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Stage–2
US neoliberal and neoconservative elite are going through the stages of grief in the wake of the election of Donald Trump. Judging by the recent McCarthy-style smear campaign in the Washington Post, they’re still stuck at anger. On Thursday, the … Continue reading
Posted in neoconservatives, neoliberals
Tagged Donald Trump, faith in American democracy, fake news, foreign policy elite, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, Kubler-Ross, lost control of the narrative, McCarthy, neocons, neoliberals, New American Century, new york times, propaganda, Russia, Russian dupe, Saddam Hussein, smear campaign, Washington consensus, washington post, weapons of mass destruction
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QE for you and me
Donald Trump is many things–racist, reality TV star, torture advocate, strong leader with fascist tendencies. However, Trump is also a truth-teller, in that he has repeatedly challenged conventional wisdom, as articulated by the American political and media elite. He’s kind of … Continue reading
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Tagged 9-11, Bash kept us safe, Bernie Sanders, CBO, conventional wisdom, Donald Trump, economic orthodoxy, economic populism, fiat currency, George W. Bush, Iraq, Libya, Modern Monetary Theory, neoliberal, President Obama, public infrastructure, Syria, US imperialism
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Queen of the Neocons
Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton has a neocon problem. Clinton has just been endorsed for president by neoconservative intellectual, Robert Kagan, a longtime Republican who recognizes that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, the presumptive favorite, would be hostile to neoconservative … Continue reading
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Tagged American empire, Bernie Sanders, Consortium News, Counterpunch, coups, deep state, Democrats, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Honduras, Iraq, neocons, neoconservatives, Project for the New American Century, regime change, Republicans, Robert Kagan, Robert Parry, Scoop Jackson, Syria, Ukraine, US foreign policy
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Sowing the Wind
Recently a friend asked me about the refugee crisis in Europe. “What’s it all about? Why are these people fleeing their countries with their children? I explained that the existential refugee crisis in Europe is directly caused by US wars … Continue reading
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Tagged American exceptionalism, batshit crazy, empire of chaos, foreign policy, Iraq, Libya, propaganda system, refugees, Robert Parry, Syria
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Not a Bug but a Feature
Watching the media coverage of jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) rampaging across Iraq has been like a flashback to 2003. There’s Wolfowitz, Cheney, and Feith, invited on the “serious” news shows to share their expertise. As … Continue reading
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Tagged Cheney, divide and rule, Feith, Iraq, ISIS, Saddam Hussein, Shia, Sunni, US foreign policy, Wolfowtz
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A clean get away
Anyone who says “crime doesn’t pay” hasn’t been paying attention to the behavior of the American elite in the 21st century. Historians of the future, when the study this era, will marvel at the rampant criminality and official impunity, that … Continue reading
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