Tag Archives: Israel
Instruments of Statecraft
On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in 2001 it seems an appropriate moment to examine how the US deploys terrorists as instruments of statecraft. Before we get to 9/11 there’s some important contextual history. … Continue reading
The accidental anti-imperialist
I’m sure that wasn’t his intent but Trump is turning out to be the accidental anti-imperialist president. The turn of events is quite ironic since he based his second coming on emulating William McKinley, our first imperialist president. But Trump … Continue reading
The Merger
The US House of Representatives just passed a bill merging the US military with Israel’s. The House on Wednesday passed its version of the massive $1.15 trillion 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes Section 219 (formerly Section 224), … Continue reading
The Dilemma
The Netanyahu Administration is happy that the US is again attacking Iran. That doesn’t mean that they want to participate. Israel’s far-right finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, has described the renewed US war on Iran as the ideal outcome for Israel, provided Israelis … Continue reading
Psycho
More clearly than Americans, Iranian leaders saw Trump’s mental condition and therefore utilized psychologists and psychiatrists in their negotiations of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) ending the Gulf conflict. Drop Site News reported that–“In an effort to navigate President Donald … Continue reading
FAFO
The Trump Administration has misgoverned with a blizzard of pronouncements, policies and actions. There was Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill”, random economic sanctions, the DOGE massacre, election rat-fuckery, the ICE attacks and murders, the West Wing Ballroom and command bunker, putting … Continue reading
Operation Epic Fail
Trump’s attack on Iran is turning into the biggest military disaster in US history. Even the neocons are saying it, and the corporate media is reporting it. On May 10, Robert Kagan, arch-neocon who’s married to Maidan cookie-monster Victoria Nuland, lamented in The … Continue reading
Can’t run an empire with neoliberalism as the operating system
Trump’s attack on Iran is proving conclusively that the US can’t run an empire with neoliberalism as the operating system. The evidence mounts every day, from inability to manufacture more than a few precision munitions, to fragile supply chains, to … Continue reading