Obama Now Brags of His ‘Courage’ in Not Attacking Syria
In a stunning act of historical revisionism, President Obama is now presenting his having not attacked Syria in 2013 as an act of “the most political courage,” and bragging of having removed “99%” of...
View ArticleStudy: US Only Admits to About One in Five Lethal Drone Strikes
A new report compiled by the Columbia Law School Human Rights Clinic and the Sanaa Center for Strategic Studies has found that the United States only admits officially to about one fifth of their drone...
View ArticleObama Ordered Cyberweapons Implanted Into Russia’s Infrastructure
A new report from the Washington Post today quoted a series of Obama Administration officials reiterating their official narrative on Russia’s accused hacking of the 2016 election. While most of the...
View ArticleUS Sanctions Against Russian Spy Service Threatened Much Legitimate Trade
Near the end of the Obama Administration, the US imposed a new series of sanctions against Russia, nominally to punish them for allegations that they were “hacking the election.” Among the sanctions...
View ArticleRussia Threatens Expulsions, Says Too Many US Spies in Moscow
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement today warning that they believe there are too many US spies operating in Moscow under diplomatic cover, and that they may decide to expel some of those...
View ArticleUS Appeals Court Case Aims to Challenge President’s War Powers
An upcoming case at the US Court of Appeals could pose a major legal challenge to the ability of US presidents to unilaterally launch protracted ground wars, and if nothing else could reassert the...
View ArticleTrump Lifts Restrictions on Providing Military Equipment to US Police
Just over two years after President Obama placed limits on the “1033” program to provide surplus US military equipment to local policy in the United States, President Trump has announced he is...
View ArticleRussia: US Training Former ISIS Fighters to Destabilize Syria
For a long time, Russia and the United States have differed on strategies in Syria, and have seen one another deliberately trying to undermine the other’s efforts. Russian Chief of Staff Gen. Valery...
View ArticleUS Strategy in Syria: ‘Create Quagmires Until We Get What We Want’
In 2013, top Obama Administration officials described their policy in the Syrian War as one of keeping the war going. The administration wanted a big seat at the table for a political settlement, which...
View ArticlePompeo: US May Attack More Iranian Leaders
Elaborating on several days of US threats against Iran if they retaliate over the recent US assassination of top Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says that the US might...
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