Who Was Secretly Behind America"s Invading and Occupying Syria?
The invasion and occupation of Syria by tens of thousands of jihadists was financed mainly by US taxpayers and by the world’s wealthiest familyб the Sauds, Eric Zuesse writes.
The invasion and occupation of Syria by tens of thousands of jihadists was financed mainly by US taxpayers and by the world’s wealthiest familyб the Sauds, Eric Zuesse writes.
In news from Slovakia, the country’s defense ministry will soon be prepared to swat the Russian or Iranian hordes from the skies over Lake Bled. Slovakia’s Prime Minister proudly announced the $1.8 billion-dollar purchase of U.S. made F – 16 Fighting Falcons to deter any Putin led aerial assault of his country.
Sports should not be politicized, yet global sports have increasingly become an arena of global politics. In spite of the “Russian doping scandal”, instigated by WADA to block Russian athletes from participating in international competitions, Russian sports teams were very successful in 2018, winning 146 gold medals. To name just a few, the Russian swimmers won six gold medals at the FINA World Swimming Championships, which took place in the Chinese city of Hangzhou from December 11 to 16, 2018. Meanwhile, WADA experts visited Moscow twice to inspect Russia’s former anti-doping laboratory.
We should pay attention to Washington’s wild reaction to Trump’s announcement. The vested interests do not want us to have any kind of “peace dividend” because they have become so rich on the “war dividend.” Meanwhile the middle class is getting poorer and we’re all less safe.
There will be no blog today. Happy holidays to everyone and my best wishes for all good things to you in the coming New […]
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The British model since 2010, based on ‘austerity’ can be seen as a transfer of resources from the poor to the relatively wealthy, explains UN Special Rapporteur for Extreme Poverty & Human Rights, Philip Alston discussing his investigation into UK poverty.
Iran, Russia, Syria are the only ones who do not need to bluff, because they occupy the best position – the commanding heights. They view Trump's decisions and his allies with distrust.
As part of our Winter Fund Drive, Consortium News is asking readers to name the top ten articles CN published during 2018. The results will be announced on Dec. 31. Happy Holidays from Consortium News Please Donate to our Winter…Read more →
Source : Atlantico, Emmanuel Todd, 20-12-2018
En exclusivité pour Atlantico, Emmanuel Todd nous livre son analyse du phénomène des Gilets jaunes. Pour l’historien, les Gilets Jaunes représenteraient une forme de père collectif dans un pays déboussolé par un enfant roi.
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Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
French writers on war and peace
Romain Rolland: Selections on war
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Romain Rolland
From Mahatma Gandhi
Translated by Catherine D. Groth
(CD) — An eight-year-old Guatemalan boy died in the custody of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shortly after midnight on Christmas Day, the second death of a migrant child detained by the agency this month alone. According to the Associated Press: The boy showed “signs of potential illness” Monday and was taken with his father to a hospital in Alamogordo, […]
La phrase de Georges Clémenceau est connue « la guerre est une chose trop sérieuse pour être confiée à des militaires ». On pourrait utiliser le même paradoxe pour nous écrier avec force « L’antisémitisme est une chose trop grave, sérieuse, cruelle, abominable et injuste pour être confiée à certaines cause d’apprentis sorciers ».
Ainsi dimanche 23 décembre le journal du soir de France 2, à propos des Gilets jaunes, lance en plein écran le texte suivant :
As our nation debates the merits of President Donald Trump’s call for withdrawing U.S. troops from Syria and Afghanistan, absent from the debate is the more pernicious aspect of US military involvement overseas: its air wars. Trump’s announcement and General James Mattis’ resignation should unleash a national discussion about US involvement in overseas conflicts, but … Continue reading "Bring the Troops Home, But Also Stop the Bombing"
From the wailing and gnashing of teeth among the mainstream media and officialdom over General Mattis’ (welcome) departure, you would think that the Rapture had come and Washington’s ruling class was being unjustly left behind to eternal perdition. And if not that, then the Mattis Affair is alleged to be at least its secular equivalent … Continue reading "Good Riddance to General Mattis and the Rest of Washington’s Mad Dogs of War"
We all had a big shock this week when, seemingly out of the blue, President Trump announced that he was removing US troops from Syria and would draw down half of the remaining US troops in Afghanistan. The president told us the troops were in Syria to fight ISIS and with ISIS nearly gone the … Continue reading "Troops Out of Syria and Afghanistan? That’s a Good Start!"
Source : Interdit d’Interdire , Russia Today France, 14-11-2018
Frédéric Taddeï reçoit Juan Branco, avocat, docteur en droit et journaliste, Clarence Rodriguez, journaliste indépendante, Renaud Girard, journaliste et spécialiste des relations internationales, Frédéric Encel, géopolitologue et maître de conférence à Sciences Po Paris.
The dubious performance (failure) of genetically engineered Bt cotton, officially India’s only GM crop, should serve as a warning as the push within the country to adopt GM across a wide range of food crops continues. This article provides an outline of some key reports and papers that have appeared in the last few years on Bt cotton in India. In[Read More...]
Derrick Broze breaks down the importance of localized food production and how the concept of Freedom Cells can be used to build local power and independence from the mainstream food systems. Join: www.freedomcells.org The Conscious Resistance Network is an independent media organization focused on empowering individuals through education, philosophy, health, and community organizing. We work […]
(MEMO) — Russia’s Nezavisimaya Gazeta said that Israel is preparing for a comprehensive war on Syria following the US’ withdrawal from the country. The newspaper said that the decision of US President Donald Trump to withdraw American troops from Syria has left Israel forced to face the Iranian presence in Syria with its troops alone. The newspaper quoted Israel’s former defence […]
(ANTIWAR.COM) — With just a week left before his new departure date, Defense Secretary James Mattis has signed the official order to withdraw US troops from Syria. Mattis had opposed the withdrawal, and it is seen as a major reason for his resignation. The withdrawal will see some 2,000 US troops removed from Syria, a plan announced […]
by NoahSpeaker Paul "Crazy Eyes" Ryan, the pride of Janesville, Wisconsin, is almost Ex-Speaker Paul "Crazy Eyes" Ryan now. On the long list of Speakers of the House, Ryan's tainted name will forever linger towards the bottom of the Speaker quality list. The mystery should be how did such a profoundly unqualified person get as far as he did, but, then you look around him and it adds a perfect perspective.
We just arrived back home and.... here is the latestIsrael attacks Syria on Christmas Day. Round up of news stories:
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Syrian state television on Tuesday said it had opened fire on "enemy targets" and intercepted missiles targeting Damascus, the first such strike to target the Syrian capital since Nov. 29.
Editor's Note: This article was written just before Israel carried out attacks on Syria on Christmas day. December 25, 2018 (Tony Cartalucci - NEO) - The US suddenly and unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria after years of illegally occupying the country.
A couple of nights ago, Rachel Maddow opened her show with a history lesson-- how Watergate Republicans in Congress slit their own throats by defending Nixon's cascade of lies. She starts with a little-known Indiana Republican congressman, David Dennis, elected in 1968 in what is now deep red IN-06 (represented today by Luke Messer, about to be replaced by Mike Pence's brother Greg who won the seat last month, 63.8% to 32.9%).
Can Trump Survive Syria, Mattis, Stock Market Fall, & Friedman’s ‘Watershed Moment’?
Two dozen people were kidnapped from three locations in northern Iraq. Also, a vehicle bombing targeted a Turkmen city.
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Christmas is the season of giving. We go out, buy stuff, and give it all away. How does homo economicus explain this?
According to the latest official figures, 280 people were killed and more than 1,000 injured, when a tsunami suddenly hit coastal cities and beach resort towns adjoining Indonesia’s Sunda Strait at 9.30 p.m. local time on Saturday. The official death toll is expected to rise over the next days. At least 57 people are missing and rescuers have still not[Read More...]
The Anti-Corruption Court in Islamabad on Monday (December 24) sentenced former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to seven years in prison for graft, while a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) constituted on the orders of the Supreme Court to investigate the multi-billion rupees fake accounts scam, has held former President Asif Zardari responsible for the suspicious transactions. Nawaz Sharif could not prove[Read More...]
After Donald Trump’s surprise announcement in a tweet on December 19 to withdraw 2,000 American troops from Syria after a telephonic conversation with the Turkish President Erdogan on December 14, the decision to scale back American presence in Afghanistan by 7000 troops has also reportedly been made and the announcement is imminent. It would be pertinent to note here that[Read More...]
A war criminal and a fascist walk into an oval office… this could be the beginning of a joke, but the consequences for humanity are anything but. Trump and his regime’s raison d’être—the reason that they are in power—is to upend what have been the prevailing norms of how the most powerful country in history is ruled and how it[Read More...]
It is significant that US President Donald Trump has decided to withdraw his troops from Syria. The 14th December decision was followed immediately by another announcement by the President to pull out a sizeable number of soldiers from Afghanistan where the US has been involved in a war for the last 17 years — the longest war in its history.[Read More...]
A fortnight back, a single column news item in newspapers announced the death of Mushirul Hasan, an Indian historian and former Vice Chancellor of Jamia Millia Islamia and author of a dozen and half books. His forte has been Islam in South Asia, communalism and birth of India and Pakistan as independent dominions. Except for some occasional remarks in sync[Read More...]
Recall my asking if Iran, Turkey and Russia were cooperating/coordinating with regard to eastern Syria? With the full knowledge of Damascus?The question and concept of cooperation have been put forth three times- in three different reports here.If not? Refresh.
Socialist Party, on the occasion of 95th birthday of Justice Rajindar Sachar, founder member of the party, organized a one-day seminar on 22 December 2018, on the topic ‘How to Save Constitutional Institutions and Values?’ in Jalandhar city of Punjab. Citizens from different parts of Punjab reached Jalandhar to pay their homage to Justice Sachar on this occasion. The seminar[Read More...]
Regardless of what we believe, we can all join in and share together much of the Christmas message.
The only problem with our economy is Trump (and the GOP)Thankfully, the stock markets are all closed today. Yesterday's abbreviated session was another miserable down day. When I was much younger, I would get very worried when markets sank the way they have been lately.
Though Mattis’s record as Secretary of Defense is far from admirable, there is every indication that the person set to succeed him will be far worse. Mattis’ “retirement” as Secretary of Defense paves the way for further escalation in an increasingly unstable world that seems to be inching closer to another major war.
Has the cunning Belarusian leader once again shown himself an expert at trying to have his cake and eat it too?
The US suddenly and unexpectedly announced the withdrawal of US troops from Syria after years of illegally occupying the country. The US presence aimed at ousting the Syrian government, boosting militant groups the US and its partners have armed and backed since the 2011 conflict started, and denying Damascus access to its own resources, particularly oil concentrated east of the Euphrates River.