The turn toward empire and intervention began with the Spanish American War. On April 9, 1942, 12,000 U.S. troops paid the price of U.S. empire and intervention when they surrendered to Japanese forces at Bataan, Philippines. During the resulting “Bataan death march,” 600 of them died, and then another 1,000 died after they were transportedContinue reading “EMPIRE, INTERVENTION, AND THE INTENTIONAL SACRIFICE OF U.S. SOLDIERS”
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WHAT’S NEXT FOR BOLIVIA AFTER MILITARY COUP?
Morales was the glue that held everything together. In 2005, I sat in a lounge off the Senate chamber in La Paz, Bolivia, waiting for an interview. I was wearing my best coat and tie. With my thinning hair and grey mustache, I could pass for a Bolivian of European descent. In fact, numerous peopleContinue reading “WHAT’S NEXT FOR BOLIVIA AFTER MILITARY COUP?”
TRUMP WAS RIGHT: NATO SHOULD BE OBSOLETE
Instead of preventing war, it promotes militarism, exacerbates global tensions and makes war more likely. The three smartest words that Donald Trump uttered during his presidential campaign are “NATO is obsolete.” His adversary, Hillary Clinton, retorted that NATO was “the strongest military alliance in the history of the world.” Now that Trump has been inContinue reading “TRUMP WAS RIGHT: NATO SHOULD BE OBSOLETE”
AS THE OPCW IS ACCUSED OF FALSE REPORTING – U.S. PROPAGANDA MACHINE JUMPS IN TO HELP
An international organization published two false reports and got caught in the act. An international organization published two false reports and got caught in the act. But as the false reports are in the U.S. interests a U.S. sponsored propaganda organization is send out to muddle the issue. As that effort comes under fire theContinue reading “AS THE OPCW IS ACCUSED OF FALSE REPORTING – U.S. PROPAGANDA MACHINE JUMPS IN TO HELP”
AGAIN, THE WEST TRIES TO DESTROY CHINA, USING RELIGION AND TERROR
The Uyghurs are everywhere, where their Western, Gulf states and Turkish handlers want them to be. Please Note: The Uyghurs have managed to create a very old and deep culture. Most of them are good, law abiding citizens of the PRC. Also the great majority of followers of Sunni Islam are peaceful people. This workContinue reading “AGAIN, THE WEST TRIES TO DESTROY CHINA, USING RELIGION AND TERROR”
I TALKED TO EVERYBODY I COULD IN SYRIA, THAT’S HOW YOU FIND OUT THE TRUTH
Half the Syrian soldiers I’ve interviewed have later been killed. I’ve spent months these past eight years in Syria’s amputated cities. They are a scar on all our lives – the Russians, the Syrians, the armed Islamists, the western powers that spent more time trying to destroy Syria than the Syrian regime. The bodies buriedContinue reading “I TALKED TO EVERYBODY I COULD IN SYRIA, THAT’S HOW YOU FIND OUT THE TRUTH”
ERODING EXCEPTIONALISM – AMERICA IN DECLINE
Indispensable No More? – How the American Public Sees U.S. Foreign Policy. American exceptionalism is the belief that the foreign policy of the United States should be unconstrained by the parochial interests or international rules which govern other countries. Writing in The Atlantic earlier this year, Jake Sullivan defines American exceptionalism as the understanding that,Continue reading “ERODING EXCEPTIONALISM – AMERICA IN DECLINE”
BIBI’S GET-OUT-OF-JAIL CARD… WAR WITH IRAN
Netanyahu has always drummed up votes by presenting himself as the great defender of Israelis. It seems more than coincidence that as the legal noose tightens around Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu, Israeli military have suddenly stepped up air strikes on Iranian forces based in Syria. Playing the strongman role on national security and winningContinue reading “BIBI’S GET-OUT-OF-JAIL CARD… WAR WITH IRAN”
AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM DRIVING WORLD TO WAR – JOHN PILGER
It’s the spawn of the most rapacious ideology on earth: Americanism. Australian-born John Pilger has worked for over five decades as a reporter and documentary film-maker covering wars and conflicts all over the world. In the following interview, the award-winning journalist says the world is arguably at a more perilous geopolitical juncture than even duringContinue reading “AMERICAN EXCEPTIONALISM DRIVING WORLD TO WAR – JOHN PILGER”
SENIOR RELIGIOUS ‘LEADER’ INTERFERES IN UK ELECTION
Corbyn: ‘We will recognise a Palestinian state when we take office.’ (If he lives long enough.) Britain’s Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis took an unprecedented stand against the Labour party ahead of next month’s election, urging voters to see the “new poison” that has taken root in the party, and expressing fear for the fate ofContinue reading “SENIOR RELIGIOUS ‘LEADER’ INTERFERES IN UK ELECTION”
Hidden History -- In The Making 