The Names You’ll Never Know – A Blue Kia and a Wall of Carnage on the Washington Mall

The Names You’ll Never Know – A Blue Kia and a Wall of Carnage on the Washington Mall

As a parting shot, on its way out of Afghanistan, the United States military launched a drone attack that the Pentagon called a “righteous strike.” The final missile fired during 20 years of occupation, that August 29th airstrike averted an Islamic State car-bomb attack on the last American troops at Kabul’s airport. At least, that’s…

AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War

AUKUS vs China: Inching Toward War

Australia, the UK and the US announced the formation of “AUKUS,” an amalgamation of the three nation’s initials, as a tripartite “defense alliance.” Despite claims that the alliance is aimed at no particular country (and no particular country was mentioned during its announcement), the Western media has not reported it as such, and China –…

Reason Not Treason… General Pulled Rank on Trump to Avoid China War

Reason Not Treason… General Pulled Rank on Trump to Avoid China War

General Milley was taking reasonable precautions to avert any miscalculation for war with China, Finian Cunningham writes. Former President Trump and his political allies are frantically calling for the United States’ top general to be arrested and court-martialed for treason after reports of alleged secret calls to China. Hold on a minute these are the…

Two Decades After 9/11 the Biggest Casualty is U.S. Empire

Two Decades After 9/11 the Biggest Casualty is U.S. Empire

The nefarious project ended in abysmal failure because of its innate criminality. “At the end of the 20th century, the United States bestrode the world like a colossus. We had no military or economic peers, and our ideological victory over the antagonists of liberal democracy seemed total. September 11 changed all this,” noted the Brookings…

Government Failure Is the New Normal: Blaming the Spies Means Never Any Accountability

Government Failure Is the New Normal: Blaming the Spies Means Never Any Accountability

When it becomes a crime to reveal a crime, you know that it is the criminals who are actually in charge. I find as a general rule that sweeping generalizations coming out of the media and punditry about anything are frequently wrong. As a former intelligence officer, I find it amusing to read articles in…