Wanting War over Taiwan: Australia’s Gang of Five

Wanting War over Taiwan: Australia’s Gang of Five

Diligently, obediently and with a degree of dangerous imbecility, a number of Australian media outlets are manufacturing a consensus for war with a country that has never been a natural, historical enemy, nor sought to be.  But as Australia remains the satellite of a Sino-suspicious US imperium, its officials and their dutiful advocates in the…

The True Costs of War Over Taiwan

The True Costs of War Over Taiwan

While the world has been distracted, even amused, by the diplomatic tussle around China’s recent high-altitude balloon flights across North America, there are signs that Beijing and Washington are preparing for something so much more serious: armed conflict over Taiwan. Reviewing recent developments in the Asia-Pacific region raises a tried-and-true historical lesson that bears repeating…

Imagine If China Did to the US What the US Is Doing to China

Imagine If China Did to the US What the US Is Doing to China

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ This past Thursday US Senator Josh Hawley gave a speech at the Heritage Foundation — a warmongering think tank with immense influence in the DC swamp — that is a perfect representation of a couple of interesting dynamics occurring in US foreign policy thought today. The Trump-endorsed Hawley is a…

Murdoch Propaganda Pushes Australia to Double Its Military Budget for War with China

Murdoch Propaganda Pushes Australia to Double Its Military Budget for War with China

Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ In the latest escalation in Australia’s increasingly forceful campaign to manufacture consent for war with China, the Murdoch-owned Sky News Australia has aired a jaw-droppingly propagandistic hour-long special which advocates a dramatic increase in the nation’s military spending. Australians are uniquely vulnerable to propaganda because our nation has the…