The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Syria's Assad blasts U.S.' “willful blindness” in fight against ISIS
Assad said the U.S., which has been leading a coalition that is carrying out airstrikes on ISIS militants in Syria and Iraq, refuses to work and coordinate with his government. For the U.S. officials, “if they cooperate with the Syrian army, this is like recognition of our effectiveness in fighting ISIS,” Assad added. “This is part of the willful blindness of the American administration, unfortunately.”
Refugee Flows: a Grand Strategic Weapon of Mass Destruction
by FRANKLIN SPINNEY, Counterpunch, SEPTEMBER 11, 2015
EXTRACT
Pro-Israeli American neocons, who promoted the invasion of Iraq and the toppling of the Assad regime, may well think that Israel is the prime strategic beneficiary of the breakup of Iraq and Syria. However, the reality is that Israel is now faced with the spectre of horrendous and unending blowback over the long term at the more decisive grand strategic level of conflict.
Continue reading “Chuck Spinney: US-Iran Strategic Convergence?”
Alarmist, perhaps, but a useful warning.
Takes a lot of double-talk, a refusal to report on the history, and the twisting of said history to push the propaganda into Americans minds, so that Russia is being blamed for destabilizing Syria.
Confirmed: Saudi Arabia Offered Russia Oil Alliance and OPEC Membership
Saudis proposed Saudi Arabia and Russia divide the oil market between them. For now Russians stayed cool
Igor Sechin, the powerful head of Rosneft, Russia’s big state oil company, has now confirmed that OPEC – the Saudi dominated oil producers’ cartel – has offered Russia membership. . . . For the moment the Russians are saying no. Possibly the real reason is that the Russians are at present expanding aggressively into the Chinese energy market from which they have just ousted the Saudis as the biggest oil supplier.
Who Bombed Khobar Towers? Anatomy of a Crooked Terrorism Investigation
UPDATE 1: With Khobar Bomber's Arrest, Saudi Arabia Deals Blow to Iran
Phi Beta Iota: Asked about this, Gareth Porter responded: It doesn't change in the least any of the analysis in my article about the politicized investigation and conclusion by Louis Freeh and the FBI. Will the Saudis now seek to revive their accusations against the Saudi Shi'a in the Khobar Towers bombing? Perhaps so, but it is difficult to see how it would have any more credibility than it did in 1996-2001.
The evolution of the West's negative narrative about Russia
The news on Russia became consistently negative after 2000. Positive developments inside Russia, or news regarding Russia's positive international involvements, were ignored while the negative news received immediate attention.
Continue reading “Angela Borozna: Western Media on Russia — Selective, Negative, and Wrong?”
