The case for each U.S. war in the Middle East over the past 35 years has had progressively weaker rationale and international support. The aggression against Iran launched Saturday has almost none of either, writes Joe Lauria.
Scott Ritter joins The World This Week to discuss the U.S. and Israel’s war of aggression to overthrow the Iranian government with no credible rationale or legal authority, unleashing a conflagration that could alter history.
LIVE UPDATES – The United States and Israel continue their war of aggression to overthrow the Iranian government with continuous airstrikes. Iran is striking back.
U.S. war propaganda about Iran has sunk to the level of low-caliber lies. The U.S. empire is getting more and more bold about exposing its true tyrannical nature
The National Endowment for Democracy’s president told a House committee of his group’s aggressive efforts to spark unrest in Iran, including by smuggling Starlink terminals and fashioning anti-Iran media narratives, Max Blumenthal and Wyatt Reed report.
With New START now expired, the United States’ withdrawal from arms control treaties and its embrace of nuclear “warfighting” doctrines are raising the risk of catastrophic conflict between nuclear powers.
Oil shipments to Cuba have virtually stopped, writes Marjorie Cohn. Lack of electricity has led to widespread blackouts, impacting hospitals and essential services. Cuba’s oil reserves could be totally depleted by March.
The Cuban Interior Ministry detained seven others involved in the plot, including one who “had allegedly been sent from the United States to facilitate the landing and reception of the armed group.”