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Friends like these
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 →
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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
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Pipeline-Istan
The Russian sanctions bill has got to be one of the most perverse pieces of legislation that I’ve ever seen. Since WWII the presidency has increased its power vis-a-vis congress in relation to foreign policy and the ability to … Continue reading →
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Tagged energy wars, follow the pipelines, Iraq, long war, new york times, Pepe Escobar, pipelineistan, Russia, sanctions, Syria, the great game, US Congress, war on terror, washington post
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The political/economy of empire
The US is an empire, in case you hadn’t noticed. The political/economy of the US empire is the deep state. The deep state in America is largely composed of the military/industrial/complex, the oil and gas industry, and Wall Street. The … Continue reading →
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Tagged army of public servants, Barack Obama, Colonel Armas of Guatemala, corporate empire, deep state, Deterring Democracy, Donald Trump, empire, empire of chaos, Great Britain, MIC, Noam Chomsky, Pepe Escobar, political/economy, political/economy of empire, Roman legions, shah of Iran, Wall Street, wall street crash
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The Memory Hole
The successful Russian intervention in Syria’s civil war is causing a great hue and cry within US media and think-tanks. The latest outburst is, The Syrian Jihad: Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State and the Evolution of an Insurgency, by Charles Lister, a visiting Fellow … Continue reading →
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Tagged 7 countries in 5 years, Brookings, civil war, General Wesley Clark, invasion of Iraq, ISIS, memory hole, neo-conservatives, neocons, New American Century, oil and gas pipelines, Pepe Escobar, pipelineistan, propaganda, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, seymour hersh, Sunni terrorism, Syria, war on terror, war on terror is a hoax
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Failing Upwards
Despite being the richest most powerful country in the world the US is an empire in decline. Perhaps it’s because we don’t hold our elite accountable? Empire-101 requires holding elites accountable to maintain said empire. History is replete with failed … Continue reading →
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Tagged bad shit happens, banana republic, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, corruption, deep state, empire, empire of chaos, failing upwards, feral elite, foreign policy, General David Petraeus, god's work, Jamie Dimon, KKR, Little Timmy, Lloyd Blankfein, Mike Lofgren, Paul Wolfowitz, Pepe Escobar, President Obama, Tim Geithner, Wall Street
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Rollback
The US is waging a novel type of hybrid warfare in a desperate attempt to maintain its hegemony and counter the rise of a multi-polar world led by Russia and China. The war on terror is a hoax, used as a … Continue reading →
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Tagged advertising, Andrew Horybko, Cold War, Color Revolutions, empire of chaos, Facebook, Google Maps, hive mind, Hybrid Wars, media, Pepe Escobar, propaganda, public diplomacy, public relations, rollback, Russia, selling war, social media, Soviet Union, Syria, Twitter, Ukraine, YouTube, Zbigniew Brzezinski
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We’ve Always Been at War With Eastasia
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 →
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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
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