For the first time since the Singapore summit, a shadow of doubt has been cast over the Korean peace process. Its source is the United States’ unyielding demand for complete North Korean nuclear disarmament before ending the Korean War and prior to allowing the...
Spate of Attacks in Diyala; 18 Killed in Iraq
Monitor: Recent US-Led Airstrikes Kill at Least 73 Syrian Civilians
US-led coalition air strikes targeting Islamic State militants have killed at least 73 Syrian civilians during the month of July, with most of these deaths occurring in two strikes in Deir Ezzor province, according to monitor and media organizations. The UK-based...
Trump’s Grand Strategy
Originally posted at TomDispatch. If you don’t happen to be part of Donald Trump’s base and you’re a member of the “fake media,” it’s a commonplace to assume that our president is a creature of impulse, a giant id with hardly rhyme,...
Europe Should Bolt NATO
Donald Trump hasn’t shown a lot of love lately toward America’s European allies. On his recent trip to Europe, he dismissed Germany as Moscow’s minion and called the European Union a “foe.” He’s also treated NATO as an alliance to be bullied into submission rather...
Over a Million Displaced Return Home; 25 Killed in Iraq
Over one million Iraqis have returned to their homes since the liberation of Nineveh and Salah ad Din provinces from Islamic State control. The United Nations reported that about 870,000 displaced people have returned to Mosul. Meanwhile, a spokesman at the Iraqi...
Gunmen Attack Erbil Government Building; 19 Killed in Iraq
Is Putin’s Russia an ‘Evil Empire’?
"History repeats itself, first as tragedy, then as farce," a saying attributed to Karl Marx, comes to mind in this time of Trump. To those of us raised in the Truman era, when the Red Army was imposing its bloody Bolshevik rule on half of Europe, and NATO...
Moon-Strzok No More, Lisa Page Spills the Beans
Former FBI attorney Lisa Page has reportedly told a joint committee of the House of Representatives that when FBI counterintelligence official Peter Strzok texted her on May 19, 2017 saying there was “no big there there,” he meant there was no evidence of collusion...
21st Century Witchcraft: The Real Election Meddlers
The most chilling thing about the just released Carter Page FISA application is right at the top. It essentially says that if you talk to any foreign government not approved by Washington about any civilian topic such as energy policy, you can be accused of being a...


