After He Leaves, What Will They Say About Obama's Foreign Policy?
• http://original.antiwar.com, by Murray PolnerWith only eighteen months remaining, Barack Obama's foreign policy legacy will be much debated after he leaves the White House.
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Foreign Policy
What If There Is No Plan B for Iraq?
• antiwar.comOn June 13th, Greg Jaffe and Missy Ryan of the Washington Post reported what should have been big news (though it was hardly noted).
Pentagon accuses Russia of 'playing with fire' over nuclear threats towards Nato
• Prison PlanetA senior Pentagon official has warned that Russia is "playing with fire" by suggesting it would threaten the use of nuclear weapons in international disputes, and added that Russia is attempting an intimidation campaign against Nato.
'Russia has no aggressive plans, will always prefer political settlement' – Putin
• infowars.com"This is a guarantee of Russia's sovereignty and territorial integrity..."
NATO-Russia Collision Ahead?
• Lewrockwell.com"U.S. Poised to Put Heavy Weaponry in East Europe: A Message to Russia," ran the headline in The New York Times.
Russia Fed Up With US "Lecturing" As Pentagon Deploys 250 Tanks To Eastern Europe
• zerohedge.comOn Monday we noted that Europe has moved to extend economic sanctions on Russia for another six months in response to Moscow's alleged role in fueling the violence that now plagues Eastern Ukraine.
Russia Slams Extension Of European Sanctions; Pentagon Warns Of "Nuclear Saber-Rattling"
• zerohedge.comOver the past several months, tensions between Russia and the West have escalated meaningfully. While it's certainly true that, since Crimea, US-Russia relations have deteriorated steadily (baskets of potatoes notwithstanding), recent events sugges
Israel's "Right to Defend": By Definition, An Aggressor Cannot Act in Defense
• globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.comThe statement that Israel has the right to defend itself against Palestine is similar to the statement that if, say, the US annexed, occupied, and started building illegal settlements in Cuba (the parts the US isn't already illegally occupying and
Our Treasonous Foreign Policy
• http://original.antiwar.com - Justin RaimondoIf you want to know why our "war on terrorism" has failed so miserably – if you want to understand how and why the harder we fight the more enemies we have to face – then read WSJ on the evolution of the Syrian civil war
The Next President's Foreign Policy: Likely the Same Overextended American Empire
Ivan ElandAlthough the 2016 election is a year-and-a-half away, the verdict is already in on the continuation of post-World War II interventionism as the policy of choice.
Think Tanks and the Iraq War
• http://www.cato.org, By Gene HealyAs I noted last week, the GOP's 2016 contenders didn't do themselves much credit as they ducked, covered, cringed, and pratfell through a series of interview questions about the Iraq War.
China is done with 'microphone diplomacy' over its moves in the South China Sea
• Business InsiderDifferences between the United States and China over the South China Sea and cyber security should not be addressed by "microphone diplomacy" but in "a proper way" to allow for a successful U.S. visit by President Xi Jinping this year, a senior Chine
Soros Pushes US Bailouts and Weapons for Ukraine
• Ron Paul via http://original.antiwar.comSoros is very close to the Ukrainian president, who was put in power after a US-backed coup deposed the elected leader of Ukraine last year. In the email correspondence, Soros tells the Ukrainian leadership that the US should provide Ukraine...
CIA Director John Brennan Admits U.S. Foreign Policy Could Spur Terrorism
• https://firstlook.org/theinterceptJohn Brennan, director of the CIA, went on "Face the Nation" last Sunday and did something weird: he acknowledged that U.S. foreign policy might sometimes cause terrorism. Of course, he didn't word it exactly like that, but close enough:
Trade agreements like TiSA, TPP and TTIP will sideline national laws, Wikileaks says
• http://www.independent.co.ukWikileaks has warned that governments negotiating a far-reaching global service agreement are 'surrendering a large part of their global sovereignty' and exacerbating the social inequality of poorer countries in the process.
The Myth of the Interventionist Revival
• antiwar.comIs the War Party back on the rise?
Washington Politicizes Football
• paulcraigroberts.orgWashington's attack on world soccer is following the script of Washington's attack on the Russian-hosted Sochi Olympics.
Doug Casey on Cuba
• https://www.lewrockwell.comI was there in the 1990s with about a dozen financiers from Europe.
Israel Is A Discredit To America
• paulcraigroberts.orgYou Are Judged By The Company You Keep
Report: Chief US negotiator in Iran talks is leaving the State Department
• www.businessinsider.comSherman, who is under secretary of state for political affairs at the State Department and who has white, close-cropped hair, has stood out as one of the few women in a sea of men in dark suits at most of the negotiating sessions.
US won't accept idea of global 'spheres of influence' Biden
• RT.com"We will not recognize any nation having a sphere of influence," the vice president said during a speech at the Brookings Institution on Wednesday. It remained unclear whether the remark applied to US influence around the globe, or referred only to
Why Are We in the Middle East?
• http://www.commondreams.org, by Jeff FauxTo placate their pique at his effort to get a non-proliferation agreement with Iran, Barack Obama met last Thursday at Camp David with Saudi royals and leaders of the other five feudal dictatorships of the Persian Gulf.
New Evidence US Backed ISIS - Ron Paul
• http://popularliberty.com, By fishycultureSuspicions Run Deep in Iraq That C.I.A. and the Islamic State Are United
Wesley Clark to Meghan Kelly: "We use radical Islamists for foreign policy objectives"
• http://popularliberty.com, By CrabacadoNow I remember why I stopped watching Foxnews...
100 US and European fighter jets just started an exercise near Russia's borders
• Business InsiderAbout 100 fighter jets from the United States and eight European nations began an Arctic training exercise in the Nordic nations on Monday, a region worried by increased Russian military activity.
Chinese State Paper Warns "War Will Be Inevitable" Unless U.S. Stops Meddling In Territori
• zerohedge.comWhereas over the past year, ever since the outbreak of the hostilities over the fate of Ukraine following the Victoria Nuland orchestrated presidential coup, relations between Russia and NATO have devolved to a Cold War 2.0 .....
What if Putin is Telling the Truth?
• lewrockwell.com, By F. William EngdahlOn April 26 Russia's main national TV station, Rossiya 1, featured President Vladimir Putin in a documentary to the Russian people on the events of the recent period including the annexation of Crimea, the US coup d'etat in Ukraine, and the gener
Clinton E-Mails Reveal State Dept Obsessed With Toppling Foreign Leader
• Prison PlanetA cache of 296 e-mails to and from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton released by the State Department on Friday reveal US officials working overtime to orchestrate the fall of a foreign government.
Secret Pentagon Report Reveals US "Created" ISIS As A "Tool" To Overthrow Syria*
• zerohedge.comFrom the first sudden, and quite dramatic, appearance of the fanatical Islamic group known as ISIS which was largely unheard of until a year ago, on the world's stage and which promptly replaced the worn out and tired al Qaeda as the world's terroris
The Original Chechnya Bombers - The CIA, The Saudis And Bin Laden
• zerohedge.comWhat if Putin is Telling The Truth?
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