Exclusive: To prove their chops, mainstream media stars can’t wait to go head-to-head with a demonized foreign leader, like Vladimir Putin, and let him have it, even if their “facts” are wrong, as Megyn Kelly showed and Ray McGovern explains.
When ‘Mother Jones’ Wasn’t Russia-Bashing
The Russia hysteria sweeping America’s political-media world has spread to some progressive publications, like Mother Jones, that have forgotten the history of McCarthyism, even how they were smeared, as Mark Ames recalls at The Exile.
Trump Fans the Mideast Fires of Hate
President Trump’s support for the Saudi blockade of Qatar – and his insult to Iran after it suffered an ISIS attack – reveal a dangerously shallow thinker eager to pour gas on the Mideast fires, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R.…
Saudi Royals Bring Trump into Line
U.K.’s Corbyn Told Truth about Terrorism
Analysts credit the Labour Party’s strong showing in the U.K. election to economic issues, but its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, also told voters the truth about how the West’s Mideast wars have spread terrorism, notes Lawrence Davidson.
The US Hand in the Libyan/Syrian Tragedies
Trump’s Blunders Fuel Mideast Conflicts
President Trump’s simplistic siding with Saudi Arabia and Israel – and his callous reaction to a terror attack on Iran – are fueling new tensions in the Middle East, including the Qatar crisis, as ex-British diplomat Alastair Crooke explains.
‘Soft Coup’ on Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight
The Arab Struggle Against Bigotry
Settling for a No-Win in Syria
NYT’s New Syria-Sarin Report Challenged
ISIS Attack Exposes Anti-Iran Propaganda
An ISIS-claimed terror attack in Iran killing a dozen people shows how dishonest the U.S. government has been in lumping Iran in with terror groups that it has aggressively fought, as ex-CIA analyst Paul R. Pillar explains.
McMaster Urges Another Afghan ‘Surge’
Trump and the American Decline
Democrats Chase Red Herring of Russia-gate
Will the Neocons’ Long War Ever End?
A Half-Century of Oppression
Israel’s right-wing governments bear the greatest guilt for the last half-century of oppressing the Palestinians but the divided and ineffectual opposition has played its part, too, says Alon Ben-Meir.
The Kissinger Backchannel to Moscow
Trump Tumbles into Saudi-Israeli Trap
Hiding the Ugly Business of Torture
Exclusive: A grisly feature of the “war on terror” was America’s descent into torture, but the powers-that-be have decided that the common folk shouldn’t worry their little heads about this ugliness, reports ex-CIA analyst Ray McGovern.