Despite the fact that no one asked for it, another regional war looms in the Middle East.
Chris Hedges: The Suicidal Folly of a War with Iran
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Year 4: Why Russia Invaded
HOW IT HAPPENED: Russia says it has no intentions of controlling Ukraine and its military operation is only to ‘demilitarize’ and ‘de-Nazify’ Ukraine 30 years after the U.S. pushed Russia too far, wrote Joe Lauria on Feb. 24, 2022.
Jonathan Cook: 4 Observations on Maduro Kidnap
A unipolar world leaves all of us prey to Trump’s destabilizing gangsterism and a rapacious, destructive, U.S. corporate capitalism.
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NATO: The Most Dangerous Organization
By the time of its out-of-theater intervention in Afghanistan, it became clear that NATO now had the ability and permission to operate as the policeman of the U.S.-led order.
Jeffrey Sachs: A Comprehensive Middle East Peace Deal
Israel has driven the region to a 4,000-km swash of violence from Libya to Iran through its reckless, lawless, and warmongering actions, all ultimately aimed at preventing a State of Palestine by “remaking” the Middle East.
Vijay Prashad: NATO Is the United States
As NATO’s secretary general urges member nations to “shift to a wartime mindset,” now more than ever it is clear that this aggressive alliance poses a threat to peace on a global scale.
AS`AD AbuKHALIL: Dangers of Renewed Civil War in Syria
With 150 armed groups in Syria, the ruling HTS (Al-Qa`idah) doesn’t control the country, while Israeli bombing intends to expose the weaknesses of the so-called central government in Damascus.
Regretting Western Intervention in the Middle East
“Wars for oil, control and strategic dominance were cloaked in the language of democracy” — Ann Wright delivers an argument at the Cambridge Union Debates.
Chris Hedges: The New Dark Age
The Nazis are scapegoats for a Western heritage of mass slaughter, as if genocides in the Americas, Africa and India are mere historical footnotes. In fact, genocide is the currency of Western domination.