Wrong Again
Turning Point
Ten years ago today, on March 24, 1999, the Atlantic Empire chose to reveal itself to the world by demonstrating the unchecked power of a fully operational military alliance. After fifty years of keeping "the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans...
Turning Point
Ten years ago today, on March 24, 1999, the Atlantic Empire chose to reveal itself to the world by demonstrating the unchecked power of a fully operational military alliance. After fifty years of keeping "the Russians out, the Americans in, and the Germans...
The Blood-Dimmed Tide
In the aftermath of the Cold War and the "end of history" triumphalism, those who built the American Empire may be forgiven for believing the future of conflict would be in short, victorious wars like "Desert Storm"; that the U.S. was the...
Tinker, Traitor, Soldier, Spy
Few things that happen in the Balkans come as a surprise to experienced observers. Certainly, last week's conviction of the Serbian political, military and security leadership by the Hague Inquisition, for the alleged conspiracy to expel Albanians from Kosovo during...
A Year After
This week, the self-proclaimed state of Kosovo celebrated the anniversary of the Albanian provisional government declaring "independence" from Serbia. On February 17, 2008, following two years of sham negotiations and diplomatic farce, the institutions ostensibly...
Not Done Yet
One of the many absurdities of Imperial policy in the Balkans is the notion of "integrations," a cute euphemism for the expansion of EU and NATO southward and eastward. If Brussels and Washington are so eager to integrate, why have they consistently...
Continuity
Despite the bitter cold, over a million people crowded on the streets of Washington, DC in rapture to watch as Barack Hussein Obama II became the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday. Obama's rise to power can only be described as meteoric. He became the New...
A Freezing War
Just a week into 2009, the new Cold War between Washington and Moscow got a whole lot colder. What seemed like a minor dispute between Moscow's gas conglomerate Gazprom and its Ukrainian counterpart quickly evolved into a major energy and political crisis, leaving...
