The US and Israel Playing their Cards in the Middle East

The US and Israel Playing their Cards in the Middle East

Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, now 97 years old and having long lost his sense of the reality of international affairs, recently unleashed a new idea, menacingly declaring that a return to the “spirit” of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal would lead to weapons spread throughout the Middle East. These comments came during…

Joe Biden Imperator

Joe Biden Imperator

President Biden’s inauguration speech on January 20, 2021 was full of good intentions, but does not contradict the facts as much as it does itself [1]. It was an ode to democracy and a call for national unity. Yet to accuse his predecessor and the voters of his predecessor of being opposed to democracy was grotesque…

Why Biden Installing Obama-era Hawks in Senior Roles and Preparing to Fire Up the War Machine Again Is Very Bad News for Syrians

Why Biden Installing Obama-era Hawks in Senior Roles and Preparing to Fire Up the War Machine Again Is Very Bad News for Syrians

It is no coincidence that a resurgence of attacks by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) on civilians and the Syrian Army have been reported in Iraq and Syria as Joe Biden’s “build back better” government takes power in Washington. Just days before Biden’s inauguration, there were conflictingreports of US military build-up in oil-rich northeast Syria….

Twitter Rolls Out New Wikipedia-Like Program to Narrative Manage Tweets

Twitter Rolls Out New Wikipedia-Like Program to Narrative Manage Tweets

Twitter has announced that it will be employing “a new community-driven approach to help address misleading information” called Birdwatch which news media are comparing to the model of content moderation used by Wikipedia. “Twitter unveiled a feature Monday meant to bolster its efforts to combat misinformation and disinformation by tapping users in a fashion similar…