US Election Meddling: Smoke and Mirrors
By Ulson Gunnar For a magician, the greater the illusion attempted, the more showmanship that’s required to distract audiences from the fact that it is…
Foreign Policy
US Signs $12 Billion Arms Deal With Qatar Days After Saying It Funds Terrorism
By Jason Ditz Defense Secretary James Mattis and his Qatari counterpart, Defense Minister Khalid al-Attiyah have signed a $12 billion arms deal today in Washington,…
Retired U.S. Military Commanders Call For “Perpetual, networked presence that enables operations and awareness anywhere in the world”
By Nicholas West Perhaps it should never be surprising when those who have dedicated their lives to the military should call for a further expansion…
Senate Kills Bill That Would Halt Saudi Arms Deals
By Will Porter The Senate voted to support a sale of $510 million in precision-guided munitions to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, defeating…
Philippines: ISIS Saves US Foreign Policy, Again
By Tony Cartalucci In an all too familiar pattern, militants proclaiming ties to the so-called “Islamic State” (ISIS) have once again found themselves aiding US…
Don’t Look Now, But The US Has Boots On The Ground In The Philippines
By Darius Shahtahmasebi U.S. special forces are now assisting the Philippines’ military to quash an ISIS-inspired movement in the Pacific nation as government forces are…
Tehran Was Always America’s And Thus The Islamic State’s Final Destination
By Tony Cartalucci Several were left dead and many more injured after coordinated terror attacks on Iran’s capital of Tehran. Shootings and bombings targeted Iran’s…
Why The West Hates Putin – It’s More Than What You’re Told
Op-Ed by Chris Kanthan Russophobia in America today is as intense as it was at the height of Cold War when terrified school kids had…
US Military Sent Over $1 Billion Worth Of Light Weapons To “Multiple Armed Groups” In Iraq
By Michel Chossudovsky Report of Amnesty International Management and Logistical Failure? Quoting a recently declassified US government audit, Amnesty International reports that the US Army “has failed…
“Literal Colonialism”: Blackwater Founder Calls For “American Viceroy” To Rule Afghanistan
By Jake Johnson Displaying what one commentator called “sheer 19th century bloodlust and thirst for empire,” Erik Prince, founder of the private mercenary firm Blackwater,…
The Military-Industrial Complex Is In Love With Trump
By Steven MacMillan Trump’s first trip to a foreign country as US President was anything but dull. During his time in Saudi Arabia, there was…
Is Sanity Between Russia And The US Possible?
By Jon Rappoport There is an apparatus that supports war. It’s composed of intelligence agencies, propaganda departments, think-tanks, military contractors, legislators, presidents, armed forces leaders,…
If Civilian Deaths Are “Facts of Life” For US, Why Aren’t They For Russia And Syria?
Op-Ed by Brandon Turbeville In an interview with CBS’ Face The Nation, Secretary of Defense James Mattis was briefly asked about the view of the…
Mad Dog Mattis Says US Now Focused On “Annihilation” Of ISIS; Civilian Casualties “Fact of Life”
By Brandon Turbeville In a signal that the United States is about to ramp up the aggression in its war on Syria, Secretary of Defense,…