Day: February 26, 2020

India’s Geopolitical Pivot Is Complete After Trump’s Successful Visit

February 26, 2020 Opinion

India's gradual geopolitical pivot towards the US -- hitherto deceptively disguised as "multi-aligning" between Great Powers -- is complete after Trump's successful visit, during which time the two co…

Erdogan Calls Kremlin to Bail Him From His Idlib Fiasco, Pitiless Putin Lines Up Behind His Military

February 26, 2020 Opinion

The Russian and Syrian general staffs and their men have been doing to the Turks what no one has achieved in the Middle East since 1917. So the Sultan has called the Tsar – three times this month so f…

Sabotaging Kabul’s Multipolar Revolution With China and Russia

February 26, 2020 Opinion

Nineteen years after September 11, 2001 and 17 years after launching its war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, the U.S. seems ready to cut a deal with the Taliban in order to freeze out its Eurasian…

Turkey’s Request for U.S. Patriot Missiles to Pressure Russia in Syria Will Not Work

February 26, 2020 Opinion

Ankara’s statements about an imminent military operation in Syria and the Turkish authorities’ request for Washington to supply them with U.S.-made Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems are just Turki…

RussiaGate Claims Its Next Victim – Bernie Sanders

February 26, 2020 Opinion

Bernie Sanders is done. He had a chance to help effect the changes needed to keep the United States from sinking into political depravity. But he blew that chance. At the first sign of push back by th…

USA’s “Middle Eastern Vietnam”

February 26, 2020 Opinion

The United States lost the Vietnam War forty five years ago. By carrying out air strikes against the North and deploying US troops in the South, Washington hoped to weaken North Vietnam’s economy. The…

Bolivia: Anatomy of a CIA Coup

February 26, 2020 Opinion

Last November a horrifying coup took place overthrowing the socialist government of Bolivia and the nation’s first indigenous president Evo Morales. It was a textbook example of a CIA coup recalling t…

Fat Women Are Not a National Priority

February 26, 2020 Opinion

Good work, Democrats! In the Las Vegas debate, you blasted every target but Donald Trump. Instead of quivering in his Gucci loafers, the man who would be king was left dancing on air. The man who shou…