Day: April 21, 2020

Will This Pandemic Finally Mark the End of the US Carrier Fleet?

April 21, 2020 Opinion

Frankly, I have never considered USN carrier strike groups as a “Cold War capable” element of the US Navy. Yes, in theory, there was the notion of forward deploying these carriers to “bring the war to…

The City in a Time of Plague

April 21, 2020 Opinion

The plague-stricken town, traversed throughout with hierarchy, surveillance, observation, writing; the town immobilized by the functioning of an extensive power that bears in a distinct way over all i…

The Virus of Occupation: Israelis Have Taken to Spitting on Palestinians During Coronavirus

April 21, 2020 Opinion

Now that we know that the deadly coronavirus can be transmitted through saliva droplets, Israeli soldiers and illegal Jewish settlers are working extra hard to spit at as many Palestinians, their cars…

Oil Profits for Protection: US Extorts Saudi Arabia

April 21, 2020 Opinion

Legislation circulating in the US Congress threatens to withdraw military support from Saudi Arabia. This is not because Saudi Arabia is an absolute dictatorship which still severs heads off in public…

Lies Won’t Stop COVID-19

April 21, 2020 Opinion

Washington-based military think tanks constantly warn of possible attacks by the wicked North Koreans who have a large arsenal of chemical and biological weapons and missiles to deliver to North Ameri…

The WHO, Trump and the Coronavirus Wars

April 21, 2020 Opinion

The US president is in a warring mood. Having declared himself a president at war, a meaningless gesture given that the US is always, somewhere in the world, at war, finding necessary enemies in distr…

Trump’s Tantrum Over WHO Funding Exposes Fragile Ego

April 21, 2020 Opinion

The spiteful petulance shown by President Trump this week in announcing the cutting off of U.S. funding to the World Health Organization casts a long shadow on his character and on bombastic claims of…

As Trump Admin Legitimizes COVID-19’s ‘China Lab’ Origins Conspiracy Theory, Remember Iraqi ‘WMD’

April 21, 2020 Opinion

By publicly entertaining theories linking the Covid-19 virus to Chinese research laboratories, US President Donald Trump and his administration are setting China up as the witch in a new political wit…