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Latest Articles: War, War, War
Trump’s National Defense Strategy Has the Pentagon Popping Champagne
Post Date: 2018-01-24 18:02:28 by hondo68
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Along with the entire the military-industrial complex. Here’s what we can say about the Trump administration’s just-released National Defense Strategy: it’s not a strategy and its subject is not defense. Bearing the imprimatur of Pentagon chief James Mattis, the NDS—at least the unclassified summary that we citizens are permitted to see—is in essence a brief for increasing the size of the U.S. military budget. Implicit in the document is this proposition: more spending will make the armed forces of the United States “stronger” and the United States “safer.” Simply put, the NDS is all about funneling more bucks to the Pentagon. Remarkably, the ...
The Insanity of a ‘Limited’ Attack on North Korea
Post Date: 2018-01-23 13:32:40 by bush_is_a_moonie
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Luke O’Brien bats down the crazy notion of giving North Korea a “bloody nose”: The allure of a punitive strike on North Korea is its seeming simplicity. North Korea continues its missile testing, or opts to detonate another nuclear device in a test shaft, and the United States fires a few missiles and fixes the problem. But this conclusion comes from a series of bad assumptions. We assume that the North Korean regime can detect with any realistic degree of confidence that a limited strike is in fact limited [bold mine-DL]. We assume that North Korea will only analyze the costs and benefits of retaliating based on the merits of a fleeting crisis. And we assume that Kim Jong ...
Syrian Army Utilizing Modern Electronic System to Deactivate US-Made TOW Missile
Post Date: 2018-01-22 23:02:20 by Tatarewicz
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TEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian Army is vastly operating modern anti-missile defense System that can deactivate the US-made anti-tank TOW missiles used by the terrorists in the battlefields, a Russian media outlet reported on Monday. The Arabic-language website of RT reported that the army is vastly using Mirage-2 Electronic Defense System to deactivate the US-manufactured TOW anti-tank missiles. The Arabic RT further said that the System that is mounted on the army tanks, armored and light vehicles is capable of deactivating TOW missiles. The Mirage-2 System is equipped with more noise breaks in comparison with the older version of Mirage-1. Military sources conformed earlier this month ...
Turkey vs. USA? Ministry of Defense orders Russian military to leave Afrin, Syria
Post Date: 2018-01-21 07:31:58 by Tatarewicz
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- RIA - translated by Inessa Sinchougova The Russian command in Syria has taken measures to ensure the security of servicemen in Afrin, where Turkey is conducting an operation against the Kurds, the Defense Ministry said. The military department stressed that "to prevent possible provocations, to exclude the threat to life and health of Russian servicemen," the operational group of the Center for reconciliation of warring parties and military police was relocated from Afrin to Tel Adjar. The Center for Reconciliation continues to monitor the situation in the de-escalation zone of Tel-Rifat in order to promptly provide assistance to the civilian population leaving the combat ...
Breaking - Tillerson Unveils 'New' US Syria Plan: 'Assad Must Go!' (Kerry clone)
Post Date: 2018-01-17 18:07:16 by hondo68
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Confirming that the US military presence inside Syria had little to do with fighting ISIS, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson unveiled in detail today the real US strategy for Syria: overthrow of the Assad government. In a speech at Stanford University's Hoover Institution and introduced by President George W. Bush's Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, Secretary Tillerson vowed that the United States military would continue to occupy Syrian territory until three conditions are met:First: ISIS must be destroyed. This condition is made all the more problematic by the well-reported fact that it is the United States government that at every turn seems to pull ISIS chestnuts out of the ...
Special Ops at War
Post Date: 2018-01-13 07:37:42 by Ada
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From Afghanistan to Somalia, Special Ops Achieves Less with More At around 11 o’clock that night, four Lockheed MC-130 Combat Talons, turboprop Special Operations aircraft, were flying through a moonless sky from Pakistani into Afghan airspace. On board were 199 Army Rangers with orders to seize an airstrip. One hundred miles to the northeast, Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters cruised through the darkness toward Kandahar, carrying Army Delta Force operators and yet more Rangers, heading for a second site. It was October 19, 2001. The war in Afghanistan had just begun and U.S. Special Operations forces (SOF) were the tip of the American spear. Those Rangers parachuted into and ...
US Preparing To Attack Pakistan?
Post Date: 2018-01-13 07:28:23 by Ada
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Henry Kissinger rightly noted that it’s often more dangerous being an ally of the United States than its enemy. The latest victim of this sad truism is Pakistan, a loyal ally of the US since the dawn of our era. President Donald Trump’s visceral hatred of Muslims (never mind what kind, or why, or where) erupted this week as he ordered some $900 million in US aid to Pakistan to be abruptly cut off. Trump accused Pakistan of lying and deceiving the US and providing a safe haven to Afghan resistance forces of Taliban (`terrorists’ in US speak) battling American occupation forces. Frustrated and outwitted in Afghanistan, US imperial generals, Pentagon bureaucrats and ...
The People in Charge of the US Military
Post Date: 2018-01-05 07:48:03 by Ada
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Fifty-seven years ago this month President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented this warning in his farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.” That warning has largely fallen on deaf ears. The United States government has in the decades since been participating, both directly and via third parties, in overt and covert military actions across the world, with very little of the violence even arguably justified as necessary to defend America. Yet, no matter the lack of defensive justification, companies and individuals in the military-industrial complex ...
US Intelligence Reportedly Gives Israel Green Light To Assassinate Iran's Top General
Post Date: 2018-01-02 08:36:12 by Ada
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According to reports circulating widely in Israeli media today, the United States has quietly given Israel the green light to assassinate Iran's top military officer, Iranian Revolutionary Guards al-Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani. The leader of Iran's most elite force also coordinates military activity between the Islamic Republic and Syria, Iraq, Hezbollah, and Hamas - a position he's filled since 1998 - and as Quds Force commander reports directly to the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, and oversees Iran's covert operations in foreign countries. Iran's Revolutionary Guards have vowed to crack harshly down on protests currently gripping multiple ...
Mattis: ‘The War Is Not Over’ in Iraq and Syria
Post Date: 2017-12-30 04:22:03 by Ada
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Defense Secretary Talks of Fighting 'ISIS 2.0' Declarations of victory over ISIS by both Iraq and Syria, along with Russia, are not having an impact on US military policy in the region, according to Defense Secretary James Mattis, who insisted on Friday that “the war is not over.” Defense Secretary James Mattis Which isn’t to say that the US is determined to keep fighting a war against ISIS, as such, but rather that there’s definitely going to be a war against somebody in those countries. Mattis in particular has been keen to talk up the idea of an “ISIS 2.0” emerging in areas ISIS has been expelled from. Mattis’ comments are very interesting ...
War Without a Rationale
Post Date: 2017-12-28 07:14:29 by Ada
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The myth of the Afghan safe haven just won't die. Forward Operating Base Torkham, in Nangahar Province, Afghanistan (army.mil) While you are here…For the last 15 years, our magazine has endeavored to be your refuge from the nasty partisan politics and Washington echo chamber with thoughtful, smart conservatism, fresh and challenging writing, and authors who, above all, bravely hew to our most basic tenets: Ideas over ideology, principles over party. Please consider a tax-deductible, year-end contribution so that TAC can make an even bigger difference in 2018! In 2001, after the 9/11 attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan and quickly smashed the Taliban government. It ...
ISIS has over 10,000 fighters in Afghanistan, more arriving from Syria & Iraq – Moscow
Post Date: 2017-12-23 06:00:03 by Tatarewicz
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RT... The terrorist group Islamic State has over 10,000 loyal fighters in Afghanistan, and Moscow believes the US may be underestimating their threat, Russia’s special envoy says. Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) was pushed out of their home base in Syria and Iraq this year by separate military operations of a US-led coalition, and the Syrian Army backed by Russia. Many of the IS fighters who fled those countries ended up in Afghanistan, where the terrorist group has as many as 10,000 troops at the moment, Zamir Kabulov, the head of the Middle East department in the Russian Foreign Ministry, said. Read more FILE PHOTO Members of the Taliban in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan © ...
Top US commander warns of war with Russia, Pacific countries
Post Date: 2017-12-22 21:04:00 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Commander of the US Marine Corps General Robert Neller testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 14, 2017. (Photo by AFP) Commander of the US Marine Corps General Robert Neller testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, March 14, 2017. (Photo by AFP) A top US commander has warned of an imminent war by pointing to a shift of focus on conflicts in the Middle East to Russia and the Pacific region. General Robert Neller, the commander of the US Marine Corps stationed in Norway, announced the impending war on Thursday and called on his troops to be ready for redeployment as the US ...
Intel Vets Tell Trump Iran Is Not Top Terror Sponsor
Post Date: 2017-12-22 07:31:10 by Ada
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MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity SUBJECT: Is Iran the “World’s Leading Sponsor of Terrorism?” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY/BACKGROUND We are concerned by recent strident and stark public statements from key members of your Administration that paint Iran in very alarmist terms. The average American, without the benefit of history, could easily be persuaded that Iran poses an imminent threat and that there is no alternative for us but military conflict. We find this uncomfortably familiar territory. Ten years ago former President George W. Bush was contemplating a war with Iran when, in November of 2007, intelligence analysts issued a ...
Yemeni forces fire retaliatory ballistic missile at Saudi capital: Report
Post Date: 2017-12-19 21:42:10 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV... Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement says its forces have fired a ballistic missile towards the official residence of Saudi King Salman in the Saudi capital city, Riyadh, in retaliation for the regime’s deadly attacks, al-Masirah TV reported. Mohammed Abdulsalam, a Houthi spokesman, said the Burkan (Volcano) H-2 missile, which has a range of 800 km, was fired toward al-Yamamah Palace in the western suburbs of the capital where the monarch receives visiting foreign dignitaries and top Saudi officials. Yemen's al-Masirah TV channel, citing military sources, said the missile targeted a large gathering of Saudi leaders without providing further details. The Saudi-led ...
ISIS’ “Diaspora” Brings US New Opportunities for Its Geopolitical Agenda
Post Date: 2017-12-19 10:37:25 by Ada
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The fall of ISIS and in Syria and Iraq signals a new era in the groups future. With eyes now on other battlefield theatres, the group is continually expanding in countries central to the U.S. vs Russian war of influence. Damascus (Analysis) — ISIS’ so-called caliphate is, by all accounts, crumbling in Iraq and Syria as Russia, Syria, Hezbollah and Iraq have all claimed victory over the terror group. While this may mean that the ISIS’ stranglehold over significant portions of territory in these two countries may, in the days to come, be effectively ended, it doesn’t necessarily mean the ultimate death of the terror group as an entity, and its ability to strike its ...
Imperialism, Intervention, “War On Terror” Detonate In Mogadishu
Post Date: 2017-12-15 09:15:57 by Ada
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The recent devastating car bombing in Mogadishu has been blamed by Somali officials on the terrorist group al-Shabab. But the violence (and famine) that have beset Somalia have deeper roots — decades of imperialism and intervention, and use of Somalia as a staging grounds for the “war on terror.” MOGADISHU, SOMALIA — In the Somali capital of Mogadishu, nearly 400 were killed, hundreds more were injured, and dozens are still missing after a car bomb was detonated at a busy intersection. According to a Somali official, the original target was a newly erected Turkish military base, the largest of its kind, and the Somali National Intelligence and Security Agency believes ...
Food and medicine can’t get passed the Saudi blockade on Yemen, but Nikki Haley thinks missiles can
Post Date: 2017-12-15 08:11:31 by Ada
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Nikki Haley is once again pushing for war against Iran–this time making an argue met that is not only flawed but nonsensical. Nikki Haley, Donald Trump’s Ambassador to the United Nations, has given an extraordinary “press conference”, even by her habitually outrageous standards. First all, it was hardly a “press conference” as Haley did not answer any of the questions posed to her. Instead, she merely assured journalist that she has evidence to back her up position, although it is not clear what this evidence might look like. Haley’s position is that since the outbreak of the current crisis in Yemen, beginning in March of 2015, Iran has been ...
Is the US really a superower or just the biggest collection of stupidity on the planet?
Post Date: 2017-12-11 13:05:37 by Ada
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Syria – ISIS Is Defeated – The U.S. Is Next In Line Washington has already lost the Syrian war once. Now it is about to lose it a second time. A few days ago the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, declared a “complete victory” in Syria: “Two hours ago, the (Russian) defense minister reported to me that the operations on the eastern and western banks of the Euphrates have been completed with the total rout of the terrorists.” The Iranian commander of the forces which support the Syrian and Iraqi governments sent a note to the U.S. to let Washington know that any remaining U.S. forces in Syria will be fought down: “The commander of the Iranian ...
Anti-war Cartoon from Mike Rivero
Post Date: 2017-12-08 19:25:43 by Horse
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Private War: Erik Prince Has His Eye On Afghanistan's Rare Metals
Post Date: 2017-12-08 06:31:10 by Ada
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BuzzFeed News is publishing the slide presentation by the founder of Blackwater to privatize the Afghan war and mine Afghanistan's valuable minerals. He pitched the proposal to the Trump administration. Prince told BuzzFeed News, "You're a fucking hack." Controversial private security tycoon Erik Prince has famously pitched an audacious plan to the Trump administration: Hire him to privatize the war in Afghanistan using squads of "security contractors." Now, for the first time, Buzzfeed News is publishing that pitch, a presentation that lays out how Prince wanted to take over the war from the US military — and how he envisioned mining some of the most ...
Syrian air defense intercepts Israeli missiles targeting military facility
Post Date: 2017-12-05 03:20:01 by Tatarewicz
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PressTV...Russian Pantsir-S1 air defense weapon system, foreground, and the S-400 long-range air defense missile systems in Syria (Photo by AP) Israel has launched several missiles at a Syrian military facility located close to the capital Damascus. "Our air defenses are confronting an Israeli missile attack on one of our sites in the Damascus suburbs and three of the targets were downed," said a report by state news agency SANA published late on Monday. Over the past few years, the Israeli military has launched sporadic attacks against various targets on Syrian soil, in assaults slammed by Syria as attempts to boost the terror groups wreaking havoc on the country. Read More: ...
Curating Guantanamo
Post Date: 2017-12-04 07:39:31 by Ada
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Few Americans ever took in the vastness of the prison outsourcing system the administration of George W. Bush set up from Afghanistan to Iraq, Thailand to Poland, the island of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean to Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. In those years, I began referring to that global network of prisons as our own "Bermuda Triangle of injustice." At one point, it housed at least 15,000 prisoners from Abu Ghraib and Camp Bucca in Iraq to the “Salt Pit” in Afghanistan and, of course, Guantánamo. They were often kept under the grimmest of conditions, involving in a striking number of cases torture and sometimes death. All those prisons, large and small, were ...
“Wipe the Soviet Union Off the Map”: Planned US Nuclear Attack against USSR
Post Date: 2017-12-04 03:00:40 by Tatarewicz
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PMF... This video is based on the research of Prof. Michel Chossudovsky, Centre for Research on Globalization (CRG) Below is the full text of Professor Chossudovsky’ article published by Global Research According to a secret document dated September 15, 1945, “the Pentagon had envisaged blowing up the Soviet Union with a coordinated nuclear attack directed against major urban areas. All major cities of the Soviet Union were included in the list of 66 “strategic” targets. The tables below categorize each city in terms of area in square miles and the corresponding number of atomic bombs required to annihilate and kill the inhabitants of selected urban areas. Six atomic ...
Is Washington the Most Corrupt Government in History?
Post Date: 2017-11-30 11:10:53 by Ada
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The man who died twice Robert Mueller, a former director of the FBI who is working as a special prosecutor “investigating” a contrived hoax designed by the military/security complex and the DNC to destroy the Trump presidency, has yet to produce a scrap of evidence that Russiagate is anything but orchestrated fake news. As William Binney and other top experts have said, if there is evidence of Russiagate, the NSA would have it. No investigation would be necessary. So where is the evidence? It is a revelation of how corrupt Washington is that a fake scandal is being investigated while a real scandal is not. The fake scandal is Trump’s Russiagate. The real scandal is ...
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