In the follow up to the phone conversation between Presidents Putin and Trump, where they agreed that a top priority in bilateral relations between Russia and the US is joining efforts in fighting their main threat, international terrorism, Russian political analyst Elena Suponina reviews why Barack Obama failed to pursue this agenda…
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FedEx Driver Who Saved American Flag at Anti-U.S. Protest Just Learned His Fate…
FedEx worker Matt Uhrin was not about to stand for it. When a group of protesters in Iowa City, Iowa, were burning an American flag, he leapt to action, taking a fire extinguisher and his moxie with him to put out the flames…
Why Did Obama Free This Terrorist?…
On January 17, 2017, as one of the final acts of his presidency, Barack Obama commuted the sentence of 74-year-old Oscar Lopez Rivera, the Puerto Rican nationalist who had served 35 years of a 55-year conviction for the crime of “seditious conspiracy,” as well as attempted robbery, explosives and vehicle-theft charges. Thanks to Obama’s intercession, […]
Death of the Syrian ‘Moderate’ Fantasy by Jonathan Marshall…
The neoconservative and liberal interventionist case for arming Syria’s rebels lost its last vestige of credibility this week with the routing of Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces by Al-Qaeda-linked Islamists in northwestern Syria. Washington think-tank warriors and editorial writers have long looked to the FSA as America’s natural allies in the Syrian conflict…
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Reinstate Lt. Col. Terry Lakin…Sign the Petition…
A White House petition was launched the day after Donald Trump’s inauguration to “reinstate Lt. Col. Terry Lakin into the U.S. Army with full rank, pay, benefits and pension immediately.” “Court-martialed, imprisoned, expelled from the Army and denied pay, pension and benefits,” declares the petition accurately, “Terry was merely following his officer’s oath and constitutional […]
Retired Army Dogs Meant for Veterans Given to Company that Tried to Sell Them to Foreign Countries…
Army Specialist Jake Carlberg and his dog Abby spent over a year sniffing out bombs in Afghanistan. They served with distinction, bonded, and saved lives. “He would always say that she was his best friend,” said Glenna Carlberg, Jake’s wife. “They searched for bombs for his company. … They found seven.” When they returned home, […]
Mattis Phones German Defense Chief, Underscoring Commitment to NATO…
Defense Secretary James Mattis spoke by phone to his German counterpart on Thursday, underscoring the importance of the defense relationship between the United States and Germany and their membership in NATO. The conversation was one of several the new defense secretary has had with counterparts from other countries this week, assuring allies of the U.S. […]
Here’s How and Why the U.S. has Been Helping ISIS Take Deir El-Zour in Syria…
The single fact which make the latest offensive by ISIS eastern Syria so frightening and serious is that the way for it was paved by the US-led “anti-ISIS” coalition. Before discussing this, let me repeat a point I made for The Duran previously, the truth of which as a Syrian in Syria who is an […]
The Neocon Lament by Philip Giraldi…
There is no limit to the hubris driven hypocrisy of America’s stalwart neoconservatives. A recent Washington Post front page article entitled “‘Never Trump’ national-security Republicans fear they have been blacklisted” shares with the reader the heartbreak of those so-called GOP foreign policy experts who have apparently been ignored by the presidential transition…
A Couple of Dem’s in Congress Want to Restrict Trump’s First Use of Nuclear Weapons…
Lawmakers introduced a bill in both houses of Congress Tuesday that would prevent the president from launching a nuclear first strike without a congressional declaration of war. A policy that was long debated — but never seriously pursued — during the Obama administration has now become anything other than abstract after the election of Donald […]
Rumor Has It James Comey Staying as F.B.I. Director…
The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, told his top agents from around the country that he had been asked by President Trump to stay on the job running the federal government’s top law enforcement agency, according to people familiar with the matter. A decision to retain Mr. Comey would spare the president another potentially bruising […]
Michigan Man Whose Drug Sentence Commuted By Obama Is Shot Dead…
A man whose drug-related prison sentence was commuted in November by President Barack Obama has been fatally shot at a federal halfway house in Michigan after two men with assault-style rifles sought him out, police said. Two men wearing masks went into Bannum Place in Saginaw on Monday night with plans to kill 31-year-old Damarlon […]
The US Navy: A History of Waste and Corruption…
The growth of US military power has rarely, if ever, been the result of legitimate concerns about defensive strategy, let alone about the national welfare. Instead, it’s more often a consequence of a waste, corruption, and imperial ambition that together have produced the modern military-industrial complex…
Trump Announces New “Missile Defense System” Against Iran and North Korea…
Only minutes after being sworn in to office, President Donald Trump announced that his administration will develop a “state of the art” missile defense system to protect Americans against attacks from North Korea and Iran. The announcement was posted minutes after the inauguration on the White House website…
How Clinton Defeat Derailed Syrian War by Gareth Porter…
A new coalition of US-based organizations is pushing for a more aggressive U.S. intervention against the Assad regime. But both the war in Syria and politics in the United States have shifted dramatically against this objective. When it was formed last July, the coalition hoped that a Hillary Clinton administration would pick up its proposals […]
US-Coalition Airstrikes Destroy ISIS Boats Fleeing from Eastern Mosul…
At least 90 watercrafts and three barges, carrying terrorists of the Islamic State (IS) group, were destroyed in airstrikes of the US-led coalition on the Tigris River in Mosul…
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First Drone Strike of Trump Admin Hits al Qaeda in Yemen…
The first drone strikes launched under the Trump administration over the weekend killed three alleged al Qaeda militants in Yemen, according to local security and tribal officials. The two Saturday strikes killed al Qaeda area field commander Abu Anis al-Abi along with two others…
More Details Emerge on Tulsi Gabbard, Dennis Kucinich’s Fact Finding Trip to Syria…
In a surprise revelation, U.S. Representative from Hawaii, Tulsi Gabbard, has embarked upon an unannounced visit to Syria for a “fact-finding trip . . . to promote and work for peace.” Gabbard did not announce her trip publicly for obvious safety and security reasons…
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GTMO at the End of the Obama Administration: 31 Uncharged Detainees Remain…
With last week’s transfer of four more detainees to the UAE and Saudi Arabia, President Obama will leave office tomorrow with 31 uncharged individuals remaining detained at the Guantánamo Bay Naval Base, potentially for the duration of U.S. hostilities with al Qaeda. (Ten others have been charged in the military commissions system, of whom seven […]
John Brennan’s Destruction of the CIA by Larry Johnson…
Good riddance. John Brennan will be history at the CIA in less than 48 hours (47 hours and fifty minutes to be precise given my current time). But he leaves a legacy of incompetence and politicization that will be hard to eradicate. The CIA is lost. It no longer has a clear identify, mission or […]
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