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
Tag: Sanctions
An End to the World as We Know It?
At the end of the nineteenth century, Lord Palmerston stated what he thought was obvious, that “England has no eternal friends, England has no perpetual
Sanctions, Security and The Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, construction of which is intended to transport 55 billion cubic metres of Russian gas to Germany per year under
Trump's 'Pro-European' Nordstream 2 Sanctions Are an Obvious Market Grab. But Does Europe Have the Guts to Resist?
Trump hits Nordstream 2 firms with sanctions on pretense of protecting European interests from Russia as Germany and EU say ‘keep out of it.’ But
Trump Signs Pentagon Budget Imposing New Sanctions on Syria
The massive Pentagon spending bill President Donald Trump signed into law Friday night includes a new round of provocative and punishing sanctions against Syria based
Genocide, Sanctions and Incirlik: Erdoğan Will Not Kick Out NATO from Its Bases Despite Threats
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has dropped a bombshell by announcing that he could shut down the NATO-controlled Incirlik airbase that hosts U.S. nuclear bombs and
Washington’s Proposed New Sanctions Against Turkey also Aimed Against Russia
With the world fixated on Turkish actions against Syria, Greece and Libya at the moment, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the Senate of the
Page from Iraq Playbook: US Invokes WMDs to Pile ‘Maximum Pressure’ Sanctions on Iran
With over a year of sanctions failing to force Tehran to bend the knee, Washington is now resorting to creatively invoking “weapons of mass destruction”
