Tag Archives: Iran

It’s all about the Benjamin’s

Posted on January 4, 2018 by camelotkidd

Ever wonder why the US regime-changes this country but not that country? Wonder no more. It’s all about the Benjamin’s. The US maintains its hegemony thanks to the power of the US dollar—the worlds reserve currency–and the reality of … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Alastair Crooke, Benjamin's, BRICS, China, financial economy, financialization, human rights, Iran, Journal of Strategic-Culture, petrodollar, regime change, reserve currency, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Trump’s Security Strategy | Leave a comment

Friends like these

Posted on November 8, 2017 by camelotkidd

There’s an effort underway to force the US to attack Iran. The pressure is coming from the putative allies of the US in the Middle-East: Saudi Arabia and Israel. Of course this crazy idea is also supported by the … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives | Tagged 9/11, 9/11 Report, Asian Times, Bashar al-Assad, Daniel Lazare, Donald Rumsfeld, Donald Trump, friends like these, Hezbollah, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, MBS, missing 29 pages of the 9/11 Report, Mohammed bin Salman, neoconservative foreign policies, neoconservatives, Pepe Escobar, President Bush, Russia, Saad al-Hariri, Saddam Hussein, Saudi Arabia, Shia crescent, Sunni, Sunni terrorism, Syria, unsanctioned terrorism, Wahhabism, war on terror, Yemen | Leave a comment

Open for Business

Posted on October 24, 2017 by camelotkidd

Neoliberalism has trumped our democratic values and institutions by substituting a cost-benefit and efficiency rational. Political discourse is framed only in entrepreneurial terms where the management of a market-economy confers a government the legitimacy to carry out domestic and … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neofeudalism, neoliberals | Tagged Chile, criminal law, Cuba, foreign policy, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Iran, Ken Burns, Libya, market-based values, neoliberalism, regime change, Richard Posner, Venezuala, Vietnam, war on terror, war on terror is a hoax, Wendy Brown | 1 Comment

Internal divisions

Posted on December 13, 2016 by camelotkidd

The election of Donald Trump is provoking internal divisions within the deep state, leading to some very interesting disclosures. Indeed, there is a battle being waged for influence and control in the presumptive Trump administration. It might be useful to … Continue reading →

Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals | Tagged Al-Qaeda, Bashar al-Assad, CIA, deep state, DIA, DOD, Donald Trump, emptywheel.net, energy flows, General Michael Flynn, Gulf States, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, John Brennan, Marcy Wheeler, Mike Lofgren, new york times, pipelineistan, Qatar, regime change, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Shia crescent, Syria, Wall Street, War on Drugs, war on terror is a hoax, Washington consensus, washington post | Leave a comment

We’ve Always Been at War With Eastasia

Posted on November 25, 2015 by camelotkidd

Behind the smokescreen of American exceptionalism, the US is the dominant world-wide empire, working assiduously to prevent other countries from threatening their status. To the uninitiated US foreign policy appears to be a sea of absolute incoherence, but there is a method … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Cold War, empire of chaos, General Wesley Clark, Iran, Iraq, Pat Lange, Paul Wolfowitz, Pepe Escobar, Russia, Sic Semper Tyrannis, Soviet Union, Syria, Ukraine | 1 Comment

Epic Fail

Posted on September 28, 2015 by camelotkidd

Here’s what our efforts in Syria have amounted to. “The West is more hated than ever. A recent poll found that 80 per cent of Syrians believe we created the Islamic State — a common belief, incidentally, throughout the Middle … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged epic fail, Iran, ISIS, neoconservatives, Russia, Syria, US foreign policy | Leave a comment

Even a blind pig

Posted on September 4, 2015 by camelotkidd

Even a blind pig will find a nut from time to time. “But if you think Iran is the only source of trouble in the Middle East, you must have slept through 9/11, when 15 of the 19 hijackers came … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 9/11, fucked-up foreign policy, Iran, ISIS, Saudia Arabia, Shite, Sunni, terrorism, Thomas Friedman | Leave a comment

The Ultimate Conspiracy

Posted on September 8, 2013 by camelotkidd

With the news dominated by Syria and the Obama Administration’s strenuous efforts to go to war, it’s a good time to look at the reasons why. Of course we won’t be examining the proffered excuses put forth by the administration, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1963 Syrian coup, Al-Qaeda, Bandar bin Sultan, chemical weapons, Ellen Brown, financial regulations, General Wesley Clark, Greg Palest, Iran, Larry Summers, neo-conservatives, Syria | 1 Comment

threat of a good example

Posted on December 2, 2011 by camelotkidd

Occupy Wall Street–OWS, with its anti-hierarchical structure, communal facilities and socialist ethos is deeply threatening to American elites. It is, to recall a forgotten phrase, the threat of a good example. During the Cold War the Soviet Union and China … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Chile, Cuba, death squads, Guatemala, Iran, OWS | Leave a comment