Without historical context, which is buried by corporate media, it’s impossible to understand Ukraine. Historians will tell the story, but journalists are cut short for trying to tell it now.
Ukraine Timeline Tells the Tale
Tag: Joe Biden
The US Needed Russia to Invade Ukraine
In a moment of candor in March 2022, Joe Biden revealed why the U.S. needed the Russian invasion to launch its three-pronged, pre-meditated war on Russia, writes Joe Lauria.
VIPS MEMO: To New DNI Tulsi Gabbard
The Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) invites new Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to consider its advice and offers her a selection of its past memoranda.
Plan To Ethnically Cleanse Gaza Didn’t Start With Trump
Kicking the Palestinians out of Gaza to neighboring Arab states has always been the plan; it didn’t just emerge out of nowhere when Trump became president, writes Caitlin Johnstone.
Trump Wants to ‘Clean Out That Whole Thing,’ Meaning the People of Gaza
Says he is asking Jordan and Egypt to take as many as 1.5 million Gazans in what would be an historic act of the crime of ethnic cleansing, reports Joe Lauria.
Caity Johnstone: Biden Was Just That Bad
Trump will do many evil things but none will reverse the fact that Biden just spent four years advancing genocide, nuclear brinkmanship and authoritarianism.
Stealing Credit for the Gaza Ceasefire
There’s little doubt Donald Trump’s intervention was the main reason for the Gaza ceasefire but predictably Joe Biden, who facilitated genocide until the bitter end, is saying it was him on his way out the door, says Joe Lauria.
AS’AD AbuKHALIL: Six Scenarios for Syria
The situation of Syria is like the chaos of Libya but there are many more actors (local and external) operating, making it difficult to foresee what will happen.
Trump Says No to ‘Foolish’ US Missile Attacks on Russia
UPDATED: The incoming president told Time he “vehemently disagrees” with firing U.S. missiles into Russia, words that could soothe nuclear tensions between Washington and Moscow, reports Joe Lauria.
Syria Is Absorbed Into the Empire
Maybe you would prefer to believe a plucky band of heroic freedom fighters bravely overthrew an evil supervillain dictator all on their own like some Hollywood movie, says Caitlin Johnstone.