Pentagon Admits the First One Hundred F-35s Will Likely Never Be Combat-Capable $21 billion worth of new '5th generation' wonder-weapons can only be used in training Marko Marjanović 31 Oct 17 1647 0
Iraqi Army Launches Offensive to Frustrate US Operations in Syria Victory would mean the US may no longer cross from northern Iraq into Syria at will Marko Marjanović 29 Oct 17 1888 1
US Attempt to Fuel Iraq-Iran Rift Backfires Baghdad reacts violently to US demand that "Iranian militias" should evacuate the country MK Bhadrakumar 28 Oct 17 1093 0
After Iraqi Kurds Lose Disputed Fields, Rosneft Can Kiss Oil Deals Goodbye Russia's state-owned oil giant is another loser in the Iraqi victory over the Kurdish Regional Government Marko Marjanović 28 Oct 17 643 2
In Iraq, US Allies Wipe the Floor With US Allies In a month Iraqi Kurdistan has become but a shadow of its former self thanks to treachery of its leaders Marko Marjanović 28 Oct 17 756 0
US in Niger – An Intervention So Demented Even John McCain Won’t Get Behind It In a world history first, the old serial warmaker is not rushing to embrace a US war Marko Marjanović 27 Oct 17 426 0
Russian Navy Delivers Weapons the US Declined to Sell to Duterte — For Free The Russians are, as usually, running rings around what passes for "diplomacy" in the imperial capital Marko Marjanović 24 Oct 17 2464 1
Soon, China Will Buy Saudi Oil Only In Yuan Russia has been winning Saudi market share because it is already willing to accept yuan Finance Twitter 12 Oct 17 1385 0
Turkish State Media Boasts Ankara’s New Russian Missiles Can Shoot Down US Aircraft There's no love lost between these two formal allies Marko Marjanović 10 Oct 17 1480 1
No Wonder US Navy Kept Colliding With Merchant Ships. It Told Captains to Sail With ID Systems Off Not "cyber-attacks". Pentagon arrogance and paranoia the cause of collisions which killed 17 US sailors this year Marko Marjanović 5 Oct 17 2555 0
Trump Keeps Undermining Tillerson’s Every Attempt at North Korea Diplomacy Tillerson was overseas trying to soothe tensions only to be embarrassingly undercut by Trump tweeting from a golf course Jason Ditz2 2 Oct 17 173 0
UK Navy Plans Patrols to China-Claimed Waters, but Faces Future Without a Single Anti-Ship Missile London continues the policy of shouting loudly and carrying a tiny stick Marko Marjanović 2 Oct 17 1819 2
US Officials Are Literally Offended Because South Korea Doesn’t Want War With the North South Korean press reveals US complained harshly when Seoul proposed talks with its Northern brethren James Holbrooks 1 Oct 17 822 0
The Ken Burns Vietnam War Documentary Glosses Over Devastating Civilian Toll Barely a word on the two million civilians killed, majority by American policies and arms Nick Turse 30 Sep 17 517 0
China Needs to Stop Financing the US Military Buildup Against It Unlike the USSR, the US can afford guns and butter both, because China provides the butter on credit Marko Marjanović 29 Sep 17 1169 0
US Navy to Schedule Regular Provocations to Waters Claimed by China A new American invention - provocation by schedule Marko Marjanović 28 Sep 17 436 0
Census of Russia’s Oligarchs 2017 Ethnic Russians own 57% of Russia's private millions, Russian Jews 25%, and Caucasians 12% Jim Lemuel Wilson 27 Sep 17 649 0
Russia, US Agree to Jointly Build a Station Orbiting the Moon At height of New Cold War tensions NASA and Roscosmos announce an alliance Jim Lemuel Wilson 27 Sep 17 212 0
US Tears of Joy as Saudi Arabia Catches up to ISIS on Women Driving At long last Saudi Arabia has become as socially liberal as...ISIS Marko Marjanović 27 Sep 17 296 0
Erdogan Has Backstabbed Every Ally He Has Ever Had. After Kurdish Independence Vote Watch as He Turns on Barzani The unlikely partnership of the two old schemers is coming to an end Omer Taspin 26 Sep 17 754 0
Trump Is Gambling With the Lives of Tens of Thousands of South Koreans Trump has shown the world, again, how dumb a US president could be if he tries hard enough Finance Twitter 26 Sep 17 668 1
US Not Checkmated After All. Iran’s Long-Range Missile Test Was a Hoax Shows how desperate Iran is to deter the US, how desperate Trump is to threaten it Marko Marjanović 26 Sep 17 339 0
US and Russian Generals Met in Unprecedented Face-To-Face Syria Deconfliction Meeting Their rivalry in eastern Syria is forcing them to speak to each other more often than ever before Marko Marjanović 25 Sep 17 1541 0
Thinly-Veiled Threat: US Says Has Boosted Surveillance of Russian Troop Locations in Syria The wave of US & Russian threats, warnings, accusations and counter-accusations in eastern Syria continues Marko Marjanović 25 Sep 17 253 0
US-Backed SDF Claims Was Struck by Russian Jets After Moving Into East Syria Gas Field Kurds warn will not "stand by with arms crossed" Marko Marjanović 25 Sep 17 168 0
Iran’s New Missile Checkmates US, Israel Tehran answers Trump's sabre-rattling by phenomenally boosting its deterrence capability MK Bhadrakumar 25 Sep 17 951 0
How the Soviets Came to Intervene in Afghanistan The Soviets went in knowing full well it was a stupid thing to do Marko Marjanović 24 Sep 17 1705 2
US Senate Votes in $700 Billion “Defense” Budget. Mad Pooch Mattis Questions Whether the US Can Survive Dramatic much? Marko Marjanović 22 Sep 17 566 0
Russia Says Syrian Army Was Hit by SDF or US Artillery. Threatens to Fire Back If It Happens Again The US-Russian race for Euphrates threatens to become a US-Russian clash Marko Marjanović 21 Sep 17 1101 0
China, Not the US, Is Behind Sanctions on North Korea Russia did not veto North Korea sanctions because Beijing wanted them too Marko Marjanović 21 Sep 17 600 0