|
Latest Articles: War, War, War
Presidents Are Reckless With Soldiers’ Lives
Post Date: 2017-10-26 07:03:04 by Ada
1 Comments
The controversy over Trump’s condolence call should be a debate about promiscuous military intervention. The widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, one of four U.S. soldiers killed in Niger on October 4, says she was "very angry" when Donald Trump told her during a condolence call last week that her husband "knew what he signed up for." The president's critics say that remark was insensitive, but the more important point is that it was not true. How can any member of the armed forces know what he is signing up for when presidents of both parties deploy the military so promiscuously, usually for reasons that have little or nothing to do with defending the country? ...
Mainstream Media Brags About US Wiping Syrian City Off the Face of the Earth
Post Date: 2017-10-25 09:32:02 by Ada
0 Comments
America’s illegal war in the Syrian city of Raqqa has already killed over 1,800 civilians, according to the monitoring group Airwars. At the time the offensive was launched in June, the U.S. was aware that some 200,000 civilians were trapped. In that first week of operations alone, the U.N. accused the Trump administration of killing 300 civilians in less than seven days’ worth of bombing. This trend has continued over the course of the last few months, and as one might imagine, Syrian infrastructure has been completely decimated. Rather than label this assault for what it is — namely, a grave crime against humanity encompassing an endless supply of potential war crimes ...
Teaching Revisionist History 101 at West Point
Post Date: 2017-10-23 07:21:55 by Ada
6 Comments
Born with the proverbial silver spoon in his mouth, a former businessman who had helped run companies into the ground, he was widely considered ill- prepared for the presidency, out of his depth, a lightweight in a heavyweight world. Still, having won the Republican nomination and then a uniquely contested election, once in the Oval Office he proved to have a striking inclination for backing extreme acts and seemingly no compunctions when it came to promoting torture, politicizing the Justice Department, or kidnapping terror suspects (the innocent as well as the guilty) anywhere on Earth. He was determined to fill Guantanamo to the brim, more than ready to loose the U.S. military and ...
Bowe Bergdahl Was ‘Guilty’ All Along
Post Date: 2017-10-17 07:57:56 by Ada
0 Comments
Hyper-politicized persecution began when his thoughts on war came to light. The saga of Bowe Bergdahl—the soldier who walked off his post in Afghanistan before he was captured, held, and tortured by members of the Haqqani network for five years until his rescue in 2014—may be coming to a swift, if not anticlimactic end. His detractors—who range from Donald Trump to Rush Limbaugh and countless members of the military community in between—won’t, as they say, have Bowe Bergdahl to kick around anymore. In fact, without Bergdahl, Trump wouldn’t have had one of his most indelible schticks of 2016: pretending to shoot Bergdahl in a firing squad. “He’s a ...
Experts Warn Congress: North Korean EMP Would Kill ‘90% of Americans’ – Consider Nuke First Strike
Post Date: 2017-10-14 19:34:44 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
1 Comments
If N.K. could do this, what could Russia or China do?============Daily WireByRyan SaavedraOctober 13, 2017Two EMP experts warned Congress on Thursday that North Korea is capable of executing an EMP attack over the United States which would send the U.S. back to the stone age and would lead to the deaths of 90 percent of all Americans within one year.Chairman Dr. William R. Graham and Chief of Staff Dr. Peter Vincent Pry of the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Attack told the Committee on Homeland Security that the U.S. is now facing a “doomsday scenario” as U.S. intelligence under the Obama administration grossly underestimated ...
Freed family reaches Canada, says kidnappers killed 1 child
Post Date: 2017-10-14 09:43:11 by BTP Holdings
1 Comments
Freed family reaches Canada, says kidnappers killed 1 child Associated Press By MARTIN BENEDYK, ROB GILLIES and JILL COLVIN, Associated Press 4 hrs ago Kidnapped Canadian says child killed, wife raped in Afghanistan (Video by Reuters America) TORONTO— Former hostage Joshua Boyle says the Haqqani network in Afghanistan killed his infant daughter and raped his American wife during the five years they were held in captivity. Boyle gave the statement shortly after landing in Canada late Friday with his wife, Caitlan Coleman, and three young children. The couple was rescued Wednesday, five years after they had been abducted by the Taliban-linked extremist network while in ...
Autopilot Wars: Sixteen Years, But Who’s Counting?
Post Date: 2017-10-09 07:24:49 by Ada
2 Comments
Even though the article was buried at the bottom of page eight of the September 28th New York Times, it caught my attention. Its headline: "Russia Destroys Chemical Weapons and Faults U.S. for Not Doing So." In a televised ceremony, wrote reporter Andrew Higgins, Russian President Vladimir Putin "presided over the destruction of his country’s last declared chemical weapons on Wednesday." The U.S. and Russia had, it seems, long ago agreed to do so by 2007, before pushing the date back to 2012, and then 2020. The Russians have now beaten that deadline by three years while, according to an unnamed State Department official quoted by Higgins, the U.S. "remains ...
US Again Downplays Deaths From Airstrikes in Iraq and Syria
Post Date: 2017-09-30 06:34:56 by Ada
1 Comments
Dismissed Over 90% of Incidents as 'Non-Credible' As another month winds down, another official Pentagon report on civilian death tolls in Iraq and Syria has been released, and as usual dramatically underreports the true death toll of an increasingly aggressive air campaign in densely populated cities. Most of the deaths came in Raqqa, and reports on the ground documented roughly 100 civilians killed in a single 48 hour span in mid-August. This was the result of bombardment of residential areas in Raqqa, something which was realistically happening almost daily throughout the entire month. 100 civilians dead in 48 hours, and Airwars documented hundreds of incidents besides. Yet ...
Can you believe Trump threatened to destroy North Korea?
Post Date: 2017-09-27 09:57:56 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
0 Comments
Venezuela’s Maduro tells starving populace to prep for war with United States
Post Date: 2017-09-27 09:41:44 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
1 Comments
1 hour agoAs Venezuela starves, Maduro tells army to prepare for US 'threats'Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, fresh off calling on the inhabitants of his starving nation to eat rabbits that had been kept as pets, is now asking his army to make sure it has “rifles, missiles and well-oiled tanks at the ready” amid a war of words with the United States.Maduro made the declaration Monday during a military exercise in the city of Maracay, two days after the Trump administration signed new restrictions imposing bans on the entry of some Venezuelan government officials and their families into the U.S."We have been shamelessly threatened by the most criminal empire that ...
US Winds Down Its Land Grab in Southern Syria, Launches Another One in the East
Post Date: 2017-09-26 10:53:39 by Ada
0 Comments
A pair of offensives kick up the US-Syrian race for eastern Syria into high gear The US has evacuated the smaller of its two bases in southern Syria. Together with Syrian rebels in its employ it has left the Zakaf outpost and actually dynamited it on the way out. It has also told two rebel outfits in the south, with whom it has previously cut links, to exit Syria and head for Jordan. Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo Brigades, and Usoud al-Sharqiya said they would comply especially as Saudi Arabia and Jordan told them the same thing. Martyr Ahmad al-Abdo was previously backed by the CIA but Trump ended CIA backing of Syrian rebels this July. Usoud al-Sharqiya was previously bankrolled by the ...
Very dangerous escalation in Syria
Post Date: 2017-09-26 08:40:42 by Ada
3 Comments
By now many of you must have heard the news: a Russian Lieutenant-General, Valery Asapov, and two Colonels have been killed in what appears to be a very precisely targeted mortar attack. Just as in the case of the Russian military police unit recently attacked near Deir ez-Zor, the Russians are accusing the Americans of being behind this attack. To make things even worse, the Russians are now also officially accusing the Americans of actively collaborating with ISIS: US Special Operations Forces units enable US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces units to smoothly advance through the ISIS formations. Facing no resistance of the ISIS militants, the SDF units are advancing along the left shore ...
Trump’s First Airstrikes on Libya Kill 17
Post Date: 2017-09-25 07:22:51 by Ada
0 Comments
AFRICOM Says Struck Site Was ISIS Camp For the first time since President Trump’s inauguration, the US has carried out airstrikes inside Libya, bombing what they described as an ISIS camp within central Libya, southeast of Sirte. 17 people were killed, and the US claimed all were ISIS. African Command (AFRICOM) claimed that the drone strikes targeted a desert camp which “had been connected to multiple attacks across Europe.” Such a claim is common in US military attacks in nations the US is not engaged in a war. That’s because legally speaking such strikes rest on them being special cases involving specific threats to allies. This language features in official ...
Uncle Sam vs. Russia in Eastern Syria: The Nightmare Scenario
Post Date: 2017-09-23 06:44:38 by Ada
0 Comments
The impending collapse of ISIS has touched off a race for territory in the oil-rich eastern part of Syria pitting US-backed forces against the Russian-led coalition of Syria, Iran and Hezbollah. This is the nightmare scenario that everyone wanted to avoid. Washington and Moscow’s armies are now converging on the same area at the same time greatly increasing the probability of a conflagration between the two nuclear-armed superpowers. The only way a clash can be avoided is if one party backs down, which seems increasingly unlikely. The situation can be easily explained. The vast swath of territory captured by ISIS is steadily shrinking due to the dogged perseverance of the Syrian ...
Russia Warns It Would Retaliate Against US Forces in Syria If Provoked
Post Date: 2017-09-22 16:58:40 by Ada
0 Comments
US, Russian Generals Talk Face-to-Face About Syria Problems According to the Pentagon, US and Russian generals have held a face-to-face meeting this week about trying to avoid accidental conflict within Syria, with both sides are finding their forces increasingly in close proximity, and with contrary agendas. According to spokesman Col. Ryan Dillon, both sides “laid down maps and graphics” suggesting an unusual increase in information sharing between the two sides. This comes amid warnings from Russia that they’re prepared to retaliate against US troops if provoked. It’s not just a theoretical problem either. Russian officials warn that twice in recent days their ...
Trump In UN Address: We Will ‘Totally Destroy North Korea’ if ‘Rocket Man’ Forces Us to Defend Ourselves
Post Date: 2017-09-19 12:03:38 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
21 Comments
Trump In UN Address: We Will ‘Totally Destroy North Korea’ if ‘Rocket Man’ Forces Us to Defend Ourselves Via Free Beacon: President Donald Trump said the U.S. will “totally destroy North Korea” if forced to defend itself during a speech before the United Nations on Tuesday. Trump, who recently referred to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as “Rocket Man” in a tweet, used the term again during his first speech before the U.N. General Assembly. Castigating North Korea’s nuclear ambitions and belligerent behavior, he called on the body to unite against the rogue regime. “No nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm ...
North Korea's core goal is the destruction of the South Korean state
Post Date: 2017-09-18 08:50:49 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
1 Comments
Monday, September 18, 2017North Korea's intentions are clear, says analystAccording to one expert, U.S. policy toward North Korea must be formulated with the understanding of what the rogue regime's ultimate goal is.Gordon Chang, an Asian policy analyst and the author of Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes on the World, recently reiterated on the Fox News Channel his long-held position that the U.S. will not get help from China or Russia on the North Korean problem."Kim Jong Un has understood this dynamic; His father did," Chang points out. "They have developed this pattern of behavior, and they know that the Chinese and the Russians -- either together or one-by-one ...
SK President Threatens To Destroy North "Beyond Recovery", Warns Of War
Post Date: 2017-09-15 10:07:26 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
2 Comments
Following the latest ballistic missile launch from North Korea, South Korea's president Moon Jae-in warned that further provocations could result in the complete destruction "beyond recovery" of the northern neighbor. He also repeated tjat the possibility of opening a dialogue with the belligerent North is now gone. “In case North Korea undertakes provocations against us or our ally, we have the power to destroy (the North) beyond recovery,” the South Korean leader said on Friday according to Yonhap. Seoul immediately convened a National Security Council meeting following the latest launch by North Korea, in which Moon condemned the missile test, saying the ...
INTERVENTIONISM PRODUCED THE 9/11 ATTACKS
Post Date: 2017-09-14 08:46:03 by Ada
1 Comments
One thing is certain about the U.S. mainstream media’s memorialization of the 9/11 attacks. They are not about to mention, much less emphasize, that the attacks were among the rotten fruits of U.S. interventionism, the foreign-policy philosophy that continues to hold the United States in its grip. Given the ongoing debacles of death, destruction, tyranny, torture, ISIS, and refugee crises arising from U.S interventionism in Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Syria, and Afghanistan, the last thing interventionists want Americans to focus on is that interventionism gave us 9/11 as well. The 9/11 attacks were not the first time the World Trade Center came under a terrorist attack. The first attack ...
North Korea Openly Threatens EMP Attack On U.S. For First Time Ever
Post Date: 2017-09-08 09:16:43 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
1 Comments
For the first time ever, North Korea has threatened to strike the U.S. with an EMP (electromagnetic pulse) attack. In an interview with Breitbart News, aurthor Anthony Furey explains why the threat could dramatically increase tensions between North Korea and the U.S. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1493995449995-0'); }); Breibart News reports: According to the Associated Press, shortly after North Korea launched its sixth nuclear test using an H-bomb, the “Hermit Kingdom’s” leader Kim Jong-un issued a statement through its state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) claiming the weapon “is a multi-functional ...
‘Fool’s Errand’: A Guide to the New Forgotten War
Post Date: 2017-09-07 12:53:16 by Ada
2 Comments
Scott Horton's Afghanistan primer will impress both casual readers and experts. Scott Horton, Fool’s Errand: Time to End the War in Afghanistan, The Libertarian Institute, 318 pages. I was one of the first American officials to arrive in Kabul at the end of 2001. The war that seemed to be ending back then is currently in its 16th year with no end in sight, and for those of us who were there at the beginning it now sometimes seems like it was a lifetime ago. President Barack Obama not so long ago referred to Afghanistan as the “necessary war.” But now it might be more appropriate to refer to it as a “forgotten war,” as President Donald Trump has sent a few ...
Putin meets with S. Korea leader, calls for talks on N. Korea nuke threat
Post Date: 2017-09-06 08:56:13 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
2 Comments
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Sept. 6, 2017. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that sanctions are not enough to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, urging that dialogue is need to achieve progress.Putin made the comments after meeting with his South Korean counterpart, President Moon Jae-in, on the sidelines of an economic summit in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok, Reuters reported.The Russian leader also denounced Sunday's nuclear test by North Korea, its the largest ...
Japan Preps 60,000 Evacuations hould war erupt with North Korea
Post Date: 2017-09-06 00:04:35 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
0 Comments
The Japanese government is putting together an emergency plan to evacuate 60,000 of its citizens from South Korea should war erupt with North Korea.During a Monday meeting with his ministers, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said:"There is a possibility of further provocations. We need to remain extremely vigilant and do everything we can to ensure the safety of our people."But, with the U.S. signaling diplomacy was nearing the end of the road with North Korea, the Japanese are developing contingencies to rapidly remove all of its nationals from the Korean Peninsula. The Nikkei Asian Review is reporting it will involve a four-part plan:Tokyo is working on a four-tier emergency plan based ...
Report: U.S. Not Prepared for Russia in Europe
Post Date: 2017-09-05 09:57:08 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
14 Comments
Report: U.S. Not Prepared for Russia in Europe For years, the 173rd Airborne Brigade has trained for missions in Afghanistan and Iraq, which has dulled some of the skills it needs to effectively respond to any invasion of Europe by Russia, according to a recent assessment. The report, shared Tuesday by POLITICO, says it lacks necessary equipment to face down a potential Russian attack.September 05, 2017 POLITICO reported Tuesday morning on a new assessment report on the U.S. rapid-deployment force stationed in Italy that states it faces a number of “capability gaps” in the event it should be called into combat against Russian forces in Europe.The report, commissioned by then-Army ...
South Korea’s defense minister suggests return of tactical U.S. nuclear weapons to South Korea (permanent positioning)
Post Date: 2017-09-04 16:37:09 by HAPPY2BME-4UM
3 Comments
By Anna Fifield September 4 at 2:38 PM SEOUL — South Korea’s defense minister on Monday said it was worth reviewing the redeployment of American tactical nuclear weapons to the Korean Peninsula to guard against the North, a step that analysts warn would sharply increase the risk of an accidental conflict.As concern over Korea deepened following North Korea’s huge nuclear test Sunday, Nikki Haley, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was “begging for war.”Here in Seoul, the defense ministry warned that Pyongyang might be preparing to launch another missile into the Pacific Ocean, perhaps an ...
Latest [Newer] 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 [Older]
|