Saudi Arabia: When Being Neutral Isn’t Neutral Anymore
"We do not believe in polarization or selecting between one partner and another," Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud said, asserting the Kingdom’s right to act "based on its own interests" and to have...
Mainstream Media Turn Coats on ‘National Security’ Leaks
On April 14, the US Department of Justice charged Airman First Class Jack Teixeira with copying and sharing information “connected with” or “relating to” the “national defense.” The government alleges that Teixeira is the man behind...
Why the Media Don’t Want to Know the Truth About the Nord Stream Blasts
Reprinted from Mint Press News with the author's permission. No one but the terminally naïve should be surprised that security services lie – and that they are all but certain to cover their tracks when they carry out operations that either violate domestic or...
Is the Army All That You Can Be?
Originally posted at TomDispatch. In some ways, it’s still hard to take in. In 2001, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, President George W. Bush and crew invaded Afghanistan, the very country in which the Soviet Union’s military had failed so...
Iraq Daily Roundup: Five Killed
New York Times Is Now Telling Bigger Lies Than Iraq WMDs and More Effectively
The New York Times routinely tells bigger lies than the clumsy nonsense it published about weapons in Iraq. Here’s an example. This package of lies is called “Liberals Have a Blind Spot on Defense” but mentions nothing related to defense. It simply...
What To Do With Ukraine and the ‘Loose and Baggy Monster’ That Is NATO
Reprinted with permission from the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft There is a renewed push from some European allies for NATO to create a “road map” for Ukraine to join the alliance. According to The Financial Times, Poland and the Baltic states are...
Macron Goes to China: Whose Side Is He On?
After three days and many hours of talks, French President Emmanuel Macron emerged from Beijing and made a number of statements that, presumably to the alarm of the US, seemed to align several key foreign policy positions more closely with Beijing than with...
Finland’s NATO Move Leaves Others To Carry On the ‘Helsinki Spirit’
On April 4, 2023, Finland officially became the 31st member of the NATO military alliance. The 830-mile border between Finland and Russia is now by far the longest border between any NATO country and Russia, which otherwise borders only Norway, Latvia, Estonia, and...
