United States

Toward the Abyss

One word characterizes United States foreign policy – counterproductive. Major U.S. foreign policy decisions after World War II — Vietnam War, Lebanon intrusion, Somalia incursion, Afghan/Soviet War, Afghan occupation, Iraq War, support for Shah of Iran, and Libyan Wars — have been counterproductive, not resolving situations and eventually harming the American people. The one-sided relationship […]
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Does the U.S. Really Need Mideast Oil—or the Mideast—Anymore?

When my husband and I were flying to Beirut, Lebanon to co-edit the English-language Daily Star, we noticed our tickets were paid by ARAMCO (since 1988, “Saudi Aramco,” then one of the world’s largest American oil companies. That was a factor the publisher somehow neglected to explain, along with the pro-West bias of this influential […]

Is Geopolitics Deterministic?

In an online video interview, libertarian judge Andrew Napolitano asked University of Chicago political scientist and international relations professor John Mearsheimer to “translate” president Xi’s remarks in his New Year speech. The professor answered, “There is no question that the Chinese want Taiwan back. They want to make Taiwan part of China…. There is also […]
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Americans Are Increasingly Looking Back on the Trump Years With Longing

Americans are increasingly looking back on the Trump years, with a growing economy, declining illegal immigration, low energy prices, no wokeness and a strong and peaceful foreign policy, with longing.
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A Critique of the “17 Million Deaths Caused by the Vaccines” Claim

Did Covid vaccines cause 17 million deaths? That's what Bret Weinstein recently told Tucker Carlson. But Tracy Beth Høeg – a leading critic of the vaccines – isn't convinced. "It doesn't pass a basic sanity test."
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Why the Guardian‘s “Hamas Mass Rape” Story doesn’t Pass the Sniff Test

The Guardian has just published the latest in the western media’s endless cycle of stories claiming Hamas committed “systematic, mass rape” on October 7. Its article is headlined: “Evidence points to systematic use of rape and sexual violence by Hamas in 7 October attacks”. The biggest problem with these stories isn’t just the continuing absence […]

Two Thirds of Elite Americans Favour Food and Energy Rations to Combat Climate Change, Poll Finds

Nearly six in 10 'top' 1% elite Americans believe there is too much individual freedom in America and more than two-thirds favour rationing food and energy to combat climate change, a shocking new poll has found.
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Imperialism and Anti-imperialism Collide in Ukraine (Part 2 of 16)

It was not surprising that the U.S.’s earsplitting anti-Russian uproar has recently slowed down considerably. Israel’s Zionist genocidal war on the Palestinian people entrapped in Gaza (occupied first in 1967, and then totally blockaded since 2005) stole the limelight. The momentary slowdown gave Russia some breathing time, and the U.S. a possible way out of […]

“Not Wanting” A Wider Middle East War, the U.S. Has Started One

You have to hand it to the U.S. and its henchmen for brazenness.  In order to protect their client state Israel and its genocide in Gaza, the U.S., together with the UK, have in one week launched air and sea attacks on the Houthis in Yemen five times, referring to it as “self-defense” in their […]
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