UK Prefers a ‘Proper Investigation’ First but Also Willing to Bomb Syria Without One — UN Ambassador How lightly western politicians fling missiles at foreign nations Marko Marjanović 10 Apr 18 372 1
Trump Poised to Order Syria Strikes. UK and France to Join In Says decision to be made soon, but all signs are decision will be to bomb Marko Marjanović 10 Apr 18 1150 2
As Trump Talks up Withdrawal Pentagon Plans Boosting Syria Troop Levels Instead Trump can talk about a withdrawal all he wants but until he grows the backbone to order one nothing is changed Barbara Starr 5 Apr 18 290 0
Pentagon Is Keeping ISIS Alive so It Can Say Syria Job Isn’t Done Yet Trump's desire to leave after ISIS fight explains why the US military has refrained from finishing off the last ISIS pocket in eastern Syria Marko Marjanović 4 Apr 18 822 1
China’s Defense Minister Tells Russians He Has Their Back Against the US An unprecedented Chinese show of support: "We've come to show Americans the close ties between Russia and China. We’ve come to support you" Tom O’Connor 4 Apr 18 1582 7
For Petroyuan to Topple the Dollar China Must Allow It to Float You can't challenge the dollar with a currency pegged to the dollar David Fickling 3 Apr 18 419 1
China’s First Home-Built Carrier Starts Sea Trials This Month A big day for the PLA Navy Minnie Chan 3 Apr 18 428 0
China’s Retaliatory Tariffs Are a Minimal Symbolic Warning Shows China wants anything but fuel Trump's trade war, remains committed to freedom to trade David Fickling 3 Apr 18 278 0
Turkey Discloses French Troop Positions in Syria in Payback for Support of Kurds More NATO-vs-NATO tension Marko Marjanović 2 Apr 18 1193 1
Guerilla Attack in Northern Syria Kills 2 Coalition Commandos, Wounds 5 Start of a new NATO vs NATO war? Possible US and British soldiers were killed by a Turkish-backed group Marko Marjanović 2 Apr 18 1130 2
Patriot Missiles Are Made in America and Fail Everywhere There is good reason to believe Patriots have never ever successfully intercepted an enemy missile including last week in Riyadh Jeffrey Lewis 30 Mar 18 2278 2
World, Dump US Debt! You’ve Got Nothing to Lose but the Chains Pentagon's record $700bn budget is entirely funded by debt Marko Marjanović 30 Mar 18 1257 1
Trump Will “Leave” Syria Like He “Left” Afghanistan Trump has already shown that more than sensible military pullbacks, he values Mattis' hot breath against the back of his neck Marko Marjanović 30 Mar 18 537 1
Huge Problem for Empire: North Korea ‘Strongly Committed to Denuclearization’ Seoul and Beijing both confirm Pyongyang is willing to give up nukes for the right deal Jason Ditz 28 Mar 18 753 1
China Is Taking Over as World’s Foremost Champion of Freedom to Trade the US took over from Britain in the 1940s, now China is taking over from the US David Fickling 21 Mar 18 359 0
To Secure Rise to Power, Saudi Crown Prince Locked up His Own Mother MBS kept his mother under house arrest for two years, told the senile king — his father — his wife was away for medical treatment Finance Twitter 21 Mar 18 1779 0
Saudis Find Out the Hard Way: Yemen Is Another Graveyard of Empires Invaders throughout history have thrown themselves against the anvil, only to be left bloodied and defeated Michael Horton 19 Mar 18 1059 1
South Korean Report on NK Summit Discredits US Elites’ Assumption Kim is actually willing to dismantle his nukes completely if the US will just lay off — amazing offer from Pyongyang Gareth Porter 19 Mar 18 320 0
Head of Russian General Staff Says Will Target US Aircraft if Strikes on Syrian Army Endanger His Servicemen Gerasimov says his men will take measures against missiles and launch vehicles over Damascus both Marko Marjanović 13 Mar 18 6566 2
It’s North Korea Which Forced the US to the Negotiating Table, Not the Other Way Around It has been North Korean strategy all along to join the nuclear club to make itself impossible to ignore and force Washington to talk Dave Lindorff 13 Mar 18 406 0
Pentagon to Congress: You Can’t Stop us from Fueling Saudi Arabia’s War in Yemen US military insists Congress – the only US political body that can declare war – doesn't get to limit its wars overseas Katherine Hawkins 13 Mar 18 615 1
In Winston Churchill, Hollywood Honors a Mass Murderer Of the great murderers of the 20th century he is the only one to have killed his millions across three continents Shashi Tharoor 13 Mar 18 2629 1
White House: Never Mind the North Korea Meeting, Trump Was Just Babbling Deep state already walking back Trump's common-sense offer to sit down with the North Koreans Jonathan Chait 12 Mar 18 365 1
Der Spiegel Investigates, Finds No Proof for Fantastic Claim of Hundreds of Russians Killed in US Syria Strikes Troublingly it also finds the 10-20 Russians killed by Americans were not taking part in any fighting Marko Marjanović 8 Mar 18 1828 2
Saudi Arabia — the Other Tail That Wags the Dog The vast Saudi lobbying machine in the imperial capital now rivals that of Israel in influence Kelley Beaucar Vlahos 8 Mar 18 339 0
Disaster for Russian Military: 20+ of the Servicemen Killed in Syria An-26 Crash May Have Been Pilots Fully 27 of the 39 servicemen killed in yesterday's crash were officers, indicating it was probably a flight bringing in pilots on rotation Marko Marjanović 7 Mar 18 1420 0
Saudis Want the US to Give Them the Capacity to Build a Nuclear Bomb Riyadh will spend tens of billions on US nuclear reactors, but only if they come with enrichment centrifuges that can make fuel and nuclear bomb material alike MK Bhadrakumar 6 Mar 18 368 0
US Commanders Forecast 10,000 US Casualties in First Days of Attack on North Korea Along with hundreds of thousands of civilian victims Carlos Muñoz 6 Mar 18 854 1
There Is Only One Reason for US Navy to Sail in the Black Sea — to Look for Trouble Just as if the Russians were sailing the Gulf of Mexico Carlton Meyer 6 Mar 18 935 0
Israel Plans a New War in Syria — but Not for the Reasons It Claims Israel claims war necessary to eliminate Iranian bases that don't exist, prevent Hezbollah from getting weapons it already has Gareth Porter 6 Mar 18 780 0