On Thursday, the Daily Beast published an article about the Saudi/US relationship by David Rothkopf, a long-time member in good standing of the U.S. Foreign Policy elite. Until last year, he was the editor-in-chief of the establishment journal Foreign Policy, named to that position in 2012 when it was owned by the Washington Post. He’s […]
MUST READ: MSNBC and Daily Beast Feature UAE Lobbyist David Rothkopf with No Disclosure: a Scandalous Media-Wide Practice by Glenn Greenwald…
Good, Good Obama: Obama Congratulated Putin for Election ‘Win’…Remember???…
The Possible Education of President Trump by Robert Parry…
Despite the chaos and ugliness of the past seven months, President Trump has finally begun to turn U.S. foreign policy away from the neoconservative approach of endless war against an ever-expanding roster of enemies. This change has occurred largely behind the scenes and has been obscured by Trump’s own bellicose language…
Even the Torah May Not Protect Ukraine’s Corrupt…
Ukraine will end up being the bet that brought down the globalist house of cards. On the steppes of Russia the blood of whole armies was once absorbed. Today a new kind of warfare, a war of dirty underhanded dealings, may soon tip the geopolitical scales in favor or Russia. Here’s some hints as to […]
The Linear Mindset In U.S. Foreign Policy by Michael Brenner…
There are features of how the United States makes and executes foreign policy that help to explain why Washington is repeatedly thrown into confusion by unforeseen developments. Most significant is a certain linearity of thinking and action. It takes literally the proposition that since the shortest distance between two points is a straight line…
DC Police Charge 12 Turkish Security Personnel Over Protest Melee…
Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department on Thursday announced criminal charges against 12 Turkish security personnel involved in last month’s alleged assault of protesters demonstrating against Turkey’s president during his visit to the district. Video of the incident in northwest Washington’s Sheridan Circle showed dark-suited men, some carrying holstered guns and wearing earpieces, rushing past a line […]
Tillerson: U.S. Sanctions Will Remain in Place Until Russia Returns Control of Crimea…
The T-Room here: It took less than 100 days for the neocons to wrestle control of U.S. foreign policy away from possibly more level-headed Trump appointees. Russia is never, ever, ever going to return Crimea because it is not hers to return. The Crimean’s are the only individuals responsible for making that decision not Washington […]
Lawsuit Warns $234B in Aid to Israel Violates U.S. Law Against Supporting Secret Nuclear States…
A lawsuit warns that U.S. aid to Israel violates a law meant to prevent nuclear weapons proliferation, even as the United States prepares to increase the already massive Israeli aid program. Filed Aug. 8 by Grant Smith, director of the Institute for Research: Middle East Policy, or IRMEP, in the U.S. District Court for the […]
‘Pivot to the Pacific’ Policy Is Over…
The Obama administration’s Pacific Rebalance effort – also known as the Pivot to the Pacific — effort is officially dead, according to a top State Department official. Asked by reporters about the future of the Rebalance, Acting Assistant Secretary of State Susan Thornton said Monday that the new administration has its own plan for the […]