The Establishment creates wars and quagmires that require people of integrity, courage, and nobility to waste their talents saving people whom the Establishment assigns to the role of cannon-fodder, writes Vladimir Golstein.
Category: Russia
BOUNTYGATE: Scapegoating Systemic Military Failure in Afghanistan
The story of the alleged “bounty scheme” grew up in the context of top U.S. brass blaming Russia for America’s defeat in Afghanistan, says Scott Ritter.
RAY McGOVERN: Mutiny on the Bounties
Has there been another mutiny in Trump’s White House, as Obama’s former ambassador to Russia piles on the nonsense about Trump being in Putin’s pocket?
BOUNTYGATE: Why Didn’t Haspel Demand an Oval Office Meeting?
The safety of U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan does not appear to be the motive in intelligence agency leaks to the media about the alleged Russian “bounties,” says Joe Lauria.
Seriously, Get the Hell Out of Afghanistan
These flimsy, poorly-sourced allegations are being hammered into mainstream liberal consciousness on a daily basis now in the exact same way the discredited Russiagate psyop was, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Nuclear Testing, Never Again
Congress must step in and slam the door shut on the idea of resuming nuclear testing, especially if its purpose is to threaten other countries, writes Daryl G. Kimball.
Why US Empire Works So Hard to Control the International Narrative About Russia
The imperial propagandists don’t need actual facts to get this story believed, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Russians Vote on Amendments to the Constitution
In addition to the controversy over enhanced presidential powers, Natylie Baldwin covers other significant proposals now in front of voters.
RAY McGOVERN: Russiagate’s Last Gasp
One can read this most recent flurry of Russia, Russia, Russia paid the Taliban to kill GIs as an attempt to pre-empt the findings into Russiagate’s origins.
This Russia-Afghanistan Story is Western Disinformation
Caitlin Johnstone says influential news outlets are parroting something nameless spooks want the public to believe, which is the same as just publishing a CIA press release free of charge.