Tag: military-industrial complex

Mike Whitney, The Crisis in Ukraine Is Not About Ukraine. It’s About Germany

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Mike Whitney “The primordial interest of the United States, over which for centuries we have fought wars– the First, the Second and Cold Wars– has been the relationship between Germany and Russia, because united there, they’re the only force that could threaten us. And to make sure that that doesn’t happen.” George Friedman, STRATFOR CEO at The Chicago Council on Foreign Affairs The Ukrainian crisis has nothing to do with Ukraine. It’s about Germany and, in particular, a pipeline that connects Germany to Russia called Nord Stream 2. Washington sees…

Paul Craig Roberts: Washington Is Changing The World Order against Its Own Interests

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Paul Craig Roberts The hubris and arrogance of Washington have been at work since the Clinton regime to destroy the power and relevance of the United States. This website has an international audience. The most asked question from this audience is the world order. There is a realization that Washington’s control might weaken, a development people abroad see as hopeful. They ask me for verification of their hope. Here is my answer: The world order has already changed.  China has a larger and more powerful industrial and manufacturing based economy…

Twitter (Absurdly) Bans Former Assistant Treasury Secretary Paul Craig Roberts

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[Editor’s note: I have long regarded Paul Craig Roberts as our nation’s leading public intellectual. That Twitter would ban him discredits Twitter and indicates the profound corruption of the Social Media Giants in their despicable censorship of freedom of speech and of freedom of the press. This is disgusting beyond belief. Update: It appears to have been an account that Paul Craig Roberts himself requested be taken down. See below.] Sputnik News Twitter has suspended noted anti-war commentator, economist and former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Paul Craig Roberts. The suspension…