United States

Public Health Erred on the Side of Catastrophe

In a coercive mass experiment, governments opened a Pandora’s box of harms By Brian McGlinchey | February 21, 2022 Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, proponents of lockdowns, shelter-in-place orders, mask mandates and other coercive government interventions have characterized these measures as benevolently “erring on the side of caution.” Now, as the grim toll of those public […]

Plan Puma: When Argentina Ran Military Drills at the Behest of the US to Invade Venezuela

By Julian Cola | MintPress News | March 1, 2022 BUENOS AIRES – Argentina’s Defense Minister Jorge Tayana and his Venezuelan counterpart, Minister of People’s Power for Defense Vladimir Padrino López, have agreed to cooperate in pursuing their investigation of Puma, a series of military exercises conducted in Argentina in 2019 with the aim of invading Venezuela […]

Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard

The speed of Western retaliation over Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised eyebrows among Yemenis who have endured a relentless bombing campaign and deadly air, land, and sea blockade for 2,520 consecutive days.
The post Tears for Ukraine, Sanctions for Russia, Yawns for Yemen, Arms for Saudis: The West’s Grotesque Double Standard appeared first on MintPress News.

The US and NATO have never been sanctioned for starting wars. Why?

By Robert Bridge | RT | March 2, 2022 The West has taken an extreme stance against Russia over its invasion in Ukraine. This reaction exposes a high degree of hypocrisy considering that US-led wars abroad never received the punitive response they deserved. If the current events in Ukraine have proven anything, it’s that the […]

The CIA Propaganda Verse:  Putin’s Ploy in “Context”

I don’t feel safe in this World no more, I don’t wanna die in a nuclear war, I wanna sail away to a distant shore and live like an Apeman — From the song “Apeman” by the Kinks, 1970 Considering the Chernobyl-like crisis bubbling over Ukraine in recent days, some questions arise like mushroom clouds […]
The post The CIA Propaganda Verse:  Putin’s Ploy in “Context” first appeared on Dissident Voice.

USA Sees Russia’s Operation in Ukraine as Blessing in Disguise

The United States is now in a state of war with Russia. Every country in the NATO military alliance is providing billions in anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to the Ukrainians (of course, every country in the NATO alliance is owned by the United States which has recently coughed up $850 million for the cause). Along […]
The post USA Sees Russia’s Operation in Ukraine as Blessing in Disguise first appeared on Dissident Voice.

Creating New Enemies

BY PHILIP GIRALDI • UNZ REVIEW • MARCH 1, 2022 It should come as no surprise that many observers, from various political perspectives, are beginning to note that there is something seriously disconnected in the fumbling foreign policy of the United States. The evacuation failure in Afghanistan shattered the already waning self-confidence of the American […]

Plan Puma: When Argentina Ran Military Drills at the Behest of the US to Invade Venezuela

"As an active member of the Lima Group, Macri’s government demonstrated an interventionist attitude in relation to Venezuela.” – Argentina’s Defense Minister Jorge Tayana
The post Plan Puma: When Argentina Ran Military Drills at the Behest of the US to Invade Venezuela appeared first on MintPress News.

Lavrov: US Nuclear Weapons in Europe are Unacceptable for Russia, Time to Return Them Home

Sputnik – 01.03.2022 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has declared that the presence of US nuclear weapons in Europe is simply unacceptable for Moscow. In the current situation, Lavrov argued, it is important to prevent a new round of the arms race, and said that Russia calls upon the United States and its allies to […]