With ominous mushroom clouds in the background, Russian TV tells citizens how to fill bunkers with shelf-stable foods like rice and sugar. (COMMONDREAMS) As President Donald Trump sent mixed messages about his plans for possible military action in Syria this week, Russian state media advised citizens to take his warnings from earlier this week to heart, […]
(CD) — With expectations high that President Donald Trump will order airstrikes or a bombing campaign against Syria at any time, Sen. Bernie Sanders declared Wednesday afternoon that the president has “no legal authority” to directly target the government or military forces of Syria—a sovereign nation. President Trump has no legal authority for broadening the war […]
“Pundits and the media are making John Bolton’s wildest dreams come true: in his first week on the job, everyone is calling for a new war.” (COMMONDREAMS) With America’s major corporate cable outlets—particularly so-called liberal networks like MSNBC—continuing to uncritically provide generals and lawmakers a massive platform to beat the drums of war as President Donald Trump […]
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — If you’re feeling an unnerving sense of deja vu amid recent global developments, it’s because we have been here before — many times. The United States and its allies have been accusing the Syrian government of committing chemical weapons attacks in Syria almost since the conflict began in 2011. In August 2012, then-President Barack Obama […]
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — The United States, France, and Britain have agreed to respond to an alleged Syrian gas attack that took place in Douma, reportedly killing dozens of people. This is despite the fact that Reuters already reported that U.S. government sources told the news outlet that the U.S. government had “not yet conclusively determined whether the attack was carried out by President Bashar al-Assad’s […]
(ZHE) — The Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group (HSTCSG) is being deployed to the Mediterranean Wednesday, where it will join the USS Donald Cook off Syrian territorial waters. The aircraft carrier will be accompanied by guided-missile destroyers USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51), USS Bulkeley (DDG 84), USS Forrest Sherman (DDG 98) and USS Farragut (DDG 99), […]
(ANTIMEDIA Op-ed) — Donald Trump once said he would look Syrian child refugees in the eye and tell them to “go home.” He also said he would not only bomb the shit out of ISIS’ oil fields but that he would also kill the families of ISIS members. Intentionally or not, Trump has massacred entire […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — Two weeks of comments from President Trump on the possibility of a withdrawal from Syria “very soon” seem to have been resisted by nearly the entirety of his own administration. The military brass are in on this too, as they still envision the open-ended Syria War they’ve been talking about all along. Centcom commander Gen. […]
(ZHE) — It’s deja vu all over again. Remember when the US admitted Syrian “rebels” have used chemical weapons? Or when earlier this year, the now former Secretary of State blamed Russia for an alleged Syrian chemical attack, despite admitting he doesn’t know who actually did it? Or when the US finally admitted there was “no evidence” Assad used sarin gas? Or just last […]
British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is on increasingly shaky ground when it comes to his bombastic accusations against Russia in the Skripal case, comments Caitlin Johnstone By Caitlin Johnstone caitlinjohnstone.com Two weeks ago, the Right Honourable Boris Johnson was asked by…Read more →
