IN AMERICA AND ACROSS MUCH OF THE WORLD, the security enhancements put in place following the catastrophe of September 11, 2001, have been drastic and of two kinds: those practical and effective, and those irrational and pointless.
The US, Britain and France trampled international law to launch missiles against Syria, claiming to have "evidence" of the government's use of chemical weapons.
"The Syrian rebels, and/or their sponsors, now have a perverse incentive to stage further false flag attacks, in the sure knowledge that Trump will no longer have any option but to respond with ever greater force. As this cycle of escalation increase
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told state media outlet SANA on Thursday that Western powers intervene in Syria's affairs every time their army achieves a victory.
The US, Britain and France trampled international law to launch missiles against Syria, claiming to have "evidence" of the government's use of chemical weapons. That evidence is based on terrorist lies.
The U.S. military remains mired in countless wars in the Greater Middle East. Ironically ?" and tragically ?" it tends to combat Islamists that Washington either armed or birthed.
After the a joint force of US, French and UK fighter jets and ship launched an attack which as Mattis said, "used a little over double the number of weapons this year than we used last year"...
A BBC journalist expressed skepticism about an alleged chemical attack in Syria that the West has largely – and without evidence – blamed on Bashar Assad.
The criminally insane governments of the US, UK, and France are sending a flotilla of missile ships, submarines, and an aircraft carrier to attack Syria in the face of Russian warnings. What is the likely outcome of this outrageous act of agression b
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If you were the president of France or the prime minister of the UK, would you permit criminally insane Washington to drag you into military conflict with Russia?
Treasury yields are spiking notably today with 30Y back above 3.00% and 10Y yields at 2.83% are near 3-week highs and along with the dismal indirect bids in the latest 3Y and 10Y auctions (i.e. foreigners not buying), some are suggesting today's move
after Russia vowed to bomb US sites if it strikes Assad...Russia's ambassador to Lebanon insisted Russia would strike back against any military action taken by US President Trump
Yesterday the US government's own Congressional Budget Office (CBO) published a pretty sobering report about the state of Uncle Sam's finances– and what the future holds.
Late on Monday we reported that US Navy Destroyer, USS Donald Cook (DDG-75), equipped with Tomahawk cruise missiles, as well as the Aegis missile defence system, was approaching the port of Tartus in Syria, which doubles as the location for the Syria
"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."--Benjamin Franklin
The ease with which Americans are prepared to welcome boots on the ground, regional lockdowns, routine
Washington and the US media seem to have no doubts about the Syrian government's complicity in the Douma incident despite the fact that those who want America to stay in Syria have far more solid motives, Ron Paul told RT.
By now, unless you have been living in a Wifi-free deadzone, you've heard about the hundreds of billions in tariffs that the United States and China are flinging at one another like ninja throwing stars. When you're hearing numbers like "100 bi