William Hartung reviews the 50-year history of U.S. dominance of the Middle Eastern arms trade.
America’s Arms Sales Addiction
Category: Trump Administration
25 Times Trump Has Been Dangerously Hawkish On Russia
Caitlin Johnstone discredits a CNN listicle on Trump’s “softness” towards Moscow. In fact, she writes, the U.S. president has actually been consistently reckless towards Moscow, with zero resistance from either party.
The Situation Room, October 2039
US & Israel Cast Lone UN Votes Against Historic Peace Measures
Most of the international community supported draft resolutions calling for a nuclear weapons-free Middle East, measures to stop an arms race in outer space, and an end to the blockade of Cuba, reports Ben Norton.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: The Impeachment Pantomime
The political theatrics that begin Wednesday raise several questions. For starters, will Joe Biden be investigated for mounting evidence of corruption? And why is the corporate media turning the CIA “whistleblower” into a phantom in plain sight?
Bolivia Coup Led by Christian Fascist Paramilitary Leader, a Multi-Millionaire – with Foreign Support
Luis Fernando Camacho arose from far-right movements in the Santa Cruz region, where the U.S. has encouraged separatism. He has courted support from Colombia, Brazil and the Venezuela coup regime, report Max Blumenthal and Ben Norton.
MSM Adamantly Avoids the Word ‘Coup’ in Bolivia Coverage
As usual, the mass media’s reporting on this story is in full alignment with the U.S. State Department, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Lower Refugee Limits are Weakening Resettlement in US
Trump’s record-low refugee resettlement ceiling represents a trend of declining admissions that has been going on for nearly two decades, writes Stephanie J. Nawyn.
The Greening of the New Deal
Charges that the Green New Deal will crash the budget and serve as an antechamber to socialism are just as bogus as similar arguments against its Depression-era predecessor, writes Steve Fraser.
US Congressional Panel Plots Next Phase of Dirty War on Syria: Occupy Oil Fields & Block Reconstruction
A Washington foreign-policy apparatchik who oversaw the bipartisan Syria Study Group has outlined a sadistic strategy for preventing reconstruction of the “rubble,” Ben Norton reports.