Peter Lavelle

Though the Soviet Union ended in 1991, the military alliance formed to oppose it is still forging ahead, expanding its borders and searching for new enemies.
Since pre-industrial fundamentalists hiding in Afghan caves turned out not to be effective as an indelible threat in the public consciousness, NATO fell back to the old standby to justify its existence: Russia.
But while member states are happy to hawk the so-called Russia threat for political purposes, only a few are willing to actually spend the 2% of GDP on defense required by the alliance.

In the battle between fake and real news sources, mainstream media are being badly beaten by alternative news sites like The Duran.
The US establishment invented the term “fake news” in an attempt to discredit any information not coming from its sanctioned outlets like The New York Times, Washington Post, and big TV networks.
But critics have turned the tables, charging the purveyors of the “fake news” narrative with being fake news themselves.

The US mainstream media is fighting a losing battle against the rise of online alternative media like The Duran.
While corporate-sponsored establishment outlets like CNN and the New York Times denounce alt media as so-called “fake news,” it is they who prove themselves the true purveyors of falsity on a daily basis.
Here’s analysis from The Duran’s Peter Lavelle:

The Duran’s Peter Lavelle sat down recently to give his take on the attempts to find a parallel between Donald Trump and previous US presidents.
While Trump is certainly a unique phenomenon, it turns out he is also quite like Andrew Jackson, America’s 7th president, in his powerful populist appeal and determination to take on the establishment.
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After Sean Spicer’s statement regarding Crimea a few weeks ago, it is clear that the West, including Donald Trump, are still confused about Crimea and it’s history with Russia. Russia’s Foreign Ministry responded to the White House statement in kind.

When the Cold War ended, Russia did not become a pliant member of the Washington consensus. History tells us that no matter how many times Russia is attacked or invaded, Russia will never become subservient to an outside force. From Hollywood movies and media talking heads, to spy novels and video games – Russia is the ubiquitous adversary.

The resignation of National Security Advisor Michael Flynn has nothing to do with Russia – as the mainstream media would make you believe.
The Duran’s Peter Lavelle explains why the media has Michael Flynn’s resignation all wrong.

After decades of political correctness, the left has effectively cut down any sort of debate to zero.
The election of Donald Trump has shown that millions of people in the US are fed up with the neo-liberal agenda – and now that push back in occurring in Europe.

More and more people are beginning to realize how terrible, inaccurate, and fake CNN is, that the network and it’s personalities are pulling out all the stops to try and deflect any of the well-deserved criticism. And in expected liberal fashion, Chris Cuomo resorts to race baiting to distract sensitive viewers from CNN’s plummeting numbers.

I can understand some of this hatefulness (mostly because too many are poor losers and out of touch with what real people feel and their sufferings.)
Go ahead and hate Trump (I am certainly wary of him), but keep your hate in perspective – maybe you can learn to adjust your view of Barack Obama in the process.