Exclusive: Besides bashing Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton offered few specifics in her big foreign policy speech which stressed the value of “friends.” But those “entangling alliances” helped create today’s global chaos, writes Daniel Lazare. By Daniel Lazare Now that Hillary Clinton has…Read more →
The U.S. system of politics and public policy is in disarray awash with elites trying to manipulate the public and the public drifting away from any factual grounding, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains. By Paul R. Pillar Christopher…Read more →
21st Century Wire says…
30 more years of war? There is no end in sight.
In this episode of CrossTalk, three experts discuss the perpetual state of war that the United States has been in during recent times.
America may lag behind the developed world in many categories, but it is No. 1 in the “merchant of death” business, experiencing a boom in the commerce of boom, especially in areas destabilized by U.S. invasions, notes JP Sottile. By JP Sottile…Read more →
The U.S. government seeks to impose neo-liberal economics on the world even though those “free-market” policies funnel global wealth to a tiny fraction at the top, cause widespread despair and spark political turmoil, Michael Brenner explains. By Michael Brenner The…Read more →
RT | May 26, 2016 Former Prime Minister Tony Blair can never be forgiven for taking the UK into the Iraq war, a majority of Brits said in an opinion poll. Pollster YouGov carried out the survey ahead of the publication of the long-delayed Chilcot Inquiry report, which examines the legality of Britain’s 2003 Iraq […]
The U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 blasted apart the country’s political structure and left behind widespread chaos, but Iraqis may be slowly digging out of the wreckage, says ex-CIA official Graham E. Fuller. By Graham E. Fuller Iraqi politics…Read more →
Part 1 of a 2 Part Series By Felicity Arbuthnot | Dissident Voice | May 24, 2016 In spite of all the scepticism regarding the long delayed UK Iraq Inquiry into the illegal invasion of Iraq, with predictions (including by myself) that it would be a “whitewash” of the enormity of the lies which led […]
21st Century Wire says…
What gives Obama the right to say things like this?
In the following episode of CrossTalk, three experts examine how the United States is attempting to Americanize international law as it plays judge, jury and executioner throughout the world.
21st Century Wire says…
A review of all the Top Stories from this week – for your consideration.
