Recently, Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham predictably but mistakenly called for greater United States military involvement in the Syrian civil war, proving they have learned nothing from our history in the Middle East.
Some 300 US Marines are headed to Afghanistan, as the Taliban continue to gain and ISIS persists. The US Commander for Afghanistan wants several thousand more. The 2009-2010 "surge" was supposed to produce a victory in the 16 year war. It did not. Wi
The realized truth of modern history is crystal clear. Washington had no business intervening in a quarrel between two no-count wanna be dictators (Syngman Rhee and Kim il Sung) on the Korean peninsula in June 1950, and surely has no business still s
How would you feel if the government came to your door and insisted at gun point that you had to hand over your gold in return for paper? How would you feel if this promissory note they gave you didn't actually promise you your gold back – and th
Largest Marine Deployment in Afghanistan Since 2014
With the US seeking to slow the mounting losses by the Afghan military in the southern Helmand Province, the Pentagon has announced a deployment of roughly 300 US Marines to the province, with the
The Trump administration's growing use of military force in Syria, Iraq, and Yemen has neoconservative hawks rooting for an armed confrontation with what they view as the root of all evil in the Middle East: Iran.
Spending some two years under siege by al-Qaeda and its allied forces in Idlib Province, Shi'ite civilians from the towns of Foua and Kfraya began a mass evacuation as part of the "town swap" deal, but didn't get far outside of Idlib before
With over 97% of the vote counted in the Turkey Referendum, the results are 51.4% Yes and 48.6% no. The alleged reforms grant Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan tremendous say over budgets and the Constitutional Court. Eddogan can stay in power
Chinese 3D printed house company WinSun has signed a $1.45bn agreement with a Saudi Arabian contractor that could see 1.5 million affordable homes printed in the Gulf kingdom, which is struggling to cope with a housing shortage.
While US officials have upped their death count from the Afghan MOAB drop to 94, Indian authorities are claiming that at least 500 Pakistani nationals (who had been protecting the ISIS operatives in this area) were killed in the US bombing in Nangarh
The dwindling credit of Turkey and significant decline in its currency has led to the new clever idea of confiscating gold with a smile. The Turkish Central Bank has come up with an idea of how to confiscate private gold while pretending they are hel
Prophetically foreshadowing the current crisis (and apparent action plan), leaked CIA documents from the reign of Bashar al-Assad's father in the 1980s show a Washington Deep State plan coalescing to "bring real muscle to bear against Syria," t
After 13 years of war in Afghanistan – the longest in US history – the US government has achieved no victory. Afghanistan is in chaos and would collapse completely without regular infusions of US money. The war has been a failure, but Washington
The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, has written extensively about the U.S. governments involvement in Syria and has sought to expose the corruption perpetrated by the Obama administration.
This is the story of the day. The following represents the recent and public revelations of Robert David Steele. According to Mr. Steele, President Trump is a victim of treasonous disinformation, spawned by abject and deliberate treason against the p
The real Donald Trump has been exposed. The man who promised a sensible and non-interventionist Middle Eastern policy and a reset with Moscow has now reneged on both pledges. His nitwit United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley has directly linked Russia
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) has a message for the liberals attacking her criticism of President Trump's missile strike on Syria, warning that a rush to aggression risks repeating the same mistakes that led the United States into the Iraq War.
Israel closed its Taba border crossing to Egypt Monday following a warning by its anti-terrorism office of an "imminent" militant attack there. The closure comes hours before the start of the Passover holiday, when Sinai is a popular destination for
Americans are up in arms over the alleged gas attack in Syria. Although there was no investigation, and many high-profile individuals have called it a sham, the US has pinned the blame on Syrian president Bashar Al Assad.
The great investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, has written extensively about the U.S. governments involvement in Syria and has sought to expose the corruption perpetrated by the Obama administration.