resume, to be sure, but to have made the fantastic leap from local politics to the doorstep of the Oval Office – at the age of just 38 – seems altogeth…

Netanyahu “Optimistic” Israel Can Use Political Pressure to Shut Down ICC War Crimes Probe

February 21, 2020

Opinion

Since the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced it would investigate war crimes committed by Israel in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank last December, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Neta…

Why’s Mike in Africa? Pompeo’s Not Visiting Senegal, Angola & Ethiopia for Fun – He’s There to Fight China

February 21, 2020

Opinion

The US Secretary of State’s visit to Africa has more to do with China than anything else. After unveiling the first limb of its “Prosper Africa” strategy, the US finds itself further locked in a geost…

US Wages Biological War Against China

February 21, 2020

Opinion

Shocking news just in from India is enough to make one’s blood run cold. A professor of Molecular Biology in New Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, Anand Ranganathan, and his colleagues published a …

Is Sweden’s Drive Towards a ’Cashless Society’ Something to Emulate?

February 21, 2020

Opinion

Sweden is in many ways one of the most advanced countries in the world, but is its drive to become a cashless society a model others should be following? As a country Sweden certainly has a lot going …