Erdogan’s Ottoman Dreams Lie Broken in Syria At one point Erdogan looked close to establishing a belt of likeminded Islamist governments from Tunisia — across Libya, Egypt and Syria — right up to Turkey itself Marc Champion 8 Mar 20 1452 10
Our Benevolent Empire Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Trump-Aligned Pressure Group Pushes to Stop Medicine Sales to Iran Eli Clifton 8 Mar 20 1081 10
Dear America, Are You Really Going to Do This Joe Biden Thing? Good luck pairing a dementia victim vs Trump, you're going to need it Caitlin Johnstone 8 Mar 20 748 15
Our Benevolent Empire Too Bad Afghans Have to Live Under Foreign Military Occupation but at Least They Have Democracy Now, Right? Afghanistan’s two presidential front-runners plan rival swearing-in ceremonies on same day after another cartoonishly fraudulent election Jason Ditz 8 Mar 20 415 2
The Myth of Moderate Nuclear War Latest Strangelovian 'brilliance' you're supposed to believe: lower-use-threshold nukes make nuclear war *less* likely Brian Cloughley 8 Mar 20 627 13
Erdogan’s Caliph Dreams Died in Idlib and Were Buried in Moscow Erdogan's ambition to pose as the unofficial leader of the Muslim world has been shattered by the Syrian and Russian militiaries Marko Marjanović 8 Mar 20 3113 7
State Department’s Dream of Fighting Russia to the Last Turk Turns to Ashes in Moscow A greater Russian-Turkish clash would have been a godsend for the Empire Marko Marjanović 7 Mar 20 3159 18
Foreign Policy Focus Podcast Podcast: House Bill Would Block Trump From Drawing Down in Africa Congress loves war; ignores Trump ramping up deployments and launching undeclared wars, but don't you dare think about a drawdown Kyle Anzalone 7 Mar 20 249 0
US Violates Its Just Signed Agreement With the Taliban Before the ink was dry Bernhard 6 Mar 20 884 15
Covid-19: The “Cures” Will Be Worse Than the Disease Never let a good crisis go to waste James Corbett 6 Mar 20 2694 24
War in Syria “Immediate Cease-Fire Along Existing Lines” — Erdogan Gives Up His Failed Offensive So ends the dream of throwing back the Syrian army, instead Turkey agrees to invite Russian troops into Idlib jihadistan Marko Marjanović 5 Mar 20 4357 32
Turkey Is Forcibly Transporting Migrants to the Greek Border, Pushing Them Across Has graduated from simply luring the migrants to the Greek border, and helping them reach (and breach) it Duvar 5 Mar 20 1177 1
Israeli Air Attacks on Syria Again Force Two Civilian Flights to Scramble for Safety When you're cruising on your way and Israel starts lobbing cruise missiles into Syria because it's Thursday RT 5 Mar 20 880 6
War in Syria Erdogan Meets Putin With a Weak Hand, Has Shown Himself Weak at Home and on the Front Has demonstrated he isn't actually able to dislodge the Syrian army as he had vowed to do Marko Marjanović 5 Mar 20 2297 4
China’s Manufacturing PMI Collapse Shows How Far Beijing Went to Combat Covid-19 Dealt itself unfathomable short-term economic damage to stay on the safe side Wolf Richter 5 Mar 20 1328 8
US Military Perplexed by Taliban Living Up to Letter of Agreement There is nothing in the US-Taliban deal saying they can't keep waging war on Kabul forces Bill Roggio 5 Mar 20 810 2
Belarus’ Lukashenko Teases Moscow, Holds a Joint Military Drill With NATO UK Just a tiny one for now, for the sanctioned "Outpost of Tyranny" Belsat 5 Mar 20 1245 6
Stay Classy MSM The Arithmetic of Covid-19 Death Rate Is Misleading, It’s Way Lower Than 2 Percent Majority of cases are without symptoms or mild, and are going under the radar Alan Reynolds 5 Mar 20 1693 6
2020 — The Year Jim Clyburn Handed Trump Another Term If Trump could pick the Democratic Party nominee he'd pick Biden Marko Marjanović 4 Mar 20 899 7
DNC Scrambles to Change Debate Threshold After Gabbard Qualifies "The establishment narrative warfare against Gabbard’s campaign dwarfs anything we’ve seen against Sanders" Caitlin Johnstone 4 Mar 20 1427 11
Russia Seeks to ‘Create Conditions so That Nobody Wants to Fight Us’ – Putin (VIDEO) Putin claims Russia is only 7th in military expenditure and claims that is more than enough Anti-Empire 4 Mar 20 1414 5
What About Netanyahu Trying to Interfere in the US Election? Netanyahu adresses AIPAC live from Israel to trash Sanders Michael Aria 4 Mar 20 1112 15
Iraq’s Failure to Appoint a New Prime Minister Will Delay Eviction of US Forces Acting PM resigns even as the PM-designate fails to secure votes, withdraws candidacy Jason Ditz 4 Mar 20 396 3
Pentagon’s Map of Bases in Africa Contradicts Its Claim of ‘Light’ Footprint "As the US military footprint and military activities have increased, terrorist violence has grown and terrorist groups have proliferated" Nick Turse 4 Mar 20 819 8
Buying the Official Skripal Poisoning Story Requires Believing 40 Absurd or Implausible Claims…At the Same Time A riddle, wrapped in a cover up, inside a hoax Rob Slane 4 Mar 20 1728 3
God, Family and the Russian People Make It Into Russia’s New Constitution "They are to be put to a public vote on 22 April. No doubt they will pass by a large majority" Paul Robinson 4 Mar 20 1231 7
State Department Crosses Into AQ-Held Syria for a Photo-Op, Offers Turkey “Ammunition” for Syria Campaign As Lindsey Graham calls for a no-fly zone against Russia over Syria Marko Marjanović 3 Mar 20 1335 19
War in Syria Why Syrian Army Positions Really Collapsed on First Day of Erdogan’s All-Out Offensive Not true that Russians had left them out to dry — and now that they've recovered Erdogan is going to Moscow with a weak hand John Helmer 3 Mar 20 5248 16
China’s Handling of Covid-19 and America’s Handling of H1N1 Compared Side by Side (VIDEO) In 2009 swine flu infected 60 million Americans as US gov't and the corporate media underplayed its actual scale by a factor of one hundred Nathan Rich 3 Mar 20 967 7
Trade War Joys Huawei Is Developing Its Own Search App to Replace Google on Its Phones More blowback from the anti-Huawei crusade Zak Doffman 3 Mar 20 1148 6