Sanctions are economic warfare, pure and simple. As an alternative to a direct military attack on a country that is deemed to be misbehaving they
Tag: Mike Pompeo
Pompeo ‘Happy’ to Pontificate in Tehran, Revealing US Tyranny of Arrogance
Imagine the spectacle. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo sitting in Tehran and telling the Iranian people via a state media interview how “evil” their
Has Washington Joined the List of Israeli Occupied Territories?
Relations between Washington and Damascus have never been cordial, particularly after the creation of Israel in 1948 and Washington’s blanket support of the newly established
Mike Pompeo Pays a Visit to India
On May 25-26 this year, the US Secretary of State Michael Richard Pompeo visited India. En route to New Delhi, he briefly stopped in the
The Plot to Keep Jeremy Corbyn Out of Power
In the latest of the interminable media “furores” about Jeremy Corbyn’s supposed unfitness to lead Britain’s Labour party – let alone become prime minister –
No US War on Iran for Now — but Mike Pompeo and John Bolton Still Really, Really Want One
After a week of high drama in which Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated the Trump administration was preparing for war with Iran, President Trump
Trump: War President or Anti-Interventionist?
Visualizing 150 Iranian dead from a missile strike that he had ordered, President Donald Trump recoiled and canceled the strike, a brave decision and defining
How to Start an Unnecessary War
I confess to being mystified by those Americans who lean conservative, like myself, who continue to think that President Donald J. Trump is somehow doing
