[Prefatory Note: the post below is a somewhat edited post-publication version of Part One my responses to questions posed by Daniel Falcone, published in CounterPunch, September 12, 2021, with the title of “9/11: Doctrines of Bush, Obama, Trump & Biden.” Although online the interview was schedule in response to the national attention understandably given to […]
The conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. The total influence of the Military-Industrial Complex (MIC) is felt in every city, every State house, every office of the Federal government.
— President Dwight Eisenhower’s farewell address, January 17, 1961
As expected and predicted, the danger of further conflict in both Iraq and the Middle East has become apparent again – this time centering on the issue of the Kurdish situation in Iraq. In effect, it looks like the seeds for the next problem were already bearing fruit behind the surface of the ‘ISIS’ conflict. […]
Tense, divisive or controversial ‘referendums’ seem to be the in-thing right now. Presently, a lot of coverage has been given to two independence referendums in different parts of the globe: one in Spain and one in Iraq. Both referendums also have things in common. Regarding the Catalonian independence referendum in Spain, I have no personal […]
