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The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?
January 8, 2012, 1 Comment on The Geo-Politics of the Strait of Hormuz: Could the U.S. Navy be defeated by Iran in the Persian Gulf?After years of U.S. threats, Iran is taking steps which suggest that is both willing and capable of closing the Strait of Hormuz. On December 24, 2011 Iran started its Velayat-90 naval drills in and around the Strait of Hormuz and extending from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman (Oman Sea) to the »
Simmering unrest in Indian Army goes sweltering
January 5, 2012, No Comments on Simmering unrest in Indian Army goes swelteringIf the former Fort Williams boss, as he was known as during his last posting, General VK Singh the Chief of world’s 2nd largest army i.e. the Indian Army, made life extremely miserable for former Indian Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor and his top aides in the Indian military establishment and ensured highly ugly »
Building a Pretext to Wage War on Syria: NATO’s “Humanitarian Watchdog”
December 12, 2011, 1 Comment on Building a Pretext to Wage War on Syria: NATO’s “Humanitarian Watchdog”On December 2, the Geneva-based UN Watch welcomedthat day’s “strong condemnation” of Syria by a UN Human Rights Council emergency session, and its establishment of a special rapporteur to monitor the situation therefollowing what it called“a global campaign to create the post by a coalition of prominent democracy dissidents and human rights groups” led »
Obama Raises the Military Stakes: Confrontation on the Borders with China and Russia
December 11, 2011, 4 Comments on Obama Raises the Military Stakes: Confrontation on the Borders with China and RussiaAfter suffering major military and political defeats in bloody ground wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, failing to buttress long-standing clients in Yemen, Egypt and Tunisia and witnessing the disintegration of puppet regimes in Somalia and South Sudan, the Obama regime has learned nothing: Instead he has turned toward greater military confrontation with global powers, »
Insane McCain, Obama’s Grand Chessboard, and Russia’s Color Revolution
December 11, 2011, 1 Comment on Insane McCain, Obama’s Grand Chessboard, and Russia’s Color RevolutionThis week, John McCain removed a post on his twitter feed that read, “Dear Vlad, The #ArabSpring is coming to a neighborhood near you”. McCain’s blatant provocation of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appeared as a stark admission of US geopolitical meddling in both the Arab World and Russia, and revealed the arrogance with »
The Clock Is Ticking: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away?
December 6, 2011, 1 Comment on The Clock Is Ticking: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away?Amid conflicting reports that a huge explosion at Iran's uranium conversion facility in Isfahan occurred last week, speculation was rife that Israel and the United States were stepping-up covert attacks against defense and nuclear installations »
Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense. Towards a Pre-emptive Nuclear War?
December 3, 2011, No Comments on Why Moscow does not Trust Washington on Missile Defense. Towards a Pre-emptive Nuclear War?Most in the civilized world are blissfully unaware that we are marching ineluctably towards an increasingly likely pre-emptive nuclear war. No, it's not at all about Iran and Israel. It's about the decision of Washington and the Pentagon to push Moscow up against the wall with what is euphemistically called Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD). »
The Syria-Iran-Turkey Triangle: A New War Scenario in the Middle East
November 28, 2011, 1 Comment on The Syria-Iran-Turkey Triangle: A New War Scenario in the Middle EastWhile there were good connections and relations between Syria and Turkey only a year ago, today we began to talk different scenarios about the NATO intervention led by Turkey against Syria. Most commentators suggest that Syria came to the end of the road. Interestingly, old-friend Turkey is among the states which raise their loud voices »
Occupy London: Holy smokescreen lifts to reveal true battlefield
November 3, 2011, No Comments on Occupy London: Holy smokescreen lifts to reveal true battlefieldWhile the pause button has been pressed on moves by the powerful City of London Corporation to evict protesters from outside St Paul's, the smoke is clearing on what many expected would be the real conflict after the "phoney war" between activists and the cathedral »
NATO’s Next War: Syria, the Arab Yugoslavia of the Middle East
November 3, 2011, No Comments on NATO’s Next War: Syria, the Arab Yugoslavia of the Middle EastSurrounded by the Turkish veteran member of NATO in the north, the Israeli NATO partner and the navy fleets of the member states patrolling the Mediterranean in the west, the alliance’s Jordanian partner in the south, and in the east hosting a NATO mission in Iraq, which is expected to develop into the 12th »
President Al-Assad: The dangers and repercussions of aggression against Syria or interference in its internal affairs
October 31, 2011, 2 Comments on President Al-Assad: The dangers and repercussions of aggression against Syria or interference in its internal affairsIn an interview with Russia's Rossiya 1 TV channel on Sunday, President Bashar al-Assad discussed developments in Syria and the region, Syria's efforts to emerge from the crisis, the dangers and repercussions of any aggression against Syria or interference in its internal affairs, relations with Russia, and western sanctions »
War with Iran? A Warning to Patriots and Globalists
October 30, 2011, 4 Comments on War with Iran? A Warning to Patriots and GlobalistsAs an Iranian-American, ex-US-Army infantryman and sergeant who has sworn a dying oath to the ever living 1776 revolution’s constitution I have found it imperative to warn my patriot brethren to the gravest danger facing our beloved republic at this juncture. The danger in question is not one which threatens us from any outside »
The Demise Of The Dollar
October 25, 2011, 1 Comment on The Demise Of The DollarIn the most profound financial change in recent Middle East history, Gulf Arabs are planning – along with China, Russia, Japan and France – to end dollar dealings for oil, moving instead to a basket of currencies including the Japanese yen and Chinese yuan, the euro, gold and a new, unified currency planned for »
Nearly 1 in 4 young children in the U.S. living below the poverty line, but aid to Israel is untouchable
September 26, 2011, No Comments on Nearly 1 in 4 young children in the U.S. living below the poverty line, but aid to Israel is untouchableThe number of children living in poverty in the United States increased by 2.6 million since the recession began in 2007, bringing the total to an estimated 15.7 million poor children in 2010, according to researchers from the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. The researchers estimate that nearly 1 in 4 »
China To US: Any Attack on Pakistan Would be Construed as an Attack on China
August 16, 2011, 2 Comments on China To US: Any Attack on Pakistan Would be Construed as an Attack on ChinaChina has officially put the United States on notice that Washington’s planned attack on Pakistan will be interpreted as an act of aggression against Beijing. This blunt warning represents the first known strategic ultimatum received by the United States in half a century, going back to Soviet warnings during the Berlin crisis of 1958-1961, »
What do YOU think is worse: Phone hacking or buying votes with blood?
July 19, 2011, No Comments on What do YOU think is worse: Phone hacking or buying votes with blood?Since we are to have a Judicial Inquiry into the wicked Press, shouldn’t we also have one into wicked politicians? Journalists can be nasty, and newspapers beastly, but their misdeeds are as nothing set beside those of governments. Governments also hack into phones, poke their noses into our personal affairs and misuse the information they »
Michel Chossudovsky: Towards a World War III Scenario
June 23, 2011, 1 Comment on Michel Chossudovsky: Towards a World War III ScenarioThe war on Libya is an integral part of the broader military agenda in the Middle East and Central Asia which until recently consisted of three distinct areas of conflict : Afghanistan and Pakistan (the AfPak War), Iraq, Palestine. A fourth war theater has opened up in North Africa, which raises the issue of »
The CIA’s Fake “Arab Spring” Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of War
June 23, 2011, 1 Comment on The CIA’s Fake “Arab Spring” Becoming A Long, Hot Summer Of WarWith the previously covert US bombing of Yemen out in the open, the Obama administration is now waging illegal wars against at least five countries – Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Libya, and Yemen. Given Obama’s absurd and Orwellian theory that acts of war from the air in the sea do not constitute hostilities under the »
US, Pakistan Near Open War; Chinese Ultimatum Warns Washington Against Attack
May 23, 2011, 8 Comments on US, Pakistan Near Open War; Chinese Ultimatum Warns Washington Against AttackChina has officially put the United States on notice that Washington’s planned attack on Pakistan will be interpreted as an act of aggression against Beijing. This blunt warning represents the first known strategic ultimatum received by the United States in half a century, going back to Soviet warnings during the Berlin crisis of 1958-1961, »
World War 3 Legislation Introduced – The US Congress To Vote On Declaration Of World War 3 — An Endless War With No Borders, No Clear Enemies
May 18, 2011, 12 Comments on World War 3 Legislation Introduced – The US Congress To Vote On Declaration Of World War 3 — An Endless War With No Borders, No Clear EnemiesThe legislation authorizes the President of the United States to take unilateral military action against all nations, organizations, and persons, both domestically and abroad, who are alleged to be currently or who have in the past supported or engaged in hostilities or who have provided aid in support of hostilities against the United States »
