WW III/Cold War II

More Evidence That The West Sabotaged Peace In Ukraine

by Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone: Days after the war in Ukraine began it was reported by The New York Times that “President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine has asked the Israeli prime minister, Naftali Bennett, to mediate negotiations in Jerusalem between Ukraine and Russia.” In a recent interview, Bennett made some very interesting comments about what happened during those […]

Setting the Record Straight; Stuff You Should Know About Ukraine

by Mike Whitney, The Unz Review: On February 16, 2022, a full week before Putin sent combat troops into Ukraine, the Ukrainian Army began the heavy bombardment of the area (in east Ukraine) occupied by mainly ethnic Russians. Officials from the Observer Mission of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) were located in […]

Pentagon Confirms Reports Of Second Chinese Spy Balloon

by Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller: The Department of Defense acknowledged a second Chinese surveillance craft transiting airspace somewhere over Latin America late Friday. The second balloon’s flight path does not appear to include the United States, CNN first reported, citing officials. Earlier on Friday, DOD confirmed that the first surveillance balloon was moving eastward and that the U.S. government continued to […]

‘War Is Clearly Back on the Agenda’: US Says Israel Was Behind the Drone Attack on Iran

by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams: “This latest act of sabotage conducted via a military attack inside Iran is a dangerous escalation and should be cause for concern for everyone who opposes war,” said one campaigner. Unnamed U.S. officials on Sunday confirmed suspicions that Israel was behind the weekend drone attack on a purported military facility […]

A Panicked Empire Tries to Make Russia an ‘offer It Can’t Refuse’

by Pepe Escpbar, The Unz Review: Those behind the Throne are never more dangerous than when they have their backs against the wall. Their power is slipping away, fast: Militarily, via NATO’s progressive humiliation in Ukraine; Financially, sooner rather than later, most of the Global South will want nothing to do with the currency of […]

The Mass Media Used To Publish Perspectives On Ukraine That They Would Never Publish Today

by Caitlin Johnstone, Caitlin Johnstone: The other day I stumbled across a 2014 opinion piece in The Guardian titled “It’s not Russia that’s pushed Ukraine to the brink of war” by Seumas Milne, who the following year would go on to become the Labour Party’s Executive Director of Strategy and Communications under Jeremy Corbyn. I […]

Mossad and CIA Are Training Christian Extremist Militia in Lebanon

by Steven Sahiounie, Strategic Culture: Arab leaders realize that they must not blindly follow orders by Washington to start or support wars in the Middle East which end up in failure. Covert training camps in the Jordanian desert are currently the site of British and American trainers developing young Lebanese men, loyal to the Christian […]