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Category Archives: war on terror
Ukraine is America’s Afghanistan More Than Russia’s
By Peter Van Buren Source: We Meant Well The thinking in Washington goes like this: for the “low cost” of Ukrainian lives and some American dollars, the West can end Putin’s strategic threat to the United States. No Americans are … Continue reading
Posted in black ops, CIA, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, History, imperialism, Militarization, NATO, news, Oligarchy, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Afghanistan, CIA, Deep State, empire, EU, Euromaidan Revolution, geopolitics, Germany, imperialism, NATO, Pakistan, proxy war, Russia, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, Viktor Yanukovych, war
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Saturday Matinee: Stranger at the Gate
How Many Strangers Are At the Gate? By David Swanson Source: Let’s Try Democracy Spolier Alert: if you want to watch an excellent 30-minute film without knowing what happens, scroll down and watch it before reading any of these words. … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Art, culture, Film, Saturday Matinee, Video, war, war on terror
Tagged Documentary, Joshua Seftel, Mac McKinney, Short Film, Stranger at the Gate, war
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The Lords of Chaos
The politicians and shills in the media who orchestrated 20 years of military debacles in the Middle East, and who seek a world dominated by U.S. power, must be held accountable for their crimes. By Chris Hedges Source: The Chris … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, war, war on terror
Tagged Anne Applebaum, Bill Keller, CIA, Condoleezza Rice, corporate media, David Brooks, David Frum, David Remnick, Deep State, Dick Cheney, empire, Fareed Zakaria, geopolitics, George Packer, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, imperialism, iraq, Iraq War, Jeffrey Goldberg, Joe Biden, Jonathan Chait, Mainstream Media, Neocons, Nicholas Kristof, Peter Beinart, propaganda, Richard Cohen, Robert Kaplan, Thomas Friedman, Ukraine, war, war crimes, War Criminals, war on terror, William Kristol
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War Certainly Is A Racket
By Iain Davis Source: Off-Guardian In 1935, Major General Smedley Butler’s seminal book “War Is A Racket” warned of the dangers of the US military-industrial complex, more than 25 years before the outgoing US President Eisenhower implored the world to … Continue reading
Posted in anti-war, Authoritarianism, black ops, Corporate Crime, corporate news, Corporate Welfare, Corruption, culture, Deep State, Empire, Energy, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, Militarization, military spending, NATO, Neocons, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Bulgaria, corporate media, CPA, Deep State, DynCorp, empire, EU, geopolitics, George Bush, imperialism, iraq, Kazakhstan, KBR, Lukoil, Moldova, MSM, NATO, propaganda, Russia, Smedley Butler, Syria, Teresa May, Ukraine, US Foreign Policy, war, war profiteers, Yugoslavia
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The Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy
Bombs, Bullets, and Bellicosity Instead of Brains By W.J. Astore Source: Bracing Views In my latest article for TomDispatch.com, I parse the meaning of America’s latest National Defense Strategy. Hint: It’s not about defense. More than two millennia ago, in the History of … Continue reading
Posted in Corruption, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Economics, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, Militarization, military spending, Oligarchy, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged China, Deep State, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, Lloyd Austin., Military Industrial Complex, military spending, NDS, People’s Liberation Army, Russia, US Foreign Policy, war
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Never Let A Good Crisis Go to Waste
Relentless Ukraine reporting helps conceal other conflicts By Philip Giraldi Source: Information Clearing House It is astonishing how many observers of war in Ukraine who should know better have been inclined to take at face value the assertions of “sources” … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, corporate news, Deep State, Empire, Geopolitics, imperialism, media, Media Literacy, news, propaganda, Psy-ops, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, Sociology, State Crime, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged Africa, AFRICOM, corporate news, empire, geopolitics, imperialism, iraq, Israel, Joe Biden, Mainstream Media, Palestine, propaganda, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Ukraine, war
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The American Kleptocracy: A Government of Liars, Thieves and Lawbreakers
By John & Nisha Whitehead Source: The Rutherford Institute “The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes … Continue reading
Posted in Authoritarianism, black ops, CIA, civil liberties, culture, Deep State, Dystopia, Empire, FBI, Law, news, Oligarchy, police state, Psychology, Social Control, Social Engineering, society, State Crime, surveillance state, Technocracy, war, war on terror
Tagged 9/11, al-Qaida, ANOM, arms manufacturers, civil liberties, Cointelpro, Covid-19, Cyberwarfare, DOJ, Dystopia, entrapment, FBI, Kleptocracy, NSA, police state, state terrorism, surveillance state, Technocracy, terrorism, US government
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