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Philip Giraldi, Is America Truly Becoming a “Zionocracy?”

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Philip Giraldi  The country that once was the United States of America is now, in its 250th year, led by a president whose ignorance of history and policy is so profound that almost anything goes, including the initiation of wars fought for a foreign nation that is widely regarded as manifestly evil. I am of course speaking of the power that Israel has over US foreign policy in particular, though that leverage has been increasingly also impacting on the running of the economy and the elimination of fundamental liberties like…

Alastair Crooke, Russia hearing the European clamour for war, announces it is ready

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Alastair Crooke Russia has now made the strategic decision in response to prepare for war in Europe. The de-escalation framework that unfolded in the U.S.-Iran Lucerne talks largely stayed true to the original Iranian 10-point plan. Meanwhile, President Trump and Vice-President Vance deliberately muddy the waters, claiming that Iran has already agreed to IAEA inspections of Iran’s nuclear facilities (a claim repeatedly denied by Iran): Vance announced that the IAEA could have begun inspections this week. No – – the ‘Framework’ only refers to the possible IAEA supervision of the…

Pepe Escobar, What the Iran-U.S. MoU is all about

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Pepe Escobar  From Tehran’s point of view, that’s a whole new ball game. They survived everything that not one, but two nuclear powers threw at them. They have no trust whatsover about anything coming from Barbaria. At the supremely irrelevant G7 in Evian, the Emperor of Barbaria proclaimed to the room – including three full BRICS members – that “I’m the Boss”. No irony intended. So let’s examine the “Boss” MoU between Iran and the US, which he spins as his (italics mine) deal (“I’ve ended 10 wars”). Well, it’s not a…

Paul Craig Roberts, Has President Trump Committed High Treason?

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Paul Craig Roberts   Let’s examine the case.   In the oath of office taken in the swearing in of a president, the about-to-be-president swears allegiance to the U.S. Constitution and promises to defend it against enemies at home and abroad. In other words, enemies of the Constitution are enemies of the United States. (Today the Constitution’s enemies includes university law schools in the United States.)   If you asked what is the United States, some would say it is an idea; others would say it is a geographical territory.…

Hua Bin, How Is Going for the US in Iran?

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Hua Bin  In psychology, there is something called the Dunning-Kruger effect. It’s a phenomenon that essentially describes the paradox that people with low ability or knowledge tend to overestimate their own competence and judgement. The Trump administration is Exhibit A. From Trump to Vance, Rubio, and Hegseth, the entire US political leadership responsible for waging war against Iran is composed of a clueless orange-colored fraud and his incompetent sycophant entourage. As described by the Dunning Kruger effect, this group of the stupidest and least qualified people have thought they were…

Kevin Barrett, Trump: Between (Epstein) Rock and a Hardened Place (Iran)

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Kevin Barrett [Editor’s note:  My take: the war with Iran was scheduled to begin concurrent with the release of the 3m more pages of the Epstein files, but China’s declaration that, if Iran were attacked, Israel would be destroyed forestalled it–but the release went forward with the cover that would have distracted the public from the dissection it’s now undergoing.]   World War III would solve all his problems and then some. Jim Fetzer regrets voting for him.   President Donald J. Trump is a cornered political animal. In recent…

Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares, Every Nation in the World Should Reject Trump’s Absurd and Dangerous ‘Board of Peace’

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Jeffrey D. Sachs and Sybil Fares The so-called “Board of Peace” being created by President Donald Trump is profoundly degrading to the pursuit of peace and to any nation that would lend it legitimacy. This is a trojan horse to dismantle the United Nations. It should be refused outright by every nation invited to join. In its Charter, the Board of Peace (BoP) claims to be an “international organization that seeks to promote stability, restore dependable and lawful governance, and secure enduring peace in areas affected or threatened by conflict.” If this sounds familiar,…

Jonas Alexis, Targeting Maduro: U.S. and Israeli Strategic Interests

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Jonas Alexis This analysis is necessarily preliminary, as the political developments involving the United States, Israel, and Venezuela continue to unfold. Nevertheless, some commentators have already expressed uncritical enthusiasm for the prospect of U.S. military intervention against Nicolás Maduro and his removal from power. The principal justification repeatedly advanced is the allegation that Maduro has been involved in drug trafficking. Even if such allegations were substantiated, they would scarcely constitute a legitimate rationale for the expenditure of millions—if not billions—of dollars to effect regime change, particularly in light of the…

Paul Craig Roberts, Is Trump Committing Political Suicide?

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Paul Craig Roberts Gilbert Doctorow has given up on Donald Trump, a convincing illustration that Trump is losing the support of the few intelligent people who thought there might be some hope in him. I also have found my hopes that Trump would repair at least some of America’s crumbling foundation disappointed. By all appearances, Trump places pleasing Netanyahu above all other considerations. To accommodate the Israel Lobby, Trump sacrificed the support of his two strongest supporters in the House of Representatives – Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Thomas Massey. Greene…

Jonathan Cook, It’s Antisemitic to Call Out Israel’s Genocide, Says the Guardian

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Jonathan Cook  The band Primal Scream had the audacity to tell its audience that the British government is complicit in genocide. They have been reported to the police for doing so On the matter of “antisemitism”, we are now so far down the rabbit hole that the word no longer need have any reference to “hating Jews”. Even the supposedly liberal Guardian uses the term unquestioningly to mean “being nasty about Israel” – a state whose genocidal behaviour towards the Palestinian people over the past two years should mean it…